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... and could not be overlooked without leaving fome of the more candid and capable judges of Milton's profe - writings to fuffer by the illiberal reflections of certain ( perhaps wellA 2 meaning ) 1 I meaning ) men , who may be led.
... and could not be overlooked without leaving fome of the more candid and capable judges of Milton's profe - writings to fuffer by the illiberal reflections of certain ( perhaps wellA 2 meaning ) 1 I meaning ) men , who may be led.
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Thus far Dr. Johnson's exhibition of Milton in the fcale of poetical merit , which perhaps at the bottom may amount to no more than that Milton could not make a faddle , or dance upon the 66 1 * the rope . But this too we leave [ 5 ]
Thus far Dr. Johnson's exhibition of Milton in the fcale of poetical merit , which perhaps at the bottom may amount to no more than that Milton could not make a faddle , or dance upon the 66 1 * the rope . But this too we leave [ 5 ]
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The Life of Milton , " fays Dr. Johnfon , " has been already written in fo 66 many forms , with fuch minute enqui66 ' ry , that I might perhaps more pro" perly T I " perly have contented myself with the " addition of [ 24 ]
The Life of Milton , " fays Dr. Johnfon , " has been already written in fo 66 many forms , with fuch minute enqui66 ' ry , that I might perhaps more pro" perly T I " perly have contented myself with the " addition of [ 24 ]
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It feems plain , " fays the new narrătive , from his own verfes to Diodati , " that he had incurred rufication , a tem" porary difimiffion into the country , with " perhaps the lofs of a term . " Milton was admitted of Chrift's College ...
It feems plain , " fays the new narrătive , from his own verfes to Diodati , " that he had incurred rufication , a tem" porary difimiffion into the country , with " perhaps the lofs of a term . " Milton was admitted of Chrift's College ...
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perhaps with a few of his ingenious and judicious friends in them ) ; and Dr. John- : fon gives us our choice of two causes of it , the injudicious feverity of his governors , and Milton's captious perverfeness * .
perhaps with a few of his ingenious and judicious friends in them ) ; and Dr. John- : fon gives us our choice of two causes of it , the injudicious feverity of his governors , and Milton's captious perverfeness * .
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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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