‘Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay
To mould Me man? Did I solicit thee
From darkness to promote me?’
– John Milton, Paradise Lost (1674) Book X, 743-5
‘Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay
To mould Me man? Did I solicit thee
From darkness to promote me?’
– John Milton, Paradise Lost (1674) Book X, 743-5
Chaos; violence; loud, riotous uproar, especially of a crowd. It was coined by John Milton in Paradise Lost, Book I (1674) and originally meant ‘a place where all demons live’.