Remarks on Johnson's Life of Milton. To which are Added, Milton's Tractate of Education and AreopagiticaVerlag nicht ermittelbar, 1780 - 381 páginas |
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... fuperiority of ge- nius , which , I think , lies on the fide of Shakespeare . Both of them have faults . But the faults of Shakespeare -66 were " were thofe of Genius ; thofe of Milton P which the prefs is always providing for ...
... fuperiority of ge- nius , which , I think , lies on the fide of Shakespeare . Both of them have faults . But the faults of Shakespeare -66 were " were thofe of Genius ; thofe of Milton P which the prefs is always providing for ...
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Francis Blackburne. " were thofe of Genius ; thofe of Milton P The former , " of the MAN OF GENIUS . " arifes from imagination getting the , " better of judgment ; the latter from " babit getting the better of imagination ...
Francis Blackburne. " were thofe of Genius ; thofe of Milton P The former , " of the MAN OF GENIUS . " arifes from imagination getting the , " better of judgment ; the latter from " babit getting the better of imagination ...
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... thofe arbitrary acts and oppref- fions which make up the defcription of 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 ...
... thofe arbitrary acts and oppref- fions which make up the defcription of 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 ...
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... and yet fomething else befides either whipping or ruftication . The most na- tural interpretation of the fecond line feems to be , that thofe college - exercises D known known by the name of impofitions ( often- times prescribed [ 33 ]
... and yet fomething else befides either whipping or ruftication . The most na- tural interpretation of the fecond line feems to be , that thofe college - exercises D known known by the name of impofitions ( often- times prescribed [ 33 ]
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... thofe unnatural commotions * ; and whence Dr. Johnfon takes the li- berty to fubfume : But Milton was re- " ftrained from the camp , therefore his " patriotifm was vapoured away . " But was there no scene of patriotic action but in the ...
... thofe unnatural commotions * ; and whence Dr. Johnfon takes the li- berty to fubfume : But Milton was re- " ftrained from the camp , therefore his " patriotifm was vapoured away . " But was there no scene of patriotic action but in the ...
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Página 349 - Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.
Página 265 - It was from out the rind of one apple tasted, that the knowledge of good and evil, as two twins cleaving together, leaped forth into the world. And perhaps this is that doom which Adam fell into of knowing good and evil, that is to say of knowing good by evil.
Página 266 - He that can apprehend and consider vice with all her baits and seeming pleasures, and yet abstain, and yet distinguish, and yet prefer that which is truly better, he is the true warfaring Christian.
Página 172 - And though a linguist should pride himself to have all the tongues that Babel cleft the world into, yet if he have not studied the solid things in them as well as the words and lexicons, he were nothing so much to be esteemed a learned man, as any yeoman or tradesman competently wise in his mother dialect only.
Página 295 - I lastly proceed from the no good it can do to the manifest hurt it causes, in being first the greatest discouragement and affront that can be offered to learning and to learned men.
Página 235 - Dragon's teeth; and being sown up and down, may chance to spring up armed men. And yet, on the other hand, unless wariness be used, as good almost kill a man as kill a good book: Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image; but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were in the eye.
Página 235 - And yet, on the other hand, unless wariness be used, as good almost kill a man as kill a good book. Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image; but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were, in the eye. Many a man lives a burden to the earth; but a good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.
Página 333 - Lords and Commons of England, consider what Nation it is whereof ye are, and whereof ye are the governors : a Nation not slow and dull, but of a quick, ingenious, and piercing spirit, acute to invent, subtle and sinewy to discourse, not beneath the reach of any point the highest that human capacity can soar to.
Página 293 - ... legible, whereof three pages would not down at any time in the fairest print, is an imposition which I cannot believe how he that values time, and his own studies, or is but of a sensible nostril, should be able to endure.
Página 339 - I doubt not, if some great and worthy stranger should come among us, wise to discern the mould and temper of a people, and how to govern it, observing the high hopes and aims, the diligent alacrity of our extended thoughts and reasonings in the pursuance of truth and freedom, but that he would cry out as...