REMARKS ON JOHNSON'S LIFE OF MILTON.1780 - 381 pages |
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... manner in which Milton's character has been treated by fome of his former bio- graphers and others . About the time that specimen was closed Dr. Johnson's New Narrative was thrown in the way of the editors , and could not be over ...
... manner in which Milton's character has been treated by fome of his former bio- graphers and others . About the time that specimen was closed Dr. Johnson's New Narrative was thrown in the way of the editors , and could not be over ...
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... manners of a " gentleman . There is no force in his " reasoning , no elegance in his ftyle , and " no tafte in his compofition . " Peremptory , but not , decifive ! To make this go down , even with a mode- rate tory , it should have ...
... manners of a " gentleman . There is no force in his " reasoning , no elegance in his ftyle , and " no tafte in his compofition . " Peremptory , but not , decifive ! To make this go down , even with a mode- rate tory , it should have ...
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... a tyrant . It is not eafy to determine which , in this character of Hampden , is the more confpicuous , the zeal of the loyalift , or the manners of the gentleman . The man 3 talks talks in one place of Milton's brutality . We could [ 20 ]
... a tyrant . It is not eafy to determine which , in this character of Hampden , is the more confpicuous , the zeal of the loyalift , or the manners of the gentleman . The man 3 talks talks in one place of Milton's brutality . We could [ 20 ]
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... manners or converfation , fome fcandalous calumny tacked to their pri- vate hiftory , or fome of thofe natural failings which diftinguifh human from angelic beings . On the other hand , few men are so to- tally abandoned and depraved as ...
... manners or converfation , fome fcandalous calumny tacked to their pri- vate hiftory , or fome of thofe natural failings which diftinguifh human from angelic beings . On the other hand , few men are so to- tally abandoned and depraved as ...
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... - lity has difabled him from being a writer of any authority . In what manner , and with what circumftances , this corporal * Milton's Life , p . 7 , 8 . cof- correction was inflicted in either univer- fity , we are [ 28 ]
... - lity has difabled him from being a writer of any authority . In what manner , and with what circumftances , this corporal * Milton's Life , p . 7 , 8 . cof- correction was inflicted in either univer- fity , we are [ 28 ]
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