...modestly but freely told him : and after some further discourse about it, I pleasantly said to him, Thou hast said much here of Paradise Lost ; but what hast thou to say of Paradise Found ? He made me no answer, but sate some time in a muse : then brake off that discourse and fell upon%nother...

...at Giles Chalfont. It contained the Epic Poem called " Paradise Lost." Thomas Ellwood said to him, " Thou hast said much here of Paradise Lost, but what hast thou to say of Paradise Found ?" Some time afterwards, Mr. Milton showed him another poem called " Paradise Regained," saying, in...

...same style, was suggested by the question of a Quaker friend, who, after reading the first, said, " Thou hast said much here of ' Paradise Lost,' but what hast thou to say of 'Paradise Found?'" I might as well try to give you an idea of the grandeur of Mont Blanc, by showing a few rocks from...

...Lost ' in manuscript, in returning it said to the Poet very characteristically : " Thou hast said much of 'Paradise Lost,' but what hast thou to say of Paradise Found?" This was enough for Milton, and when the Quaker and Poet met again the latter produced ' Paradise Regained.'...

...Ellwood. The latter read it. and, on returning it to him, expressed his approbation, adding, " Thov hast said much here of Paradise Lost, but what hast thou to ciy of Paradise Found?" 6. The hint was not lost ; Milton composed the " Paradise Regained," and when...

...Paradise Lost." Ellwood adds, that on returning it he " pleasantly said " to him, ' ' Thou hast said much of Paradise Lost, but what hast thou to say of Paradise Found ? " The poet did not answer the question ; but meeting him some time afterwards in London, showed his...

...modestly but freely told him ; and after some further discourse about it, I pleasantly said to him, " Thou hast said much here of Paradise Lost ; but what hast thou to say of Paradise Found?" He made me no answer, but sat some time in a muse ; then brake off that discourse, and fell upon another...

...name of Ellwood, the MS. of the Paradise Lost. An observation of this friend, " Thou hast said much of Paradise lost, but what hast thou to say of Paradise found ? " seems to have suggested the subject, and when, in 1667, Ellwood paid a visit to Milton in London,...

...modestly but freely told him ; and, after some further discourse about it, I pleasantly said to him, ' Thou hast said much here of Paradise Lost, but what hast thou to say of Paradise Found ?' He made me no answer, but sat some time in a muse ; then brake off that discourse, and fell upon...

...He gave the manuscript to Elwood to read. The young Quaker appreciated it, but added pleasantly, " Thou hast said much here of ' Paradise Lost,' but what hast thou to say of ' Paradise Found ' ? " This hint, Milton afterwards told his friend, gave birth to the idea of " Paradise Regained."...