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... to put his profe - works into the scale . > · 66 १ " His theological quibbles and perplexed fpeculations are daily equalled * See Cibber's Letter to Pope , p . 35 . 7 " and " and excelled by the most abject en" thufiafts ; [ 16 ]
... to put his profe - works into the scale . > · 66 १ " His theological quibbles and perplexed fpeculations are daily equalled * See Cibber's Letter to Pope , p . 35 . 7 " and " and excelled by the most abject en" thufiafts ; [ 16 ]
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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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There is no fpecification of the offence , or of the time of the correction ; and we may prefume , that when this wholesome feverity was most in vogue in either univerfity , the head of a college would hardly make himself fo ridiculous ...
There is no fpecification of the offence , or of the time of the correction ; and we may prefume , that when this wholesome feverity was most in vogue in either univerfity , the head of a college would hardly make himself fo ridiculous ...
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... and yet fomething elfe befides either whipping or ruftication . The most natural interpretation of the fecond line feems to be , that thofe college - exercises D · known known by the name of impofitions ( oftentimes prescribed as [ 33 ]
... and yet fomething elfe befides either whipping or ruftication . The most natural interpretation of the fecond line feems to be , that thofe college - exercises D · known known by the name of impofitions ( oftentimes prescribed as [ 33 ]
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Every page of the new narrative is full of mean flings and malevolent furmifes on Milton's most indifferent actions , which it would be endless to remark with a proper reproof of each . We shall therefore only select a few of the most ...
Every page of the new narrative is full of mean flings and malevolent furmifes on Milton's most indifferent actions , which it would be endless to remark with a proper reproof of each . We shall therefore only select a few of the most ...
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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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