Remarks on Johnson's Life of Milton. To which are Added, Milton's Tractate of Education and Areopagitica1780 - 381 pages |
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... small matters , when contrafted with what Dr.Johnson's admirers have thought fit to call , an inimitable elegance of stile and composition . Our countrymen are certainly interested , that wrong repre- sentations of the character of so ...
... small matters , when contrafted with what Dr.Johnson's admirers have thought fit to call , an inimitable elegance of stile and composition . Our countrymen are certainly interested , that wrong repre- sentations of the character of so ...
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... small perfor- " mances , on the man who hastens home " because his countrymen are contend- " ing for their liberty , and when he " reaches the scene of action vapours " away J " away his patriotism in a private board- " ing [ 44 ]
... small perfor- " mances , on the man who hastens home " because his countrymen are contend- " ing for their liberty , and when he " reaches the scene of action vapours " away J " away his patriotism in a private board- " ing [ 44 ]
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... small performances , with respect to their ef- fects ; as he himself must know by ex- perience the service that political pam- phlets do to the faction their authors adhere to , when seasonably published . The merit of the faction , or ...
... small performances , with respect to their ef- fects ; as he himself must know by ex- perience the service that political pam- phlets do to the faction their authors adhere to , when seasonably published . The merit of the faction , or ...
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... for knowledge ; " its only genuine product , I believe , is " a small history of poetry , written in “ " Latin by his nephew , of which per- * Johnfon , p . 31 . 3 " haps " haps none of my readers has ever " heard [ 56 ]
... for knowledge ; " its only genuine product , I believe , is " a small history of poetry , written in “ " Latin by his nephew , of which per- * Johnfon , p . 31 . 3 " haps " haps none of my readers has ever " heard [ 56 ]
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... small piece of pa- per , fome four inches square , contain- ing , heads whereon in his speech he in- " tended to dilate ; and a tall soldier , look- " ing over the King's shoulders , read it , " as the King held it in his hand . - His ...
... small piece of pa- per , fome four inches square , contain- ing , heads whereon in his speech he in- " tended to dilate ; and a tall soldier , look- " ing over the King's shoulders , read it , " as the King held it in his hand . - His ...
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