Remarks on Johnson's Life of Milton. To which are Added, Milton's Tractate of Education and AreopagiticaVerlag nicht ermittelbar, 1780 - 381 pages |
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... confider him as a " profe - writer , he has neither the learn- 6.6 6.6 66 ing of a scholar , nor the manners of a gentleman . There is no force in his reafoning , no elegance in his ftyle , and . no tafte in his compofition ...
... confider him as a " profe - writer , he has neither the learn- 6.6 6.6 66 ing of a scholar , nor the manners of a gentleman . There is no force in his reafoning , no elegance in his ftyle , and . no tafte in his compofition ...
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... confider little in his operations upon them , but the motives and occafions which call for his prefent interference ; and the world who know the artificer will make it no wonder that the encomiaft and apologist of the pro- fligate ...
... confider little in his operations upon them , but the motives and occafions which call for his prefent interference ; and the world who know the artificer will make it no wonder that the encomiaft and apologist of the pro- fligate ...
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... to excufe an act which no " wife man will confider as in itself dif- " graceful . His father was alive , his " allowance was not ample , and he fup- E " plied 66 plied its deficiences by an honest and " ufeful [ 49 ]
... to excufe an act which no " wife man will confider as in itself dif- " graceful . His father was alive , his " allowance was not ample , and he fup- E " plied 66 plied its deficiences by an honest and " ufeful [ 49 ]
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... confider any cha- racter of the rejected ruler but his vi- cious ambition , the violence and injuftice of his counfels , and the flagitious acts by which they were executed . These petulant reflections of the Doc- tor on Milton , might ...
... confider any cha- racter of the rejected ruler but his vi- cious ambition , the violence and injuftice of his counfels , and the flagitious acts by which they were executed . These petulant reflections of the Doc- tor on Milton , might ...
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... confider that the following character is at least equally true of his calumniator ! " It is to be feared that ' s loyalty was founded on an idolatrous venera- * tion of greatnefs , and an abject fond- « nefs for dependence ; in ...
... confider that the following character is at least equally true of his calumniator ! " It is to be feared that ' s loyalty was founded on an idolatrous venera- * tion of greatnefs , and an abject fond- « nefs for dependence ; in ...
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