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The other will of courfe recommend itself to all advocates for the liberty of the prefs , and moreover may , in half an hour's reading , entertain fome part of the public with a contraft between the magnanimity of Milton , in facing a ...
The other will of courfe recommend itself to all advocates for the liberty of the prefs , and moreover may , in half an hour's reading , entertain fome part of the public with a contraft between the magnanimity of Milton , in facing a ...
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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 . The minute fnarlers , or fpumofe declamers against the sentiments and diction ...
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 . The minute fnarlers , or fpumofe declamers against the sentiments and diction ...
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... principles that are at enmity with every patron of public liberty , and every pleader for the legal rights of Englishmen , which , in their origin , are neither more nor lefs than the natural rights of all mankind .
... principles that are at enmity with every patron of public liberty , and every pleader for the legal rights of Englishmen , which , in their origin , are neither more nor lefs than the natural rights of all mankind .
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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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But was there no fcene of patriotic action but in the camp ? or will Dr. Johnson allow that Milton could have done more for the liberty of his coun* Fenton's Life of Milton , p . x . 66 his patriotism in a private board66 trymen GARLY A ...
But was there no fcene of patriotic action but in the camp ? or will Dr. Johnson allow that Milton could have done more for the liberty of his coun* Fenton's Life of Milton , p . x . 66 his patriotism in a private board66 trymen GARLY A ...
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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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