Remarks on Johnson's Life of Milton. To which are Added, Milton's Tractate of Education and Areopagitica |
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Shakespeare's faults were thofe of a great poet ; thofe of Milton of a little . pedant . When Shakespeare is execrable he is fo exquifitely fo , that he is inimitable in his blemishes as in his . A -66 were thofe of Genius ; thofe of ...
Shakespeare's faults were thofe of a great poet ; thofe of Milton of a little . pedant . When Shakespeare is execrable he is fo exquifitely fo , that he is inimitable in his blemishes as in his . A -66 were thofe of Genius ; thofe of ...
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... of fpeech which repre-fents Christopher Milton , as taught by the law to adhere to king Charles , who was breaking the law every day by a thoufand of thofe arbitrary acts and oppreffions which make up the defcription of a tyrant .
... of fpeech which repre-fents Christopher Milton , as taught by the law to adhere to king Charles , who was breaking the law every day by a thoufand of thofe arbitrary acts and oppreffions which make up the defcription of a tyrant .
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... and yet fomething elfe befides either whipping or ruftication . The most natural interpretation of the fecond line feems to be , that thofe college - exercises D known known by the name of impofitions ( oftentimes prefcribed as [ 33 ]
... and yet fomething elfe befides either whipping or ruftication . The most natural interpretation of the fecond line feems to be , that thofe college - exercises D known known by the name of impofitions ( oftentimes prefcribed as [ 33 ]
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... the feries of facts in his account will perceive how much Dr. Johnfon's fpeculations on vagrant inattention , fluggish indifference , and abfurd misapprehenfion , introduced by way of confuting thofe facts , might have been fpared .
... the feries of facts in his account will perceive how much Dr. Johnfon's fpeculations on vagrant inattention , fluggish indifference , and abfurd misapprehenfion , introduced by way of confuting thofe facts , might have been fpared .
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of confuting thofe facts , might have been fpared . " We are told , " fays the new narrative , " that in the art of education he per" formed wonders ; and a formidable lift " is given of the authors Greek and " Latin that were read in ...
of confuting thofe facts , might have been fpared . " We are told , " fays the new narrative , " that in the art of education he per" formed wonders ; and a formidable lift " is given of the authors Greek and " Latin that were read in ...
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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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