 | John Milton - 1896
...of the Poets," considers Milton's poetry, and finally makes the terribly candid remark: " ' Paradise Lost ' is one of the books which the reader admires...recreation; we desert our master, and seek for companions." Now, such may certainly be the case with many who read " Paradise Lost," but if it is, they have missed... | |
 | John Milton - 1896 - 112 σελίδες
...of the Poets," considers Milton's poetry, and finally makes the terribly candid remark: " ' Paradise Lost' is one of the books which the reader admires...recreation; we desert our master, and seek for companions." Now, such may certainly be the case with many who read " Paradise Lost," but if it is, they have missed... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Wight Duff - 1900 - 209 σελίδες
...But original deficience cannot be supplied. The J£ want_of human interest is always felt. ' Paradise Lost' is one of the books which the reader admires and lays down and forgets to take up again. None 10 ever wished it longer than it is. Its perusal is a duty rather than a pleasure. We read Milton for... | |
 | 1901
...knowledge. But original deficiency cannot be supplied. The want of human interest is always felt. " Paradise Lost " is one of the books which the reader admires...recreation ; we desert our master, and seek for companions. that he could not show angels acting but by instruments of action ; he therefore invested them with... | |
 | John Milton - 1895
...reading public in their heart of hearts is inclined to endorse Dr. Johnson's judgment, that Paradise Lost is one of the books which the reader admires and lays down and forgets to take up again ; that none ever wished it longer than it is ; that its perusal is a duty rather than a pleasure ;... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - 1902
...knowledge. But original deficiency cannot be supplied. The want of human interest is always felt. ( Paradise Lost * is one of the books which the reader admires...We read Milton for instruction, retire harassed and overbxirdened, and look elsewhere for recreation; we desert our master, and seek for companions. Another... | |
 | Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb - 1903
...'Paradise Lost' as a task." Johnson, in his "Life of Milton," in the Lives of the Poets, says: " ' Paradise Lost ' is one of the books which the reader admires...is. Its perusal is a duty rather than a pleasure." For other remarks on Milton see page 376. Page 346, line 1. So ends "King Lear." Lamb means that the... | |
 | Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb - 1903
...'Paradise Lost' as a task." Johnson, in his "Life of Milton," in the Lives of the Poets, says: " ' Paradise Lost ' is one of the books which the reader admires...is. Its perusal is a duty rather than a pleasure." For other remarks on Milton see page 376. / Page .346, line 1 . So ends " King Lear." Lamb means that... | |
 | John Arthos - 1968 - 265 σελίδες
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The want* of human interest is always felt. Paradise Lost is one of the books which the reader admires and lays down, and forgets to take up again. None ever wished it longer than it is. Its perusal is a duty rather than a pleasure. We read Milton for... 
