Remarks on Johnson's Life of Milton. To which are Added, Milton's Tractate of Education and Areopagitica |
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... of merriment " on great promifes and fmall perfor<< mances , on the man who haftens home " because his countrymen are contending for their liberty , and when he " reaches the fcene of action vapours away 66 " away ing school .
... of merriment " on great promifes and fmall perfor<< mances , on the man who haftens home " because his countrymen are contending for their liberty , and when he " reaches the fcene of action vapours away 66 " away ing school .
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... and it feems not " more reasonable to leave the right of printing unreftrained , because writers may be afterwards cenfured , than it " would be to fleep with our doors un" bolted , because by our laws we can " hang a thief .
... and it feems not " more reasonable to leave the right of printing unreftrained , because writers may be afterwards cenfured , than it " would be to fleep with our doors un" bolted , because by our laws we can " hang a thief .
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He was above the little dirty prejudices or pretences that they might be trusted with power , only because he approved of the men , or depended upon their faF Your vour to himself . He had his eye only on [ 65 ]
He was above the little dirty prejudices or pretences that they might be trusted with power , only because he approved of the men , or depended upon their faF Your vour to himself . He had his eye only on [ 65 ]
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He had his eye only on the caufe , and when the Presbyterians deferted that , he deferted them , not out of humour , as this rancorous Biographer would infinuate * ; but because they fainted in the progrefs of that work to the ...
He had his eye only on the caufe , and when the Presbyterians deferted that , he deferted them , not out of humour , as this rancorous Biographer would infinuate * ; but because they fainted in the progrefs of that work to the ...
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After his death , the officers demanded the paper " of the Bishop , who , because of the " depth of his pocket , fmallness of the ' so paper , and the mixture of others " therewith , could not fo foon produce " it as was required .
After his death , the officers demanded the paper " of the Bishop , who , because of the " depth of his pocket , fmallness of the ' so paper , and the mixture of others " therewith , could not fo foon produce " it as was required .
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| Title | Remarks on Johnson's Life of Milton. To which are Added, Milton's Tractate of Education and Areopagitica Issue 56 of British culture series, Group IV Eighteenth century collections online |
| Author | Francis Blackburne |
| Publisher | Verlag nicht ermittelbar, 1780 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 19 Jun 2008 |
| Length | 381 pages |
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