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" He hated monarchs in the state, and prelates in the church; for he hated all whom he was required to obey. It is to be suspected, that his predominant desire was to destroy, rather than establish, and that he felt not so much the love of liberty, as repugnance... "
Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, to the Works of the English Poets ... - Page 123
by Samuel Johnson - 1779
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Milton, with an Introduction and Notes

Samuel Johnson - 1892 - 180 pages
...petulance impatient of controul, and pride disdainful of superiority. He hated monarchs in the state, and prelates in the church ; for he hated all whom he was required to obey. It is to be suspected, that his predominant desire was to destroy rather than establish, and that he felt not so...
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Johnson's Life of Addison, with intr. and notes by F. Ryland

Samuel Johnson - 1893 - 152 pages
...thought woman made only for obedience, and man only for rebellion." " He hated monarchs in the State, and prelates in the Church ; for he hated all whom he was required to obey." " He was never reduced to the necessity of soliciting the sun to shine upon a birthday, of calling...
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Johnson's Life of Swift, with intr. and notes by F. Ryland

Samuel Johnson - 1894 - 116 pages
...thought woman made only for obedience, and man only for rebellion." " He hated monarchs in the State, and prelates in the Church ; for he hated all whom he was required to obey." " He was never reduced to the necessity of soliciting the sun to shine upon a birthday, of calling...
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Johnson's Life of Milton, with intr. and notes by F. Ryland

Samuel Johnson - 1894 - 196 pages
...thought woman made only for obedience, and man only for rebellion." " He hated monarchs in the State, and prelates in the Church ; for he hated all whom he was required to obey." " He was never reduced to the necessity of soliciting the sun to shine upon a birthday, of calling...
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The Heart of Oak Books, Volume 6

Charles Eliot Norton, George Henry Browne - 1895 - 392 pages
...petulance impatient of control, and pride disdainful of superiority. He hated monarchs in the State, and prelates in the Church; for he hated all whom he was required to obey. It is to be suspected that his predominant desire was to destroy rather than establish, and that he felt not so...
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Johnson's Life of Dryden, with intr. and notes by F. Ryland

Samuel Johnson - 1895 - 234 pages
...thought woman made only for obedience, and man only for rebellion." "He hated monarchs in the State, and prelates in the Church ; for he hated all whom he was required to obey." " He was never reduced to the necessity of soliciting the sun to shine upon a birthday, of calling...
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Macaulay's Essay on Milton

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1909 - 216 pages
...envious hatred of greatness, and a sullen desire of independence. ... He hated monarchs in the state, and prelates in the church ; for he hated all whom he was required to obey. It is to be suspected that his predominant desire was to destroy. rather than to establish, and that he felt not...
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Lives of Milton and Addison

Samuel Johnson, John Wight Duff - 1900 - 318 pages
...petulance impatient of control, and pride disdainful of superiority. He hated monarchs in the State and prelates in the Church ; for he hated all whom he was required to obey. It is to be suspected that his pre25 dominant desire was to destroy rather than establish, and that he felt not...
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Essays from the Rambler and the Idler, with Passages from the Lives of the ...

Samuel Johnson - 1901 - 206 pages
...petulance impatient of control, and pride disdainful of superiority. He hated monarchs in the State, and prelates in the Church ; for he hated all whom he was required to obey. It is to be suspected, that his predominant desire was to destroy rather than to establish, and that he felt not...
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Lives of the English Poets: Cowley-Dryden

Samuel Johnson - 1905 - 530 pages
...petulance impatient of controul, and pride disdainful of superiority. He hated monarchs in the state and prelates in the church ; for he hated all whom he was required to obey 2. It is to be suspected that his predominant desire was to destroy rather than establish, and that...
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