Remarks on Johnson's Life of Milton: To which are Added Milton's Tractate of Education and Areopagitica |
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The minute snarlers , or spumose declamers against the sentiments and diction of Milton's profe - works , had ceased to be regarded , till the maxims of some of those who pay Dr. Johnson's quarterages had occafioned an inquiry into the ...
The minute snarlers , or spumose declamers against the sentiments and diction of Milton's profe - works , had ceased to be regarded , till the maxims of some of those who pay Dr. Johnson's quarterages had occafioned an inquiry into the ...
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Here the cat leaped * King Charles I. vindicated , p . 3 , 4 . + Efray , p . 163 . King Charles I. vindicated from the charge of Plagiarism , brought against him by Milton , Printed for Owen , 1754 , p . 11 . out out of the bag .
Here the cat leaped * King Charles I. vindicated , p . 3 , 4 . + Efray , p . 163 . King Charles I. vindicated from the charge of Plagiarism , brought against him by Milton , Printed for Owen , 1754 , p . 11 . out out of the bag .
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This is what he says of Milton : " I am sensible that in the calculations ** « I have here exhibited I have , in many - instances , strong prejudices against me . ---- The friends of Milton will not yield ** to Shakespeare the ...
This is what he says of Milton : " I am sensible that in the calculations ** « I have here exhibited I have , in many - instances , strong prejudices against me . ---- The friends of Milton will not yield ** to Shakespeare the ...
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Milton , in contending for these against the tyrant of the day and his abettors , was serious , energetic , and irrefragable . He bore down all the filly sophisms in favour C3 favour of despotic power like a torrent , and left [ 21 ]
Milton , in contending for these against the tyrant of the day and his abettors , was serious , energetic , and irrefragable . He bore down all the filly sophisms in favour C3 favour of despotic power like a torrent , and left [ 21 ]
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... the head of a college would hardly make himself fo ridiculous as to . condescend to execute the office of a parish - beadle * There We have been informed , that the manner of There is another presumption against this anecdote .
... the head of a college would hardly make himself fo ridiculous as to . condescend to execute the office of a parish - beadle * There We have been informed , that the manner of There is another presumption against this anecdote .
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| Title | Remarks on Johnson's Life of Milton: To which are Added Milton's Tractate of Education and Areopagitica |
| Author | Francis Blackburne |
| Published | 1780 |
| Original from | the Bavarian State Library |
| Digitized | 10 Feb 2009 |
| Length | 381 pages |
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