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IT Tis neceffary to inform the reader , that the following Remarks are a fmall part of a work lately given to the public , wherein occafion is incidentally taken to exhibit fome inftances of the manner in which Milton's character has ...
IT Tis neceffary to inform the reader , that the following Remarks are a fmall part of a work lately given to the public , wherein occafion is incidentally taken to exhibit fome inftances of the manner in which Milton's character has ...
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and excelled by the most abject en" thufiafts ; and if we confider him as a profe - writer , he has neither the learn" ing of a fcholar , nor the manners of a gentleman . There is no force in his " reasoning , no elegance in his ftyle ...
and excelled by the most abject en" thufiafts ; and if we confider him as a profe - writer , he has neither the learn" ing of a fcholar , nor the manners of a gentleman . There is no force in his " reasoning , no elegance in his ftyle ...
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It is not eafy to determine which , in this character of Hampden , is the more confpicuous , the zeal of the loyalift , or the manners of the gentleman . The man 3 talks 66 talks in one place of Milton's brutality . We could [ 20 ]
It is not eafy to determine which , in this character of Hampden , is the more confpicuous , the zeal of the loyalift , or the manners of the gentleman . The man 3 talks 66 talks in one place of Milton's brutality . We could [ 20 ]
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There are no men fo excellent who have not fome perfonal or cafual defect in their bodily frame , fome aukward peculiarity in their manners or converfation , fome fcandalous calumny tacked to their private hiftory , or fome of thofe ...
There are no men fo excellent who have not fome perfonal or cafual defect in their bodily frame , fome aukward peculiarity in their manners or converfation , fome fcandalous calumny tacked to their private hiftory , or fome of thofe ...
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... credulity has difabled him from being a writer of any authority . In what manner , and with what circumftances , this corporal` * Milton's Life , p . 7 , 8 . JJ cor" was correction was inflicted in either univerfity , we are [ 28 ]
... credulity has difabled him from being a writer of any authority . In what manner , and with what circumftances , this corporal` * Milton's Life , p . 7 , 8 . JJ cor" was correction was inflicted in either univerfity , we are [ 28 ]
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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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