PARADISE LOST,

BOOKS I 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:
PUBLISHED BY GINN & COMPANY.

Copyright, 1879,

BY HOMER B. SPRAGUE, PH.D.

PRESS OF ROCKWELL AND CHURCHILI.,
39 Arch St., Boston.

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THE TEACHERS AND STUDENTS OF OUR ENGLISH

LITERATURE,

THIS BOOK is respECTFULLY INSCRIBED

BY

THEIR FRIEND AND FELLOW-WORKER,

THE EDITOR.