Brief Lives

Brief Lives
Author: John Aubrey
Publisher: Franklin Classics Trade Press
Total Pages: 404
Release: 2018-10-25
Genre:
ISBN: 9780344183744

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Paradise Lost Annotated

Paradise Lost Annotated
Author: John Milton
Publisher:
Total Pages: 334
Release: 2021-01-05
Genre:
ISBN:

Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton. It was originally published in 1667 in ten books; a second edition followed in 1674, redivided into twelve books (in the manner of the division of Virgil's Aeneid) with minor revisions throughout and a note on the versification. The poem concerns the Judeo-Christian story of the Fall of Man; the temptation of Adam and Eve by the fallen angel Satan and their expulsion from the Garden of Eden. Milton's purpose, stated in Book I, is "justify the ways of God to men" and elucidate the conflict between God's eternal foresight and free will.It is considered by critics to be Milton's 'major work', and helped solidify his reputation as one of the greatest English poets of his time. he poem concerns the Biblical story of the Fall of Man: the temptation of Adam and Eve by the fallen angel Satan and their expulsion from the Garden of Eden. Milton's purpose, stated in Book I, is to 'justify the ways of God to men'.

Philostratus

Philostratus
Author: Philostratus (the Athenian)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 280
Release: 1912
Genre:
ISBN:

Austral English

Austral English
Author: Edward Ellis Morris
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 553
Release: 2011-06-09
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 1108028799

The first scholarly dictionary of Australian and New Zealand English, including loan words from indigenous languages, originally published in 1898.

A Supplement to the Oxford English Dictionary: O-Scz

A Supplement to the Oxford English Dictionary: O-Scz
Author: R. W. Burchfield
Publisher: Oxford [Oxfordshire] : Clarendon Press
Total Pages: 1610
Release: 1972
Genre: Reference
ISBN:

Supplement to the Oxford dictionary of the English language, comprising new words and senses of the period from 1884 to the present day - replaces the earlier (1933) supplement.

Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue from the Twelfth Century to the End of the Seventeenth: Volume 10, Stra-3ere

Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue from the Twelfth Century to the End of the Seventeenth: Volume 10, Stra-3ere
Author: Margaret G. Dareau
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2001-12-20
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 9780198605423

The Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue defines and illustrates every meaning of every word used in written English in Scotland up to 1700. It is an indispensable reference tool for historians of Scots language, literature, politics, law, and social history.

Hudibras

Hudibras
Author: Samuel Butler
Publisher:
Total Pages: 298
Release: 1885
Genre:
ISBN: