Remarks on Johnson's Life of Milton: To which are Added Milton's Tractate of Education and Areopagitica |
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But it was not for the reputation of Dr. Johnson's politics that Milton should be abused for his principles of Liberty by a less eminent hand than his own . The minute snarlers , or spumose declamers against the sentiments and diction ...
But it was not for the reputation of Dr. Johnson's politics that Milton should be abused for his principles of Liberty by a less eminent hand than his own . The minute snarlers , or spumose declamers against the sentiments and diction ...
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Who William Lauder was , what was his character , and of what stamp his moral and political principles , may be learn-ed from a pamphlet , intituled , Furius , printed for Carpenter , in Fleet - street , without a date ; but , as ...
Who William Lauder was , what was his character , and of what stamp his moral and political principles , may be learn-ed from a pamphlet , intituled , Furius , printed for Carpenter , in Fleet - street , without a date ; but , as ...
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“ Lauder's mo“ tives were , a strict regard to truth “ alone , & c . and none of them taken “ from any difference of country , or of « sentiments in political or religious 60 matters t . " This Lauder , in his pamphlet of 1754 ...
“ Lauder's mo“ tives were , a strict regard to truth “ alone , & c . and none of them taken “ from any difference of country , or of « sentiments in political or religious 60 matters t . " This Lauder , in his pamphlet of 1754 ...
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... and it is a very gentle censure passed upon him 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 .
... and it is a very gentle censure passed upon him 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 .
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... as he himself must know by experience the service that political pamphlets do to the faction their authors adhere to , when seasonably published . The merit of the faction , or of the author , is out of the question .
... as he himself must know by experience the service that political pamphlets do to the faction their authors adhere to , when seasonably published . The merit of the faction , or of the author , is out of the question .
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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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