Remarks on Johnson's Life of Milton. To which are Added, Milton's Tractate of Education and Areopagitica |
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Bafire Se REMARKS ON JOHNSON'S Life of MILTON . WE were in hope that we had done with Milton's Biographers ; and had little forefight that fo accomplished an artificer of B of language would have condefcended to bring up the rear 68 ...
Bafire Se REMARKS ON JOHNSON'S Life of MILTON . WE were in hope that we had done with Milton's Biographers ; and had little forefight that fo accomplished an artificer of B of language would have condefcended to bring up the rear 68 ...
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of language would have condefcended to bring up the rear of his hiftorians . But it was not for the reputation of Dr. Johnson's politics that Milton should be abused for his principles of Liberty by a less eminent hand than his own .
of language would have condefcended to bring up the rear of his hiftorians . But it was not for the reputation of Dr. Johnson's politics that Milton should be abused for his principles of Liberty by a less eminent hand than his own .
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When the Doctor found , on fome late occafions , that his crude abufe and mali . d ! cious criticisms would not bring down Milton to the degree of contempt with the public which he had affigned him in the scale of profe - writers ...
When the Doctor found , on fome late occafions , that his crude abufe and mali . d ! cious criticisms would not bring down Milton to the degree of contempt with the public which he had affigned him in the scale of profe - writers ...
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Dr. Johnson to be deftitute ) could bring himself to fport with the calamity of the unhappy criminal , without hope or profpect , or intention of relief ; -lief ; a fort of prostitution for which hardly any [ 159 ]
Dr. Johnson to be deftitute ) could bring himself to fport with the calamity of the unhappy criminal , without hope or profpect , or intention of relief ; -lief ; a fort of prostitution for which hardly any [ 159 ]
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... praxis thercof in fome chosen short book leffon'd throughly to them , they might then forthwith proceed to learn the fubftance of good things , and Arts in due order , which would bring the whole language quickly into their power .
... praxis thercof in fome chosen short book leffon'd throughly to them , they might then forthwith proceed to learn the fubftance of good things , and Arts in due order , which would bring the whole language quickly into their power .
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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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