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Shakespeare's faults were those of a great poet ; thofe of Milton of a little " pedant . When Shakespeare is execra " ble he is fo exquifitely fo , that he is " inimitable in his blemishes as in his " beauties .
Shakespeare's faults were those of a great poet ; thofe of Milton of a little " pedant . When Shakespeare is execra " ble he is fo exquifitely fo , that he is " inimitable in his blemishes as in his " beauties .
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... acquifitions of reading or fpelling . " We are therefore , " continues the critic , " to confider him in one fixed " point of light , that of a great poet , C " with 66 46 " with a laudable envy of rivalling , " eclipfing [ 17 ]
... acquifitions of reading or fpelling . " We are therefore , " continues the critic , " to confider him in one fixed " point of light , that of a great poet , C " with 66 46 " with a laudable envy of rivalling , " eclipfing [ 17 ]
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... and it is a very gentle cenfure paffed upon him by the Critical Reviewers * , " that the Doctor's remarks on fome of our best poets , particularly Milton and Waller , whofe political opinions by no * For May , 1779 .
... and it is a very gentle cenfure paffed upon him by the Critical Reviewers * , " that the Doctor's remarks on fome of our best poets , particularly Milton and Waller , whofe political opinions by no * For May , 1779 .
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that Effay ; and , confidering the num" bers of poets they have always at their " beck , why may they not be fufpected " as the forgers of it ? " So reafoned Mr. Wilkes's friends in the year 1763. Dr. Johnfon knows what the ministerial ...
that Effay ; and , confidering the num" bers of poets they have always at their " beck , why may they not be fufpected " as the forgers of it ? " So reafoned Mr. Wilkes's friends in the year 1763. Dr. Johnfon knows what the ministerial ...
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They will obferve that they are tainted throughout with the effects of an inveterate hatred to Milton's politics , with which , as the Biographer of a Poet the " author • author of Paradife Loft , the Critic had A very [ 127 ]
They will obferve that they are tainted throughout with the effects of an inveterate hatred to Milton's politics , with which , as the Biographer of a Poet the " author • author of Paradife Loft , the Critic had A very [ 127 ]
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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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