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1614
BOOK
I
s ±irst
Book proposes first in brief the whole Subject, Mans disobedience, ti loss
thereupon of Paradise wherein he was plac’t: Then touches the
mn~ut~ -zsse of his fall, the
Serpent, or rather Satan in the
Serpent; who revolt‘~‘-i~ God, and
drawing to his side many Legions of Angels, was by the.
:~4 of God driven out of Heaven with all his Crew into
the reat Deep. ThitLt iztion past over, the Poem hasts into
the midst of things, presenting
zith his Angels now fallen into
Hell, describ’d here, not in the Center
-t
taven and Earth may be suppos ‘d as yet not made, certainly not yet tutui””~ but in a place of utter darknesse,fitliest
call’d Chaos: Here Satan with
v tt is lying on the burning Lake, thunder-struck and astonisht, after a ‘r
;pace recovers, as from confusion, calls
up him who next in Order and
Lay by him; they confer of thir miserable fall. Sataii awakens all his tier., who lay- till then in the same manner
confounded; They rise, thir
tr, array of Battel, thir chief Leaders nam’d,
according to the Idols wrnttmr :fterwards in Canaan and the Countries adjoining. To these Satan me * ~&c Speech, comforts them with hope yet
of regaining Heaven, but tells
~. dy of a new World and new kind of Creature to be created, according to rrtt
Prop hesie or report in Heaven; for
that Angels were long before
t ~ ½1e Creation, was the opi~on of many ancient Fathers. To find out ~ of this Prophesie, and what to
determin thereon he refers to a full
nit:
What his Associates thence attempt. Pandemonium
the Palace of
~ ~ses, suddenly built out of the Deep: The infernal Peers there
sit * in
4,.
Of Mans First Disobedience, and the Fruit
Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste
Brought Death into the World, and all our woe,
With loss of Eden, till one greater Man
Restore us, and regain the blissful Seat,
Sing Heav’nly Muse, that on the secret top
Of Oreb, or
of Sinai, didst inspire
That Shepherd, who first taught the chosen Seed,
In the Beginning how the Heav’ns and Earth
Rose out of Chaos: Or if Siofl Hill
Delight thee more, and Siloa’s Brook that flowd
Fast by the Oracle of God; I thence
Invoke thy aid to my adventrous Song,
That with no middle
flight intends to soar
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BOOK
I
s
±irst Book proposes first in brief the whole Subject, Mans disobedience, ti loss
thereupon of Paradise wherein he was plac’t: Then touches the
mn~ut~ -zsse of his fall, the
Serpent, or rather Satan in the
Serpent; who revolt‘~‘-i~ God, and
drawing to his side many Legions of Angels, was by the.
:~4 of God driven out of Heaven with all his Crew into
the reat Deep. ThitLt iztion past over, the Poem hasts into
the midst of things, presenting
zith his Angels now fallen into
Hell, describ’d here, not in the
Center
-t
taven and Earth may be suppos ‘d as yet not made, certainly not yet tutui””~ but in a place of utter darknesse,fitliest
call’d Chaos: Here Satan with
v tt is lying on the burning Lake, thunder-struck and astonisht, after a ‘r
;pace recovers, as from confusion, calls
up him who next in Order and
Lay by him; they confer of thir miserable fall. Sataii awakens all his tier., who lay- till then in the same manner
confounded; They rise, thir
tr, array of Battel, thir chief Leaders nam’d,
according to the Idols wrnttmr :fterwards in Canaan and the Countries adjoining. To these Satan me * ~&c Speech, comforts them with hope yet
of regaining Heaven, but tells
~. dy of a new World and new kind of Creature to be created, according to rrtt
Prop hesie or report in Heaven; for
that Angels were long before
t ~ ½1e Creation, was the opi~on of many ancient Fathers. To find out ~ of this Prophesie, and what to
determin thereon he refers to a full
nit: What his Associates thence attempt. Pandemonium
the Palace of
~ ~ses, suddenly built out of the Deep: The infernal Peers
there sit * in
4,.
Of Mans First Disobedience, and the Fruit
Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste
Brought Death into the World, and all our woe,
With loss of Eden, till one greater Man
Restore us, and regain the blissful Seat,
Sing Heav’nly Muse, that on the secret top
Of Oreb, or
of Sinai, didst inspire
That Shepherd, who first taught the chosen Seed,
In the Beginning how the Heav’ns and Earth
Rose out of Chaos: Or if Siofl Hill
Delight thee more, and Siloa’s Brook that flowd
Fast by the Oracle of God; I thence
Invoke thy aid to my adventrous Song,
That with no middle
flight intends to soar
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1914
A businessman walks up to a pile of rubbish found
on a busy city street. He stops and begins to burrow into the cardboard boxes, old
furniture and sacks of rotting vegetables. Soon he is completely hidden by the
refuge.
