Letters, by Several Eminent Persons Deceased: Including the Correspondence of John Hughes, Esq. ... and Several of His Friends, Published from the Originals; with Notes Explanatory and Historical, Nide 1J. Johnson, 1773 |
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Sivu xxvii
... believe it to be an error in mens " judgments : for certainly , that is a more ' profitable instruction which may be taken << from the eminent goodness of men of " lower rank , than that which we learn << from the fplendid ...
... believe it to be an error in mens " judgments : for certainly , that is a more ' profitable instruction which may be taken << from the eminent goodness of men of " lower rank , than that which we learn << from the fplendid ...
Sivu 18
... believe Rome was worse , when Jugurtha faid , that " the city itfelf would be fet to " fale , could they hear of a purchaser . " It were endless to enumerate all the particular fpecies of rogues ; both court and camp are filled with ...
... believe Rome was worse , when Jugurtha faid , that " the city itfelf would be fet to " fale , could they hear of a purchaser . " It were endless to enumerate all the particular fpecies of rogues ; both court and camp are filled with ...
Sivu 34
... believe , many other letters , if I had not been fearful of increafing your trouble , and thought it greater refpect to forbear while it was new . Yet though I have had much affliction of my own , by my father's having been dangerously ...
... believe , many other letters , if I had not been fearful of increafing your trouble , and thought it greater refpect to forbear while it was new . Yet though I have had much affliction of my own , by my father's having been dangerously ...
Sivu 42
... believe you will think fit to make her die with juftice . If , with fo much merit , fhe fhall be made to die unjustly , this , inftead of terror , will be the way to drive the audience to defpair . Every one will be ready to fay to ...
... believe you will think fit to make her die with juftice . If , with fo much merit , fhe fhall be made to die unjustly , this , inftead of terror , will be the way to drive the audience to defpair . Every one will be ready to fay to ...
Sivu 68
... ufual ) to begin an air in one key fharp , and end it in a different key flat ? For though the paf- fage is natural , the clofing fo is , I believe , always difallowed , The The overture of Alexander ought to be great and noble [ 68 ]
... ufual ) to begin an air in one key fharp , and end it in a different key flat ? For though the paf- fage is natural , the clofing fo is , I believe , always difallowed , The The overture of Alexander ought to be great and noble [ 68 ]
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Addiſon Æneid affectionate affure againſt anſwer becauſe beſt bishop cafe cern cife DEAR SIR deferve defign defire Duncombe Earl Cowper Engliſh eſteem faid fame fatire fatisfaction favour feems fenfe fent ferve feveral fhall fhew fhould fince fincere firft firſt fome foon friendſhip fubject fuccefs fuch fuffer fuppofe fure greateſt happineſs Hecuba hiftory himſelf honour Horace houſe HUGHES to Earl Hughes's humble fervant inftance itſelf Jeffreys JOHN HUGHES juftice juſt lady laft laſt leaft leaſt lefs LETTER LETTER lord lord chancellor lordſhip meaſure moft moſt mufic muft muſt myſelf obferve obliged occafion perfon Pimpern Pindar pleaſed pleaſure poems poet poffible Polyxena Pope prefent profe publiſhed puniſhment racter reafon reſpect ſeem ſhall ſhe Sir Richard Sir Richard Steele ſome Tatler thefe theſe thing thofe thoſe thought tion tragedy tranflation underſtand uſe verfes verſes vifit virtue whofe wiſh yourſelf
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Sivu 68 - Tempest the ocean : there leviathan, Hugest of living creatures, on the deep Stretched like a promontory, sleeps or swims, And seems a moving land ; and at his gills Draws in, and at his trunk spouts out, a sea.
Sivu 210 - Happy the man, and happy he alone, He, who can call to-day his own : He who, secure within, can say, To-morrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.
Sivu 85 - I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee : but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct thee in measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished.
Sivu 170 - So far, to make us wish for ignorance, And rather in the dark to grope our way Than, led by a...
Sivu 85 - And I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all countries whither I have driven them, and will bring them again to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase.
Sivu 83 - I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the Lord thy God hath driven thee, and shalt return unto the Lord thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul...
Sivu 71 - Ransacked the Centre, and with impious hands Rifled the bowels of their mother Earth For treasures better hid.
Sivu 17 - Sir, (quoth the lawyer,) not to flatter ye, You have as good and fair a battery As heart can wish, and need not shame The proudest man alive to claim...
Sivu 107 - So much understanding, so much knowledge, so much innocence, and such humility, I did not think had been the portion of any but angels, till I saw this gentleman...
Sivu 73 - Incline thofe heads, that never ach'd or thought. This muft provoke his mirth or his difdain, Cure his complaint, — or make him fick again. I too, like them, the poet's path purfue, And keep great Flaccus ever in my view ; But in a diftant...