 | Richard Cumberland - 1809 - Liczba stron: 518
...only be to imitate Mr. Stockdale in his trifling and prolixity. That " Paradise Lost is one of the books which the reader admires, and lays down, and forgets to take up again," is a sentence of which the justice is too irresistibly and universally felt, to be censured... | |
 | Nathan Drake - 1809 - Liczba stron: 530
...would be told that his " Paradise Lost" is an object of forced admiration ; that " it is one of the books which the reader admires and lays down, and forgets to take up again." It i? true, that the critique on the " Paradise Lost," is one of the most splendid and eloquent... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - Liczba stron: 420
...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... | |
 | Robert Anderson - 1815 - Liczba stron: 660
...Milton is weakened, by his pronouncing " Paradise Lost " " an object of forced admiration ; one of the books which the reader admires and lays down, and forgets to take up again." In his derogatory estimate of " Lycidas," that " surely no man could have fancied that he... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1818 - Liczba stron: 410
...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - Liczba stron: 476
...deficience cannot be supplied. Thel want of human interest is always felt. Paradise V 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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - Liczba stron: 466
...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... | |
 | Thomas Durant - 1822 - Liczba stron: 250
...prejudice, even while doing justice to Milton's genius and learning, says, " 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 61 this surprising". Milton, who... | |
 | Thomas Durant - 1822 - Liczba stron: 256
...prejudice, even while doing justice to Milton's genius and learning, says, " 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 VOL. I. G this surprising. Milton,... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - Liczba stron: 302
...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 again17. None ever wished it longer than it is. Its perusal is a duty rather than a pleasure. We... | |
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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. 
