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but , in my own opinion , I have rather " over - rated it . ... the Critical Reviewers * , " that the Doctor's remarks on fome of " our beft poets , particularly Milton and Waller , whofe political opinions by no 66 * For May , 1779 .
but , in my own opinion , I have rather " over - rated it . ... the Critical Reviewers * , " that the Doctor's remarks on fome of " our beft poets , particularly Milton and Waller , whofe political opinions by no 66 * For May , 1779 .
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But , fays another writer , as honest a man , and at least as fair a reafoner , as Dr. Johnson , " If men were not to de" clare their opinions in fpight of establifhments either in church or ftate , " truth would foon be banished the ...
But , fays another writer , as honest a man , and at least as fair a reafoner , as Dr. Johnson , " If men were not to de" clare their opinions in fpight of establifhments either in church or ftate , " truth would foon be banished the ...
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Lauder however affirms , that , " in Dr. " Birch's opinion , Milton was not guilty " of the crime charged upon him ; Mil" ton and Bradshaw too , in the Doctor's opinion , being perfons of more honour " than to be guilty of putting fo ...
Lauder however affirms , that , " in Dr. " Birch's opinion , Milton was not guilty " of the crime charged upon him ; Mil" ton and Bradshaw too , in the Doctor's opinion , being perfons of more honour " than to be guilty of putting fo ...
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ticular church , " appears to have had " full conviction of the truth of Chrifti" anity ; to have regarded the holy fcrip" tures with the profoundest veneration ; " to have been untainted with any here" tical peculiarity of opinion ...
ticular church , " appears to have had " full conviction of the truth of Chrifti" anity ; to have regarded the holy fcrip" tures with the profoundest veneration ; " to have been untainted with any here" tical peculiarity of opinion ...
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When an honeft man has occafion to characterise his enemy , particularly in matters of opinion , he fhould keep a ftrict watch over himfelf , that his prejudices do not tranfport him to imputations which are either falfe , or may be ...
When an honeft man has occafion to characterise his enemy , particularly in matters of opinion , he fhould keep a ftrict watch over himfelf , that his prejudices do not tranfport him to imputations which are either falfe , or may be ...
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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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