 | John Milton - 1896 - 218 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... | |
 | John Milton - 1896 - 218 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... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1909 - 216 σελίδες
...therefore little natural curiosity or sympathy. ... The want of human interest is always felt. Paradise, Lost is one of the books which the reader admires...take up again. None ever wished it longer than it is. ' As Mr. Pattison says, Adam and Eve are 'exceptional beings'; we cannot fully sympathise with them... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Wight Duff - 1900 - 318 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 - 628 σελίδες
...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 - 134 σελίδες
...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 - 428 σελίδες
...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 - 634 σελίδες
...'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 - 636 σελίδες
...'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... | |
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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... 
