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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... poetical pieces . We therefore believe this new narra- tive was calculated rather for Dr. John- fon's private contentment than the necef- fities of the edition . A few A few inftances will ferve to fhew the probability of [ 26 ]
... poetical pieces . We therefore believe this new narra- tive was calculated rather for Dr. John- fon's private contentment than the necef- fities of the edition . A few A few inftances will ferve to fhew the probability of [ 26 ]
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Francis Blackburne. A few inftances will ferve to fhew the probability of this furmife . All the writers of Milton's Life before Dr. Johnfon fpeak of the efteem with which Milton was honoured by his fel- low - members of Chrift's College ...
Francis Blackburne. A few inftances will ferve to fhew the probability of this furmife . All the writers of Milton's Life before Dr. Johnfon fpeak of the efteem with which Milton was honoured by his fel- low - members of Chrift's College ...
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... fhew the imprac ticability of the thing by remarks bor- rowed from his informer , and put upon the reader as the product of his own fa-- gacity .. In another place the Doctor fays * , " From this wonder - working academy I " do not know ...
... fhew the imprac ticability of the thing by remarks bor- rowed from his informer , and put upon the reader as the product of his own fa-- gacity .. In another place the Doctor fays * , " From this wonder - working academy I " do not know ...
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... - morrow . Be it fo ; and by what kind of proof will he fhew that Milton had no means of earning his bread but his poli- tical employment ? Milton Milton however made the experiment which happily Dr. Johnson has [ 91 ]
... - morrow . Be it fo ; and by what kind of proof will he fhew that Milton had no means of earning his bread but his poli- tical employment ? Milton Milton however made the experiment which happily Dr. Johnson has [ 91 ]
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... fhew how dextroufly the Doctor can fill up the chafms of authentic hiftory by the fertility of his imagination . And that " his wants being few , were com- petently fupplied , " is an argument that he could as cafily return to his phi ...
... fhew how dextroufly the Doctor can fill up the chafms of authentic hiftory by the fertility of his imagination . And that " his wants being few , were com- petently fupplied , " is an argument that he could as cafily return to his phi ...
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