Still hidden he rummages and moves around for a
minute or two before stirring (but strangely unrecognisable) music comes from
inside the structure.
This florid orchestral score starts quietly but
builds in intensity.
A metal pole extends from the top of the rubbish pile. A flag is unfurled from
the top of the pole and flutters in the wind. The flag is of an emblem that we
focus on as being of two men embracing - the music reaches its climax.
Independence has been declared.
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Paradise
UK
Dear…paradisefound.org.uk
I waited in vain for some reliable sunshine but in the end had to make the best of another cloudy day in Paradise. Our Paradise is a small area, rather than a street, in the village of %&*^$&$%£&. %&*^$&$%£& has a very important place in the history of industrial Britain. It was here that the first ¬”#*^%&^%& in the world was !#6*%! in 1779 and it still $%^** the <>%^£&* just down the road in %$.!”%$%<>. The $^%$*^%^masters were the Quaker Darby family, who were responsible for much of the building in the area. The **&%~~ is still in operation but no longer creates the pollution of bygone years. It was the pollution that caused people to build further up the hill and create “Paradise” away from the smoke and smell of the hell below. Take a look at de Louthenbourg’s view of %&*^$&$%£& painted in 1801 to get an impression of what it must have been like to live so close to a demonic inferno.
I tried to write a list of the photographs taken but I
must have forgotten some. I hope you can make enough sense of them to be
useful.
1. the track leading to a cluster of houses in
Paradise ... and our house
2. Paradise House .... Georgian frontage but it
hides an older house
3. Paradise sign and the Youth Hostel ...once
the educational “Institute” built by the Darby family
4. I might have taken one of the foundry which
is only really visible from one end of Paradise by the Youth Hostel sorry I’m
not clear about this
5. view of the. woods and “Paradise Fields”
(which are rapidly reverting to woodland) from our house ... taken from the
upstairs landing at the back
6. as above
7. view from the conservatory towards Captain’
Coppice”... this one should be obvious if the numbers are already wrong!
8. Apple tree and water pump in the
garden...there have to be apples in Paradise!
9. view down the track
10. over to the Power Station from the top of the
track..
11. cottage on the main street in Paradise
12. The Villa said to be a copy of a house in
Richmond which was admired by a young bride. Her husband drew the house and had
it built for her here in Paradise.
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13. perhaps a better shot of The Villa
14. A row of
Council houses in Paradise
15. the back of a
cottage whose name suggests that it was once a Boring Mill
16. houses in an area known as Upper Paradise
17. The White House . . .lots of iron in evidence
even the window frames
18. the woods and footpath that connects two areas
of Paradise
19. view from the footpath over
%&*^$&$%£&
20. the start of the public footpath
21. view up the track towards Upper Paradise
22. view in the opposite direction from Paradise
towards !>??£%
23.
view from Upper Paradise towards %&*^$&$%£& / Captain’s Coppice
...the sun came out
24. as above
25 footpath sign in the woods behind our house
26. our house... once a row of three workers’ cottages!
27. oops ... one not accounted for!
Yours sincerely…
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1814
For maximum pleasure insert your idol here
(Barbara Cartland)
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1814
“The Earl of Fleetwood
tied his cravat before the mirror over the fireplace with a dexterity that
always infuriated his valet.”
“Watching him from the
bed, Lady Oline Blunham thought that no man could be more attractive”
“The Earl’s lovemaking
had been fiery, passionate, and extremely satisfying”
“It would have been
impossible for any Gentleman of Fashion to be more elegant and at the
same time more masculine”.
“That they were unfaithful to their husband was
taken for granted…but what he would not accept was a women who professed her
love for him keeping her bed warm with other lovers in his absence”
“He then erased her
from his mind as if, in fact, she had never existed”
“I find it extremely frustrating to sit here in England going from Ball to Ball
and from women to women when I should be helping to put an end to Napoleon’s
tyranny over the rest of Europe.”
“I want action! I want excitement! I want
what we had together in Portugal.”
“The Earl had lately been offered a
Ministerial Post in the Foreign Office, if he wished to take it.”
“If I have to eat one more dinner over twelve
entrees”, he said, “I shall go on hunger strike.”
“Good God!” the Earl ejaculated.” You do not
mean to say it is as bad as that!”
“If he was honest, he knew that his talents,
and they were quite considerable, were being wasted, and as his friend had told
him, a life of pleasure, of making love to one woman after another, would never
satisfy him.”
