 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 for...  The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Page 173by Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820Full view - About this book
 | C. C. Barfoot - Literary Criticism - 1982 - 234 pages
...audience that has been invited to partake in his and their creation. Dr Johnson said that 'Paradise Lost is one of the books which the reader admires and lays down, and forgets to take up again'. Whatever the justice of this famous slight and its relevance to the true greatness of Milton's epic,10... | |
 | James Boyd White - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1985 - 400 pages
...the imagination place himself; he has, therefore, little natural curiosity or sympathy"; and "no one ever wished it longer than it is. Its perusal is a duty rather than a pleasure." 13. Of course Johnson uses the word "pride" somewhat differently in the two papers, allowing it to... | |
 | Prem Nath - 1987 - 440 pages
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