The Life of Samuel JohnsonOlms, 1973 - 639 pages |
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Robert Anderson. On two unequal crutches propp'd he came , MILTON'S on this , on that one JOHNSTON's name * . Pope's ... Milton as a plagiary ; and com- menced the attack on his originality , in 1747 , in various communications to the ...
Robert Anderson. On two unequal crutches propp'd he came , MILTON'S on this , on that one JOHNSTON's name * . Pope's ... Milton as a plagiary ; and com- menced the attack on his originality , in 1747 , in various communications to the ...
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... 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 ...
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... 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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