...of whieh no traees ean be found in Addison :—and beheld what it is!—"Original defieienee eaunot be supplied: the want of human interest is always felt. ' Paradise Lost' is one of the books whieh the reader admires and lays down, and forgets to take up again. None ever wished it longer than...

...When, Satan walks with his lance upon the burning marl, \\e Yaa a.\>cA>i % But original deficience cannot be supplied. The want of human interest is...forgets to take up again. None ever wished it longer that it is. Its perusal is a duty rather than a pleasure. We read Milton for instruction, retire harassed...

...encomiasts, that in reading ' Paradise Lost' we read a U>nk nf miixersal knowledge. lint original delieience cannot be supplied. The want of human interest is always felt. 'Paradise Lost' is one of the |iook> which the reader admires and lays down, and forgets to take ii)) again. None ever wished it...

...encomiasts, that in reading " Paradise Lost," we read a book of universal knowledge. But original deficience cannot be supplied. The want of human interest is...take up again. None ever wished it longer than it is. Ita perusal is a duty rather than a pleasure. We read Milton for instruction, retire harassed and overburdened,...

...encomiasts, that in reading " Paradise Lost" we read a book of universal knowledge. But original deficience 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 deficience 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,...

...we read a book of universal knowledge. But original deficience cannot be supplied. The want of humnn interest is always felt. Paradise Lost is one of the...a duty rather than a pleasure. We read Milton for instruction, retire harassed and overburdened, and look elsewhere for recreation; we desert our master,...

...rather than to those assigned by Dr Johnson may be referred the result which he thus describes:—" Paradise Lost is one of the books which the reader...a duty rather than a pleasure. We read Milton for instruction, retire harrassed and overburdened, and look elsewhere for recreation : we desert our master,...

...Addison," Johnson's Works, vol. vii. p. 142. In the "Life of Milton," vol. vi. p. 173, he had said, "'Paradise Lost' is one of the books which the reader...longer than it is. Its perusal is a duty rather than i pleasure." , BYRON AND TENNYSON. of us has his or her visions shadowed out." " Childe Harold," on...

...encomiasts, that in reading Paradise Lost we read a book of universal knowledge. But original deficience 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,...