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Page 43
And , " he concludes , " if it " be unlawful to fit and behold a mercenary comedian perfonating that which " is leaft unfeemly for an hireling to do , how " much more blameful is it to endure " the fight of as vile things acted by per" ...
And , " he concludes , " if it " be unlawful to fit and behold a mercenary comedian perfonating that which " is leaft unfeemly for an hireling to do , how " much more blameful is it to endure " the fight of as vile things acted by per" ...
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... which it is not pretended by him , who knew the best , that he did perform ; and then to fhew the imprac ticability of the thing by remarks borrowed from his informer , and put upon the reader as the product of his own fagacity .
... which it is not pretended by him , who knew the best , that he did perform ; and then to fhew the imprac ticability of the thing by remarks borrowed from his informer , and put upon the reader as the product of his own fagacity .
Page 57
There may have been men and things of which Dr. Johnson hath no knowledge . Wood . fays , both Milton's nephews were writers ; and there may be ftill more genuine products of Milton's fcholaftic inftitution than Dr. Johnfon ever heard ...
There may have been men and things of which Dr. Johnson hath no knowledge . Wood . fays , both Milton's nephews were writers ; and there may be ftill more genuine products of Milton's fcholaftic inftitution than Dr. Johnfon ever heard ...
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Does the Doctor mean to fay , that thefe advocates for rebellion infulted the venerable and great Creator of all things , or that there was nothing venerable and great but King Charles I. and his appurtenances ? J tenances ?
Does the Doctor mean to fay , that thefe advocates for rebellion infulted the venerable and great Creator of all things , or that there was nothing venerable and great but King Charles I. and his appurtenances ? J tenances ?
Page 77
If any thing more troublesome had happened to the Bishop upon the occafion , Fuller would certainly have known it , and would as certainly have recorded it ; for he takes him up again in his Worthies of England .
If any thing more troublesome had happened to the Bishop upon the occafion , Fuller would certainly have known it , and would as certainly have recorded it ; for he takes him up again in his Worthies of England .
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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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