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... ideas of ufurpation and public liberty were very different from thofe of Dr. Johnson . In the Doctor's fyftem of government public liberty is the free grace of an berediG. 3 tary tary monarch , and limited in kind and degree , [ 85 ]
... ideas of ufurpation and public liberty were very different from thofe of Dr. Johnson . In the Doctor's fyftem of government public liberty is the free grace of an berediG. 3 tary tary monarch , and limited in kind and degree , [ 85 ]
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tary monarch , and limited in kind and degree , by his gracious will and pleafure ; and confequently to controul his arbitrary acts by the interpofition of good and wholesome laws is a manifeft ufurpa-tion upon his prerogative .
tary monarch , and limited in kind and degree , by his gracious will and pleafure ; and confequently to controul his arbitrary acts by the interpofition of good and wholesome laws is a manifeft ufurpa-tion upon his prerogative .
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Be it fo ; and by what kind of proof will he fhew that Milton had no means of earning his bread but his political employment ? " Milton Milton however made the experiment which happily Dr. Johnfon has [ 9 ]
Be it fo ; and by what kind of proof will he fhew that Milton had no means of earning his bread but his political employment ? " Milton Milton however made the experiment which happily Dr. Johnfon has [ 9 ]
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Impudence is an attribute with which our Biographer hath qualified Milton more than once ; and it feems to have fhocked the modefty of Dr. Johnfon that a blemish of that kind fhould deform the character of his hero .
Impudence is an attribute with which our Biographer hath qualified Milton more than once ; and it feems to have fhocked the modefty of Dr. Johnfon that a blemish of that kind fhould deform the character of his hero .
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... and fubmit chearfully to the pecuniary demands of the miniftry ; for that the expence of a court is " for the most part only a particular " kind of traffick , by which money is " circulated without any national impo" verishment .
... and fubmit chearfully to the pecuniary demands of the miniftry ; for that the expence of a court is " for the most part only a particular " kind of traffick , by which money is " circulated without any national impo" verishment .
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| Title | Remarks on Johnson's Life of Milton. To which are Added, Milton's Tractate of Education and Areopagitica Issue 56 of British culture series, Group IV Eighteenth century collections online |
| Author | Francis Blackburne |
| Publisher | Verlag nicht ermittelbar, 1780 |
| Original from | the Bavarian State Library |
| Digitized | 10 Feb 2009 |
| Length | 381 pages |
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