 | Joseph Addison - 1892 - 234 pages
...and sentiments of Adam and Eve never melt or move him passionately at all." And so also Johnson : " The man and woman who act and suffer are in a state...therefore, little natural curiosity or sympathy." With these parallels we may dismiss the comparison between Addison and Johnson, leaving the conclusion... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1892 - 180 pages
...of Paradise Lost has this inconvenience, that it comprises neither human actions nor human manners. The man and woman who act and suffer, are in a state...other man or woman can ever know. The reader finds i no transaction in which he can be engaged ; beholds no \ condition_in which he can^by any effort... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1893 - 186 pages
...5n"antT woman who act and suffer, are in a ata.t* no otner man or woman can ever know. The reader finds o transaction in which he can be engaged ; beholds no...in which he can by any effort of imagination place liimself ; he has, therefore, littje nat.ural curiosity or 10 sjgnIgthy. We all, indeed, feel the effects... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1894 - 196 pages
...Paradise Lost " has this inconvenience, that it comprises neither human actions nor human manners. The man and woman who act and suffer, are in a state...himself ; he has, therefore, little natural curiosity or 10 sympathy. We all, indeed, feel the effects of Adam's disobedience ; we all sin like Adam, and like... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1909 - 216 pages
...Paradise Lout has this inconvenience, that it comprises neither human actions nor human manners. The man i and woman who act and suffer are in a state which...has therefore little natural curiosity or sympathy. ... The want of human interest is always felt. Paradise, Lost is one of the books which the reader... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Wight Duff - English poetry - 1900 - 318 pages
...that it comprises neither human actions nor human manners. The man and woman who act and suffer 15 are in a state which no other man or woman can ever...therefore little natural curiosity or sympathy. We 20 all, indeed, feel the effects of Adam's disobedience; we all sin like Adam, and, like him, must... | |
 | Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh, Walter Raleigh - English poetry - 1900 - 328 pages
...says Johnson, " has this inconvenience, that it comprises neither human actions nor human manners. The man and woman who act and suffer are in a state which no other man and woman can ever know. The reader finds no transaction in which he can be engaged ; beholds no condition... | |
 | Literature - 1901 - 628 pages
..."Paradise Lost" has this inconvenience, that it comprises neither human actions nor human manners. The man and woman who act and suffer are in a state...natural curiosity or sympathy. We all indeed feel the effects of Adam's disobedience ; we all sin like Adam, and like him must all bewail our offenses ;... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - Literature - 1902 - 428 pages
...'Paradise Lost* has this inconvenience, that it comprises neither human actions nor human manners. The man and woman who act and suffer are in a state...natural curiosity or sympathy. We all indeed feel the effects of Adam's disobedience; we all sin like Adam, and like him must all bewail our offenses; we... | |
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The plan of Paradise Lost has this inconvenience, that it comprises neither human actions nor human manners. The man and woman who act and suffer, are in a state which no other man or woman can ever know. 
