Excerpt from Criticism on Milton's Paradise Lost: From 'the Spectator, ' 31 December, 1711 3 May, 1712 The Fable of every Poem is according to aws Divifion either Simple or Implant. It is called Simple when there is no change of Fortune in it, Implex when the Fortune of the chief Actor changes from Bad to Good, or from Good to Bad. The Implex Fable is thought the moft perfect I fuppofe, becaufe it is mofl proper to flir up the Paillons of the Reader, and to furprize him with a greater variety of Accidents. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.