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 - Pągina 169per Samuel Johnson - 1816Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
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