...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 admires...We read Milton for instruction, retire harassed and overburthened, and look elsewhere for recreation : we desert our master, and look for companions."...

...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....

...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 admires...inconvenience of Milton's design is, that it requires 30 the description of what cannot be described, the agency of spirits. He saw that immateriality supplied...

...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...

...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 ;...

...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 admires...We read Milton for instruction, retire harassed and over30 burdened, and look elsewhere for recreation ; we desert our master, and seek for companions....

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...