The Life of Milton: In Three Parts. To which are Added, Conjectures on the Origin of Paradise Lost: with an AppendixT. Cadell, junior, 1796 - 328 páginas |
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... Johnson to- wards Milton has often . ftruck the fond admirers of the poet in various points of view ; in one moment it excites laughter , in another indignation ; now it reminds us of the weapon of Goliah as described by Cowley ; " A ...
... Johnson to- wards Milton has often . ftruck the fond admirers of the poet in various points of view ; in one moment it excites laughter , in another indignation ; now it reminds us of the weapon of Goliah as described by Cowley ; " A ...
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... JOHNSON will remain , and deserve to remain , men . Magnum et memorabile nomen . As long as eloquence and morality are objects of pub- lic regard , we must revere that great mental phyfician , who has given to us all , infirm mortals as ...
... JOHNSON will remain , and deserve to remain , men . Magnum et memorabile nomen . As long as eloquence and morality are objects of pub- lic regard , we must revere that great mental phyfician , who has given to us all , infirm mortals as ...
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... Johnson's malevolent prejudices against Milton are not the offsprings of a fancy equally prejudiced itself against the great au- thor , whole prejudices I have prefumed to oppofe ; you , my dear friend , have heard the harsh critic ...
... Johnson's malevolent prejudices against Milton are not the offsprings of a fancy equally prejudiced itself against the great au- thor , whole prejudices I have prefumed to oppofe ; you , my dear friend , have heard the harsh critic ...
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... Johnson's design in his display of this unfortunate sonnet ; and as I most sincerely wifh not to charge him with more malevolence towards Milton than he really exerted , I will obferve on this oc- cafion , that as he had little , or ...
... Johnson's design in his display of this unfortunate sonnet ; and as I most sincerely wifh not to charge him with more malevolence towards Milton than he really exerted , I will obferve on this oc- cafion , that as he had little , or ...
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... Johnson “ fine ira " et ftudio , ” as Tacitus faid of other great men ( very differently great ! ) for , in truth , I feel towards the fame object those two opposite sources of prejudice and partia- lity as a critical biographer of the ...
... Johnson “ fine ira " et ftudio , ” as Tacitus faid of other great men ( very differently great ! ) for , in truth , I feel towards the fame object those two opposite sources of prejudice and partia- lity as a critical biographer of the ...
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