Remarks on Johnson's Life of Milton. To which are Added, Milton's Tractate of Education and AreopagiticaVerlag nicht ermittelbar, 1780 - 381 pages |
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... thought fit to call , an inimitable elegance of stile and compofition . Our countrymen are certainly interested , that wrong repre- fentations of the character of fo capital a writer as John Milton fhould be cor- rected , and properly ...
... thought fit to call , an inimitable elegance of stile and compofition . Our countrymen are certainly interested , that wrong repre- fentations of the character of fo capital a writer as John Milton fhould be cor- rected , and properly ...
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Francis Blackburne. We have only to add , that it has been thought convenient to fubjoin to these Remarks , new and accurate editions of two of Milton's profe tracts ; viz . his Letter to Mr. Samuel Hartlib on Edu- cation , and his ...
Francis Blackburne. We have only to add , that it has been thought convenient to fubjoin to these Remarks , new and accurate editions of two of Milton's profe tracts ; viz . his Letter to Mr. Samuel Hartlib on Edu- cation , and his ...
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Francis Blackburne. " means coincided with his own , may be 66 thought rather too severe . ” It was Waller's misfortune ( a misfor- tune only in the scale of Dr. Johnson ) to be born of a mother who was fifter to the illuftrious patriot ...
Francis Blackburne. " means coincided with his own , may be 66 thought rather too severe . ” It was Waller's misfortune ( a misfor- tune only in the scale of Dr. Johnson ) to be born of a mother who was fifter to the illuftrious patriot ...
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... thought neceffary to " the uniformity of this edition * . " The uniformity of editions is com- monly the bookfeller's care , and the ne- ceffity of fuch uniformity generally arises from the taste of the public ; of which , among the ...
... thought neceffary to " the uniformity of this edition * . " The uniformity of editions is com- monly the bookfeller's care , and the ne- ceffity of fuch uniformity generally arises from the taste of the public ; of which , among the ...
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... they were fcurvy performers . " There , " fays Milton , " while they " acted and over - acted , among other 66 young scholars , I was a fpectator ; they 66 thought the " thought themselves gallant men , and I thought [ 41 ]
... they were fcurvy performers . " There , " fays Milton , " while they " acted and over - acted , among other 66 young scholars , I was a fpectator ; they 66 thought the " thought themselves gallant men , and I thought [ 41 ]
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