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 v
... genius and masterly in- vention ; but as it was not revised and corrected by the author in his riper age , it * His grandfather , Mr. William Hughes , of Marl- borough , was one of the minifters ejected by the Bar- tholomew - act in ...
... genius and masterly in- vention ; but as it was not revised and corrected by the author in his riper age , it * His grandfather , Mr. William Hughes , of Marl- borough , was one of the minifters ejected by the Bar- tholomew - act in ...
Sivu xii
... genius , illuftrated in the characters of lord Bacon , Mr. Boyle , fir Ifaac Newton , and Leo- nardo da Vinci . In the Guardian , No. 37 , which contains remarks on the tragedy of Othello . great great fupport which the principles of li ...
... genius , illuftrated in the characters of lord Bacon , Mr. Boyle , fir Ifaac Newton , and Leo- nardo da Vinci . In the Guardian , No. 37 , which contains remarks on the tragedy of Othello . great great fupport which the principles of li ...
Sivu xvii
... genius are , as it were , collected to a point . But this tragedy is fo generally known and admired , and of the deviations , which , contrary to his judgment , the players obli- ged him to make from his original plan , fo much is ...
... genius are , as it were , collected to a point . But this tragedy is fo generally known and admired , and of the deviations , which , contrary to his judgment , the players obli- ged him to make from his original plan , fo much is ...
Sivu xviii
... " and with a great genius had a vast fund * Daughter of Spencer Cowper , efq ; one of the judges of the court of common - pleas , and niece to ' he lord chancellor . " of . " of diligence , an exquisite taste , a ( xviii )
... " and with a great genius had a vast fund * Daughter of Spencer Cowper , efq ; one of the judges of the court of common - pleas , and niece to ' he lord chancellor . " of . " of diligence , an exquisite taste , a ( xviii )
Sivu xx
... genius , or " hinder him from giving marks of it as " long as he lived . He did not write , at " leaft he did not publish , much ; but if " we confider him as an invalid almoft " through his whole life , his avocations on " account of ...
... genius , or " hinder him from giving marks of it as " long as he lived . He did not write , at " leaft he did not publish , much ; but if " we confider him as an invalid almoft " through his whole life , his avocations on " account of ...
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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...