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... very few of the numerous readers of Dr. Johnfon's Prefaces , we hope the public will approve of our republishing these strictures on the Doctor's account of Milton , in a form to which may be had an easier and more general access .
... very few of the numerous readers of Dr. Johnfon's Prefaces , we hope the public will approve of our republishing these strictures on the Doctor's account of Milton , in a form to which may be had an easier and more general access .
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WE were in hope that we had done with Milton's Biographers ; and had little forefight that so accomplished an artificer B of of language would have condescended to bring up the rear Gabril. Mamijimt. Cirolimicnww.hel. ...
WE were in hope that we had done with Milton's Biographers ; and had little forefight that so accomplished an artificer B of of language would have condescended to bring up the rear Gabril. Mamijimt. Cirolimicnww.hel. ...
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Accordingly . he laid by his project for about two years , when he might reasonably hope his ma- , nĉuvres , under the hide .of Lauder , would be forgotten , or laid asleep by a ; succession of that variety of entertainment , * which ...
Accordingly . he laid by his project for about two years , when he might reasonably hope his ma- , nĉuvres , under the hide .of Lauder , would be forgotten , or laid asleep by a ; succession of that variety of entertainment , * which ...
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diftant , and which is animated only " by faith and hope , will glide by degrees out of the mind , unless it be in“ vigorated and reimpressed by external - ordinances , by stated calls to worship , ( 6 and the falutary influence of ...
diftant , and which is animated only " by faith and hope , will glide by degrees out of the mind , unless it be in“ vigorated and reimpressed by external - ordinances , by stated calls to worship , ( 6 and the falutary influence of ...
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But if it is natu ? ral to hope this , why not hape it of Milton as well as of Dryden ? Where is the competent impartial judge who will admit , that Milton's soul was less . com prehensive or less elevated than the soul of Dryden ?
But if it is natu ? ral to hope this , why not hape it of Milton as well as of Dryden ? Where is the competent impartial judge who will admit , that Milton's soul was less . com prehensive or less elevated than the soul of Dryden ?
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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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