Johnsoniana: Robert Anderson. Life of Samuel JohnsonGarland Pub., 1974 |
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Page 137
... Milton . He not only disclaimed the fraud , but insisted on the impostor con- fessing his offence ; and for that purpose drew up a recantation , which Lauder signed and published , entitled , A Letter to the Rev. Mr Douglas , occasioned ...
... Milton . He not only disclaimed the fraud , but insisted on the impostor con- fessing his offence ; and for that purpose drew up a recantation , which Lauder signed and published , entitled , A Letter to the Rev. Mr Douglas , occasioned ...
Page 138
... Milton , and Milton himself convicted of Forgery and a gross imposition on the Public , " 8vo , 1755. The design of this pam- phlet was to ingratiate himself with the zealots of the royalist party , by accusing Milton , without the ...
... Milton , and Milton himself convicted of Forgery and a gross imposition on the Public , " 8vo , 1755. The design of this pam- phlet was to ingratiate himself with the zealots of the royalist party , by accusing Milton , without the ...
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... Milton in a " poetical scale , " inserted in the " Literary Magazine , " and of accusing the Latin secretary of the Council of State , of interpolating a passage in the " Eikon Ba- silike , " and censuring Charles I. for the in ...
... Milton in a " poetical scale , " inserted in the " Literary Magazine , " and of accusing the Latin secretary of the Council of State , of interpolating a passage in the " Eikon Ba- silike , " and censuring Charles I. for the in ...
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