JOHN MILTON. PRINTED FROM THE TEXT OF TONSON'S CORRECT A NEW EDITION, WITH NOTES AND THE LIFE OF THE AUTHOR, IN THREE VOLUMES, BY THOMAS NEWTON, D. D. LATE LORD BISHOP OF BRISTOL, VOL. I. LONDON: PRINTED FOR THE PROPRIETORS. PREFACE TO THE POCKET EDITION, WITH THE NOTES OF VARIOUS AUTHORS. MILTON'S PARADISE LOST is an honour not only to his country but to human nature. Were it possible for this divine Poem to be brought under the contemplation of Angels, they would recognize the powers of some kindred being. The design of this poem, and the various subjects treated, or touched on, in its execution, are the grandest and most interesting that it is possible for man, even with the aid of divine revelation, to imagine or conceive. Time and Eternity, |