...AddisoB,' 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....admires and lays down, and forgets to take up again. None ever wished it longer than it is. Its pernsal is a duty rather than a pleasure.' second cantos...

...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 and lays down, and forgets to take up agnin. None ever wished it longer than it is. Its perusal is a duty rather than a pleasure. We read...

...Paradise Lost,' i he truth of Dr. Johnson's observation must be to a considerable extent allowed, that it is ' one of the books which the reader admires and lays down, and forgets to take up again.' Much of this inattention is no doubt owing to the character of this ago. Learned poetry suits us not....

...Paradise Lost,' the truth of Dr. Johnson's observation must be to a considerable extent allowed, that it is ' one of the books which the reader admires and lays down, and forgets to take up again.' Much of this inattention is no doubt owing to the character of this age. Learned poetry suits us not....

...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 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...

...original delieience cannot be supplied. The want of human interest is always felt. " Paradise Lost1' ¡я e very numerous, and his subjects various. With his theological works I am only enough None ever wished it longer than it is. Its perusal is a duty rather than a pleasure. We read Milton...

...admires and lays down, and forgets to take up again. None ever wished it longer than it is. Its penisal discourses. With Dryden we are Wandering in quest of harrassed and overliurthened, and look elsewhere for recreation; we desert our master, and Beck for...

...Milton excelled. Moreover, "the substance of the narrative Is truth." And how does he sum up the result? "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 le. Its perusal is a duty rather than a pleasure." I believe that...

...compositions of Prior, Collins, Gray, and Akenside ; because they pronounce the Paradise Lost ' one of those books which the reader admires, and lays down, and forgets to take up again.' See Milton's Life, p. 249. " I am sure I have read, either in Dr. Johnson's works, or in the records...

...number: what he writes of the Paradise Lost, he would have said of Scripture, if reverence permitted—' Its perusal 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 and seek for companions.' But,...