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 x
... excellent pre- face ( omitted in Ozell's edition ) appeared in 1709 . 1709. He afterwards tranflated the first act of the " Mifer , " but did not finish that play . In 1711 , at the defire of Sir Richard Steele , he made fome ...
... excellent pre- face ( omitted in Ozell's edition ) appeared in 1709 . 1709. He afterwards tranflated the first act of the " Mifer , " but did not finish that play . In 1711 , at the defire of Sir Richard Steele , he made fome ...
Sivu xiv
... excellent lines in that imitation , " the ferious destroys the burlesque ; and the burlefque infects and " debafes the ferious . " Nor was our author , at that alarming crifis , an idle દે * Page 129 , note * . † Page 135 . fpectator ...
... excellent lines in that imitation , " the ferious destroys the burlesque ; and the burlefque infects and " debafes the ferious . " Nor was our author , at that alarming crifis , an idle દે * Page 129 , note * . † Page 135 . fpectator ...
Sivu xxi
... this evening , that Mr. Hughes , the author of that excellent tra- gedy , departed this life within a few hours * See letters xxxvii , lxxv and lxxxiii , after after his play was acted with univerfal ap- plaufe . ( xxi )
... this evening , that Mr. Hughes , the author of that excellent tra- gedy , departed this life within a few hours * See letters xxxvii , lxxv and lxxxiii , after after his play was acted with univerfal ap- plaufe . ( xxi )
Sivu 35
... excellent religion , whofe pecu- liar privilege it is to afford a fovereign reme- dy for the worst of evils by the principle it teaches , that all events are ordered by a wife and good Being , who always knows and intends what is beft ...
... excellent religion , whofe pecu- liar privilege it is to afford a fovereign reme- dy for the worst of evils by the principle it teaches , that all events are ordered by a wife and good Being , who always knows and intends what is beft ...
Sivu 37
... excellent tranflation of the 12th ode of the iid book of Horace , printed , ( without a name ) in " the wits Horace , " p . 67 . + There is a manuscript tragedy on this subject , entitled " The Captive Princefs , " written by Dr. Smith ...
... excellent tranflation of the 12th ode of the iid book of Horace , printed , ( without a name ) in " the wits Horace , " p . 67 . + There is a manuscript tragedy on this subject , entitled " The Captive Princefs , " written by Dr. Smith ...
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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...