...encomiasts, that in reading ' Paradise Lost' we read a book of universal knowledge. But original deficiency cannot be supplied. The want of human interest is...a duty rather than a pleasure. We read Milton for instruction, retire harassed and overburdened, and look elsewhere for recreation; we desert our master,...

...encomiasts, that in reading ( Paradise Lost ) we read a book of universal knowledge. But original deficiency cannot be supplied. The want of human interest is...a duty rather than a pleasure. We read Milton for instruction, retire harassed and overburdened, and look elsewhere for recreation; we desert our master,...

..." 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...a duty rather than a pleasure. We read Milton for instruction, retire harassed and overburdened, and look elsewhere for recreation; we desert our master,...

..." 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...a duty rather than a pleasure. We read Milton for instruction, retire harassed and overburdened, and look elsewhere for recreation; we desert our master,...

...encomiasts, that in reading Paradise Lost we read a book of universal knowledge. f But original deficiency cannot be supplied. The want of human interest is...which the reader admires and lays down, and forgets to p take up again. None ever wished it longer than it is. Its __ v perusal is a duty rather than a pleasure....

...anglaise. 1. « Paradiie Lost, » says Dr. Johnson, « is one of thé books •which thé reader admirer and lays down, and forgets to take up again. None ever wished il longer than il is. Ils perusal is a duty ralher than a pleasure. \Ve read Milton for instruction,...

...that in reading “Paradise Lost” we read a book of universal knowledge. But original deficiency cannot be supplied. The want of human interest is...a duty rather than a pleasure. We read Milton for instruction, retire harassed and overburdened, and look elsewhere for recreation; we desert our master,...

...'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...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...

...Lost' we 30 read a book of universal knowledge. But original deficiency cannot be supplied. The_want. of \ human interest is. always felt. ' Paradise Lost'...wished it longer than it is. Its perusal is a duty rathejjthau-a. .pleasure. We read Milton for instruction, retirgjiarassed and overburdened, and look...

...emotion in the mind. What we knew before, we cannot learn; what is not unexpected cannot surprise. . . . The want of human interest is always felt. Paradise...reader admires and lays down, and forgets to take it up again. None ever wished it longer than it is. Its perusal is a duty rather than a pleasure. We...