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... his ideas of ufurpation and public liberty were very different from those of Dr. Johnson . In the Doctor's system of government public liberty is the free grace of an herediG.3 65 tary inonarch , and limited in kind and degree ,.
... his ideas of ufurpation and public liberty were very different from those of Dr. Johnson . In the Doctor's system of government public liberty is the free grace of an herediG.3 65 tary inonarch , and limited in kind and degree ,.
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tary inonarch , and limited in kind and degree , by his gracious will and pleasure ; and consequently to controul his äbitrary acts by the interposition of good and wholesome laws is a manifest usurpa-sion upon his prerogative .
tary inonarch , and limited in kind and degree , by his gracious will and pleasure ; and consequently to controul his äbitrary acts by the interposition of good and wholesome laws is a manifest usurpa-sion upon his prerogative .
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Be it fo ; and , by what kind of proof will he shew that Milton had no means of earning his bread but his political employment ? Milton however made the experiment which happily Dr. Johnson has Milton [ 91 ] to the reproach of Milton, ...
Be it fo ; and , by what kind of proof will he shew that Milton had no means of earning his bread but his political employment ? Milton however made the experiment which happily Dr. Johnson has Milton [ 91 ] to the reproach of Milton, ...
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Impudence is an attribute with which our Biographer hath qualified Milton more than once ; and it seems to have shocked the modesty of Dr. Johnson that a blemish of that kind should deformn the character of his hero .
Impudence is an attribute with which our Biographer hath qualified Milton more than once ; and it seems to have shocked the modesty of Dr. Johnson that a blemish of that kind should deformn the character of his hero .
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... and submit chearfully to the pecuniary demands of the ministry ; for that the expence of a court is “ for the most part only a particular “ kind of traffick , by which money “ circulated without any national impo« verishment .
... and submit chearfully to the pecuniary demands of the ministry ; for that the expence of a court is “ for the most part only a particular “ kind of traffick , by which money “ 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 |
| Author | Francis Blackburne |
| Published | 1780 |
| Original from | the Bavarian State Library |
| Digitized | 10 Feb 2009 |
| Length | 381 pages |
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