PARADISE LOST,

BOOKS 1. AND II.

WITH INTRODUCTION, NOTES, AND DIAGRAMS,

BY

HOMER B. SPRAGUE, M.A., Ph.D.,

HEAD-MASTER OF THE GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOL, BOSTON; AND FORMERLY PRINCIPAL

OF THE ADELPHI ACADEMY, BROOKLYN, AND PROFESSOR OF RHETORIC

AND ENGLISH LITERATURE IN CORNELL UNIVERSITY.

BOSTON, U.S.A.:
GINN. & COMPANY, PUBLISHERS.

1891.

HARVARD
UNIVERSITY
I LIBRARY

Copyright, 1879,
By HOMER B. SPRAGUE, PH.D.

PRESSWORK BY GINN & Co., Boston.

TO

THE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS OF OUR ENGLISH

LITERATURE,

THIS BOOK IS RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED

BY

THEIR FRIEND AND FELLOW-WORKER,

THE EDITOR.

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