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It appeared afterwards , by the confession of Lauder himself , that “ in Johnson's friendship ” he placed the most implicit and unli* mited confidence ** Dr. Johnson had said for his friend , at the end of the Esay , that .
It appeared afterwards , by the confession of Lauder himself , that “ in Johnson's friendship ” he placed the most implicit and unli* mited confidence ** Dr. Johnson had said for his friend , at the end of the Esay , that .
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The Lion roared in the Ass's Skin ; and if the Lion had not the whole asinine plan communicated to him à priori , Lauder's confidence in his friend Johnson was neither implicit nor unlimited . Dr.Johnson , indeed , it is to be fufpeeted ...
The Lion roared in the Ass's Skin ; and if the Lion had not the whole asinine plan communicated to him à priori , Lauder's confidence in his friend Johnson was neither implicit nor unlimited . Dr.Johnson , indeed , it is to be fufpeeted ...
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... the merit of which was totally overthrown by a contradictory postfcript ; which is thus accounted for by Lauder himself , after informing his readers , that his confidential friend advised än unreserved disclosure of his importure .
... the merit of which was totally overthrown by a contradictory postfcript ; which is thus accounted for by Lauder himself , after informing his readers , that his confidential friend advised än unreserved disclosure of his importure .
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But they who read Lauder's complaints of this confidential friend in the pamphlet just quoted , must superabound both in faith and charity , if they can believe that the composer of the letter to Mr. Douglas was unconscious of Lauder's ...
But they who read Lauder's complaints of this confidential friend in the pamphlet just quoted , must superabound both in faith and charity , if they can believe that the composer of the letter to Mr. Douglas was unconscious of Lauder's ...
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The friends of Milton will not yield ** to Shakespeare the superiority of ge- nius , which , I think , lies on the side " of Shakespeare . Both of them have *** faults . But the faults of Shakespeare were those of Genius ; those of ...
The friends of Milton will not yield ** to Shakespeare the superiority of ge- nius , which , I think , lies on the side " of Shakespeare . Both of them have *** faults . But the faults of Shakespeare were those of Genius ; those of ...
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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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