Criticism on Milton's Paradise lost From 'The Spectator' 31 December, 1711- 3 May, 1712 .. . series, states, I have nothing more to add, but havingswelled this Work to $$$ Papers, they will be disposed into 2ntJ lEtt. seven Volumes, four of which are already publishd, and thethree others in the Press. It will not be demanded of me whyI now leave off, tho I must own my self obliged to give an Accountto the Town of my Time hereafter, since I retire when their Par-tiality to me is so great, that an Edition of the former Volumes ofSpectators of above Nine thousand each Book is already sold off,and
Criticism on Milton's Paradise lost From 'The Spectator' 31 December, 1711- 3 May, 1712 .. . series, states, I have nothing more to add, but havingswelled this Work to $$$ Papers, they will be disposed into 2ntJ lEtt. seven Volumes, four of which are already publishd, and thethree others in the Press. It will not be demanded of me whyI now leave off, tho I must own my self obliged to give an Accountto the Town of my Time hereafter, since I retire when their Par-tiality to me is so great, that an Edition of the former Volumes ofSpectators of above Nine thousand each Book is already sold off,and the Tax on each half Sheet has brought into the Stamp-Office one Week with another above 20/. a Week arising from thissingle Paper, notwithstanding it at first reduced it to less thanhalf the number that was usually Printed before this Tax was V laid. He is evidently referring to the original daily issues. Two years later, The Spectator was revived for about six 1714. June 18—Dec, 20. Nos 5^6-635 are hundred and thirty-five papers constitute The Spectator. U. Numb. CCLXIL The SPECTATOR. Nulla venenato Littera miffa Joco e/l. Ov. {Satirical Reflexions I avoid. Another translation. My paper flows from no fatiric vein. Contains no poifon9 and conveys no pain. Adapted} Monday, December 31. 1711. Think my felf highly obliged to the Publick fortheir kind Acceptance of a Paper which vifitsthem every Morning, and has in it none ofthofe Seafonings thatrecommend fo many ofthe Writings which are in vogue among , on the one Side, my Paper has not in it a fmgleWord of News, a Reflection in Politicks, nor a Strokeof Party; fo, on the other, there are no fafhionableTouches of Infidelity, no obfcene Ideas, no Satyrsupon Priefthood, Marriage, and the like popularTopicks of Ridicule; no private Scandal, nor anything that may tend to the Defamation of particularPerfons, Families, or Societies. There is not one of thefe abovementioned Sub-jects that would not fel
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