“It is a house of dreams’, the Earl had often
thought to himself, and he never saw it without getting a little thrill because
it was his and because in itself it was everything he wanted his to be.”
“But the Earl always
felt in a strange way that when he humiliated a man by taking his wife into his
arms, he was humiliated”
“If he had so much as
hinted at his real feelings, it would have caused a gale of laughter and scorn
from everybody around him.”
“If he ever found her philandering with a man
like himself he would strangle her.”
“The two friends talked of horses for some
time during the meal. Then they talked about the war situation.”
“It was unheard of for a Lady – and he knew
Newman would never make a mistake about someone’s social status – to ride
unaccompanied by a groom.”
“She was very lovely, with a small
heart-shaped face that seemed to be filled by two large blue eyes.”
“I will leave at six o’clock tomorrow
morning, Papa riding Orion and leading Jupiter on a leading rein. If Orion is
skittish, I know I can rely on Jupiter to follow me, even if I cannot lead
him.”
“Nanny was however well aware that if they
did not get some money soon they would be on the verge of starvation.”
“If the Prince of Wales had gone down on his
knees before me”, she had told Gavin Borne, “I would not have hesitated for one
moment if you had wanted me to.”
“When they nuzzled with their noses against
her she felt as if she meant something special to them and it gave her a warm
feeling inside.”
“Do not worry, Papa. I will forget I am
‘Honourable’ which as far as I am concerned is not worth a penny in the open
market, and if anybody asks me who I am, I will say my name is Milton, which is
near enough to yours for me to remember it, and I have just been reading Paradise
Regained.”
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“You need not to be afraid of that, Monsieur!
I promise you I am very experienced.”
“Hazily, as if she
were dreaming, Salrina heard their voices. Then with a start of surprise she
realised that the man of had just spoken had a French accent.”
“One thousand pounds,” the Englishman said in
a low voice and you will have the other thousand as soon as the Regent is dead.
With what undoubtedly the Emperor will give you in addition, you will not do
badly.”
“Merci, Monsieur”
“Th’Master leaves a letter fer whoever brings
th’ ‘orse,” he said slowly.
“I am Miss Milton,” Salrina murmured, “and
all I have to do is to make the Earl realise he must go to London and save the
Prince Regent. Then I can go back to Papa first thing in the morning with an
easy conscience.”
“She thought, although she was not
sure, that there was a Rembrandt, although quite a small one, between two
magnificently gold mirrors that she was sure had been designed by Chippendale.”
“I can only apologise again,” the Earl
said, “and beg you in all sincerity to help us prevent what would be not only a
disaster to this country, but also a devastating blow to Wellington’s Armies.”
“Salrina, who was
already moving towards Jupiter, stopped.”
She knew that what the
Earl said was true, and that if the soldiers who were fighting desperately on
foreign soil learnt of such a tragedy, it would undoubtedly lower their morale
and perhaps allow the all-conquering French to be victorious once again.”
“Bring a bottle of champagne to the Library,”
the Earl ordered.
“Very good, M’Lord!”
“I have nothing to wear! How could I
appear…dressed like…this?”
“That is certainly
something any other woman except yourself, Miss Milton, would have thought of
first.”
“It was very…stupid of
me!” Salrina admitted, “but because I never have…time to worry about clothes,
it never… struck me that I should need an…evening gown in which to identify
an…assassin!”
“At the same time, with her fair hair curling
untidily over her forehead, her old and threadbare riding habit and somewhat
dilapidated riding hat, it was unlikely that the fastidious Earl of Fleetwood
would give her a second glance.”
“Salrina thought that, difficult and
disagreeable though he might be, the Earl was the most handsome man she had
ever seen and it would be impossible for one of his family not to be
good-looking.”
“My Nanny always said: ‘I’ll make you into a
gentleman if I have to beat the devil out of you.” The Earl replied. “And she
did.”
”You look as if you
have just emerged from the lake at Fleet, or else floated down from a Planet to
bemuse and bewitch us human beings!”
“It would have been impossible for her to
come to Carlton House wearing anything she owned herself.”
“Then she looked across the room to see him
laughing at something a very beautiful lady, festooned with rubies, her
décolletage was so low that Salrina blushed when she looked at it.”
“At last she saw that standing just in front
of the Prince, who was turning from the contemplation of the picture to greet
him was the Frenchman. It was impossible not to recognise his long nose, his
foxy face and dark hair and eyes.”
“He flung himself almost as if he flew
through the air at the Frenchman, knocked his right hand holding the dagger up
in the air, and at the same time punched him with all his strength in the
face.”