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There may have been men and things of which Dr. Johnson hath no knowledge . Wood fays , both Milton's nephews were writers ; and there may be ftill more genuine products of Milton's fcholaftic inftitution than Dr. Johnfon ever heard of ...
There may have been men and things of which Dr. Johnson hath no knowledge . Wood fays , both Milton's nephews were writers ; and there may be ftill more genuine products of Milton's fcholaftic inftitution than Dr. Johnfon ever heard of ...
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Impudence is an attribute with which our Biographer hath qualified Milton . more than once ; and it feems to have fhocked the modefty of Dr. Johnson that a blemish of that kind fhould deform the character of his hero .
Impudence is an attribute with which our Biographer hath qualified Milton . more than once ; and it feems to have fhocked the modefty of Dr. Johnson that a blemish of that kind fhould deform the character of his hero .
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We cannot admit even Dr. Johnson's experience to decide this matter for us ; who indeed hath immediately destroyed his own hypothefis , by acknowledging that Milton , who affociated with no par* Life , p . 140 . ticular ticular church ...
We cannot admit even Dr. Johnson's experience to decide this matter for us ; who indeed hath immediately destroyed his own hypothefis , by acknowledging that Milton , who affociated with no par* Life , p . 140 . ticular ticular church ...
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Hath he always revered kings as fuch , kings de facto , or ' kings only fo and fo qualified ? We confefs ourselves to be of that clafs of men who are willing to receive inftruction from all quarters ; and the news - paper of the day ...
Hath he always revered kings as fuch , kings de facto , or ' kings only fo and fo qualified ? We confefs ourselves to be of that clafs of men who are willing to receive inftruction from all quarters ; and the news - paper of the day ...
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To this Milton replies , " What pa" trons they be God in fcripture oft ❝enough hath expreft ; and the earth > itself hath too long groaned under the “ burden of their injustice , diforder , and “ irreligion + .
To this Milton replies , " What pa" trons they be God in fcripture oft ❝enough hath expreft ; and the earth > itself hath too long groaned under the “ burden of their injustice , diforder , and “ irreligion + .
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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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