THE

POETICAL WORKS

OF

JOHN MILTON.

WITH NOTES OF VARIOUS AUTHORS.

THE THIRD EDITION,

WITH OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS;

AND WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF

THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF MILTON,

DERIVED PRINCIPALLY FROM

Documents in his Majesty's State-paper Office,

NOW FIRST PUBLISHED.

PRINTED FOR C. AND J. RIVINGTON; J. CUTHELL; J. NUNN; J. AND W. T.

CLARKE; LONGMAN AND Co.; T. CADELL; JEFFERY AND SON ; J. RICHARD-
SON ; CARPENTER AND SON ; J. MAWMAN; BALDWIN AND CO. ; J. BOOKER;
J. BOHN; J. DUNCAN ; BLACK AND Co. ; G. B. WHITTAKER; J. BAIN; W.
MASON ; J. HEARNE; SIMPKIN AND MARSHALL ; T. MASON, JUN.; AND
SAUNDERS AND HODGSON.

1826.

LONDON :

PRINTED BY R. GILBERT,

ST. JOHN'S SQUARE.

AN

1 NOV

LIERARY

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CONTENTS

OF THE

FOURTH VOLUME.

Preliminary Observations on Paradise Regained

Origin of Paradise Regained

PARADISE REGAINED

Milton's Defence of Tragedy

Preliminary Observations on Samson Agonistes

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