 | Shiukichi Shigemi - 1889 - 508 страници
...Philosophical Society, vol. i. t Genie du Christianisme, terest," says the latter," is always felt. Paradise Lost is one of the books which the reader...We read Milton for instruction, retire harassed and overburthened, and look elsewhere for recreation : we desert our master, and look for companions."... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1889 - 294 страници
...from the sound of darkness. 1 Johnson differed from Minim in this. " None ever wished Parodist Lost longer than it is. Its perusal is a duty rather than a pleasure." — Johnson's Works, vii. 135. J Perhaps borrowed from The Rambler, No. 86. See ante vol. i , p. 169.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1893 - 186 страници
...cannot be supplied. The want of /human interest's always felt. Paradise Lost is one of the nWoK^rfnch ,the reader admires and lays down, and forgets to...retire harassed and overburdened, and look *. elsewhere for^recreation ; we desert our master, and seek for companions. ?3l/\ Another inconvenience of Milton's... | |
 | John Milton - 1893 - 190 страници
...general 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 ;... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1894 - 196 страници
...knowledge. But original deficience cannot be supplied. The want of human interest is always felt. " Paradise Lost " is one of the books which the reader...We read Milton for instruction, retire harassed and over30 burdened, and look elsewhere for recreation ; we desert our master, and seek for companions.... | |
 | John Milton - 1896 - 218 страници
..."Lives of the Poets," considers Milton's poetry, and finally makes the terribly candid remark: " ' Paradise Lost' is one of the books which the reader...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 страници
..."Lives of the Poets," considers Milton's poetry, and finally makes the terribly candid remark: " ' Paradise Lost ' is one of the books which the reader...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 страници
...has therefore little natural curiosity or sympathy. ... The want of human interest is always felt. Paradise, Lost is one of the books which the reader...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 страници
...knowledge. 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 страници
...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...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... | |
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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 instruction, retire harrassed and overburdened,... 
