TO THE ILLUSTRIOUS MEMORY

OF

FRANCIS, DUKE OF BRIDGEWATER,

TO WHOSE KINDNESS THESE VOLUMES

OWE CONSIDERABLE IMPORTANCE,

AND THE EDITOR OF THEM

THE MOST HEART-FELT OBLIGATION,

THIS EDITION OF MILTON'S POETICAL WORKS

IS GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED.

CONTENTS

OF THE FIRST VOLUME.

Page

1

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165

Some Account of the Life and Writings of Milton

Nuncupative Will of Milton

Lift of Editions, Tranflations, and Alterations, of the

POETICAL WORKS

Lift of Detached Pieces of Criticifm relating to the

189

212

219

CONTENTS

OF THE SEVEN VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

Page

Some Account of the Life and Writings of Milton

Nuncupative Will of Milton

1

165

Lift of Editions, Tranflations, and Alterations, of the

POETICAL WORKS

189

Mr. Boyd's Remarks on the Fallen Angels of Milton *257

THE THIRD, FOURTH, FIFTH, SIXTH, SEVENTH,

and EIGHTH BOOKS OF PARADISE LOST

- 1, &c,