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Some may think , " fays the Doctor , in this fame poetical scale , " that I have " under - valued the character of Waller ; " but , in my own opinion , I have rather " over - rated it . " He has however made ample amends for this lenity ...
Some may think , " fays the Doctor , in this fame poetical scale , " that I have " under - valued the character of Waller ; " but , in my own opinion , I have rather " over - rated it . " He has however made ample amends for this lenity ...
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But , fays another writer , as honest a man , and at least as fair a reafoner , as Dr. Johnson , " If men were not to de" clare their opinions in fpight of establifhments either in church or ftate , ' " truth would foon be banished the ...
But , fays another writer , as honest a man , and at least as fair a reafoner , as Dr. Johnson , " If men were not to de" clare their opinions in fpight of establifhments either in church or ftate , ' " truth would foon be banished the ...
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GISLAT " opinions which that fociety fhall think " pernicious . " We could mention very good fort of men , and no fools , who would not allow this to cvery fociety . But be this as it may , this allowance does not fatisfy our Biographer ...
GISLAT " opinions which that fociety fhall think " pernicious . " We could mention very good fort of men , and no fools , who would not allow this to cvery fociety . But be this as it may , this allowance does not fatisfy our Biographer ...
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Lauder however affirms , that , " in Dr. " Birch's opinion , Milton was not guilty " of the crime charged upon him ; Mil" ton and Bradshaw too , in the Doctor's opinion , being perfons of more honour " than to be guilty of putting fo ...
Lauder however affirms , that , " in Dr. " Birch's opinion , Milton was not guilty " of the crime charged upon him ; Mil" ton and Bradshaw too , in the Doctor's opinion , being perfons of more honour " than to be guilty of putting fo ...
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ticular church , " appears to have had " full conviction of the truth of Chrifti" anity ; to have regarded the holy fcrip" tures with the profoundest veneration ; " to have been untainted with any here" tical peculiarity of opinion ...
ticular church , " appears to have had " full conviction of the truth of Chrifti" anity ; to have regarded the holy fcrip" tures with the profoundest veneration ; " to have been untainted with any here" tical peculiarity of opinion ...
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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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