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But Dr. Johnson's particular malevolence to Milton may not be fo well known , or poffibly forgot ; we shall + therefore give a fhort account of its progrefs , from its firft appearance to its confummation in this Life of Milton .
But Dr. Johnson's particular malevolence to Milton may not be fo well known , or poffibly forgot ; we shall + therefore give a fhort account of its progrefs , from its firft appearance to its confummation in this Life of Milton .
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of those which Aubrey had from Milton's own mouth , Milton would hardly give him an account of the punishment , without fignifying what was the fault . Dr. Johnson fays , " Milton was the " laft ftudent in either univerfity that fuf" ...
of those which Aubrey had from Milton's own mouth , Milton would hardly give him an account of the punishment , without fignifying what was the fault . Dr. Johnson fays , " Milton was the " laft ftudent in either univerfity that fuf" ...
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perhaps with a few of his ingenious and judicious friends in them ) ; and Dr. John- : fon gives us our choice of two causes of it , the injudicious feverity of his governors , and Milton's captious perverfeness * .
perhaps with a few of his ingenious and judicious friends in them ) ; and Dr. John- : fon gives us our choice of two causes of it , the injudicious feverity of his governors , and Milton's captious perverfeness * .
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The last couplet of which elegy is , This if thou do , he will an offspring give That to the world's laft end fhall make thy name to live * . Hence it is clear that the perfons so manudued were only , at the moft , the two Philipfes ...
The last couplet of which elegy is , This if thou do , he will an offspring give That to the world's laft end fhall make thy name to live * . Hence it is clear that the perfons so manudued were only , at the moft , the two Philipfes ...
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Milton's attachment to Cromwell has been imputed to him as a blot in his character long before it was taken up by Dr. Johnfon ; who , to give him his due , has made the most of it in a small compafs .
Milton's attachment to Cromwell has been imputed to him as a blot in his character long before it was taken up by Dr. Johnfon ; who , to give him his due , has made the most of it in a small compafs .
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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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