Remarks on Johnson's Life of Milton. To which are Added, Milton's Tractate of Education and Areopagitica |
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... and could not be overlooked without leaving some of the more candid and capable judges of Milton's prose - writings to suffer by the illiberal reflections of certain ( perhaps wellA2 meaning ) meaning ) men , who may be led to think.
... and could not be overlooked without leaving some of the more candid and capable judges of Milton's prose - writings to suffer by the illiberal reflections of certain ( perhaps wellA2 meaning ) meaning ) men , who may be led to think.
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The puns of Milton betray “ a narrownefs of education , and a dege66 Thus far Dr. Johnson's exhibition of Milton in the scale of poetical merit , which perhaps at the bottom may amount to no more than that Milton could not make a saddle ...
The puns of Milton betray “ a narrownefs of education , and a dege66 Thus far Dr. Johnson's exhibition of Milton in the scale of poetical merit , which perhaps at the bottom may amount to no more than that Milton could not make a saddle ...
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66 The Life of Milton , ” says Dr.Johnfon , “ has been already written in so “ many forms , with such minute enquiry , that I might perhaps more properly 56 6 a « perly have contented myself with the « addition [ 24 ]
66 The Life of Milton , ” says Dr.Johnfon , “ has been already written in so “ many forms , with such minute enquiry , that I might perhaps more properly 56 6 a « perly have contented myself with the « addition [ 24 ]
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“ It seems plain , ” says the new narra* from his own verses to Diodati , " that he had incurred rusication , a temporárý disiniffion into the country , with “ perhaps the loss of a term . ” Milton was admitted of Chrift's Col. lege ...
“ It seems plain , ” says the new narra* from his own verses to Diodati , " that he had incurred rusication , a temporárý disiniffion into the country , with “ perhaps the loss of a term . ” Milton was admitted of Chrift's Col. lege ...
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perhaps with a few of his ingenious and judicious friends in them ) ; and Dr.John- ; son gives us our choice of two causes of it , the injudicious severity of his governors , and Milton's captious perverseness * .
perhaps with a few of his ingenious and judicious friends in them ) ; and Dr.John- ; son gives us our choice of two causes of it , the injudicious severity of his governors , and Milton's captious perverseness * .
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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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