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... by spirit and elegance , easily gains attention ; and he who told “ every man that he was equal to his King , could hardly want an 6 dience . " all* Life , p . 56 . G 2 The The paradox then is that ctcry nion is equal to [ 83 ]
... by spirit and elegance , easily gains attention ; and he who told “ every man that he was equal to his King , could hardly want an 6 dience . " all* Life , p . 56 . G 2 The The paradox then is that ctcry nion is equal to [ 83 ]
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The paradox then is that ctcry nion is equal to his King . But where has Milton told this ? or is it to Dr. Johnson's misapprehension of Milton's state of the case , or to his propensity to calumniare , that we owe this false and ...
The paradox then is that ctcry nion is equal to his King . But where has Milton told this ? or is it to Dr. Johnson's misapprehension of Milton's state of the case , or to his propensity to calumniare , that we owe this false and ...
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“ For Milton to complain of evil tongues , ” says the Doctor , “ required " impudence at least equal to his other powers ; Milton , whose warmeft ad“ vocates must allow , that he never “ spared any asperity of reproach , or bru“ tality ...
“ For Milton to complain of evil tongues , ” says the Doctor , “ required " impudence at least equal to his other powers ; Milton , whose warmeft ad“ vocates must allow , that he never “ spared any asperity of reproach , or bru“ tality ...
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... have given Dr.Johnson credit for his inveterate hatred of republican notions , without his qualifying them with the epithets of acrimonious and surly , as exhibited by Milton , whose defenders might , with equal juftice at least ,.
... have given Dr.Johnson credit for his inveterate hatred of republican notions , without his qualifying them with the epithets of acrimonious and surly , as exhibited by Milton , whose defenders might , with equal juftice at least ,.
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whose defenders might , with equal juftice at least , call him an acrimonious and furly Royalist . - But was Dr. Johnson's quarrel with Milton's notions merely that they were republican , that is to say , notions adverse to kingly ...
whose defenders might , with equal juftice at least , call him an acrimonious and furly Royalist . - But was Dr. Johnson's quarrel with Milton's notions merely that they were republican , that is to say , notions adverse to kingly ...
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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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