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... by the Critical Reviewers " that the Doctor's remarks on some of “ our best poets , particularly Milton and “ Waller , whose political opinions by no * For May , 1779 . C 2 « means « means coincided with his own , may be thought [ 19.
... by the Critical Reviewers " that the Doctor's remarks on some of “ our best poets , particularly Milton and “ Waller , whose political opinions by no * For May , 1779 . C 2 « means « means coincided with his own , may be thought [ 19.
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means coincided with his own , may be thought rather too severe . " It was Waller's misfortune ( a misfortune only in the scale of Dr. Johnson ) to be born of a mother who was sister to the illustrious patriot John Hampden , whom . the ...
means coincided with his own , may be thought rather too severe . " It was Waller's misfortune ( a misfortune only in the scale of Dr. Johnson ) to be born of a mother who was sister to the illustrious patriot John Hampden , whom . the ...
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He might not indeed have found the means to introduce certain particulars , which embellish his new narrative , inte his notes on Mr. Fenton's abridgement , in which there is a vein of candor that does the writer more honour than the ...
He might not indeed have found the means to introduce certain particulars , which embellish his new narrative , inte his notes on Mr. Fenton's abridgement , in which there is a vein of candor that does the writer more honour than the ...
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Every page of the new narrative is full of mean Alings and malevolent furinises on Milton's most indifferent actions , which it would be endless to remark with a proper reproof of each . We shall therefore only select a few of the most ...
Every page of the new narrative is full of mean Alings and malevolent furinises on Milton's most indifferent actions , which it would be endless to remark with a proper reproof of each . We shall therefore only select a few of the most ...
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Does the Doctor mean to say , that these advocates for rebellion insulted the venerable and great Creator of all things , or that there was nothing venerable and great but King Charles I. and his appur# tenances ?
Does the Doctor mean to say , that these advocates for rebellion insulted the venerable and great Creator of all things , or that there was nothing venerable and great but King Charles I. and his appur# tenances ?
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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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