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I " T is necessary to inform the reader , that the following Remarks are a ( mall part of a work lately given to the public , wherein occasion is incidentally taken to exhibit some instances of the manner in which Milton's character has ...
I " T is necessary to inform the reader , that the following Remarks are a ( mall part of a work lately given to the public , wherein occasion is incidentally taken to exhibit some instances of the manner in which Milton's character has ...
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and excelled by the most abjeet en“ thusiasts ; and if we consider him as a “ prose - writer , he has neither the learning of a scholar , nor the manners of a “ gentleman . " . There is no force in his “ reasoning , no elegance in his ...
and excelled by the most abjeet en“ thusiasts ; and if we consider him as a “ prose - writer , he has neither the learning of a scholar , nor the manners of a “ gentleman . " . There is no force in his “ reasoning , no elegance in his ...
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It is not eafy to determine which , in this character of Hampden , is the more conspicuous , the zeal of the loyalist , or the manners of the gentleman . The man 3 talks in one place of Milton's brutality . We could. talks reeded [ 20 ]
It is not eafy to determine which , in this character of Hampden , is the more conspicuous , the zeal of the loyalist , or the manners of the gentleman . The man 3 talks in one place of Milton's brutality . We could. talks reeded [ 20 ]
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There are no men so excellent who have not some personal or casual defect in their bodily frame , some aukward peculiarity in their manners or conversation , some fcandalous calumny tacked to their private history , or some of those ...
There are no men so excellent who have not some personal or casual defect in their bodily frame , some aukward peculiarity in their manners or conversation , some fcandalous calumny tacked to their private history , or some of those ...
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Life and Remains of Dean Bathurst , " . and retailed by Warton from some manufcripts of Aubrey the antiquarian in the Ashmolean Museum , whose anile credulity has disabled him from being a writer of any authority . In what manner , and ...
Life and Remains of Dean Bathurst , " . and retailed by Warton from some manufcripts of Aubrey the antiquarian in the Ashmolean Museum , whose anile credulity has disabled him from being a writer of any authority . In what manner , and ...
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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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