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, Volume 1J. Johnson, 1773 |
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... reason to regret . His tranflation of the " Mifan- trope " of Moliere , with an 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 ...
... reason to regret . His tranflation of the " Mifan- trope " of Moliere , with an 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 ...
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... reason to fufpect the affair of Telemachus ? Some fuch reafon must be affigned for her refusing Polymestor ; otherwise , confidering that Polyxena is in a state of flavery , and Polymeftor a great king , she will be thought too great a ...
... reason to fufpect the affair of Telemachus ? Some fuch reafon must be affigned for her refusing Polymestor ; otherwise , confidering that Polyxena is in a state of flavery , and Polymeftor a great king , she will be thought too great a ...
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... man who is fond of giving advice , are the reasons why I fend you this letter . I am informed by Pacolet ( my familiar ) that you are one of the moft amiable of your your fex , which gives me much concern for you [ 55 ]
... man who is fond of giving advice , are the reasons why I fend you this letter . I am informed by Pacolet ( my familiar ) that you are one of the moft amiable of your your fex , which gives me much concern for you [ 55 ]
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... reason , a very beautiful scheme may be drawn from it for educa- tion in general . I am , with the greatest esteem and friendship , Dear Sir , yours , & c . AL . BAYNE . LETTER XIX , Mr. W. DUNCOMBE to Mr. Needler + . DEAR SIR , London ...
... reason , a very beautiful scheme may be drawn from it for educa- tion in general . I am , with the greatest esteem and friendship , Dear Sir , yours , & c . AL . BAYNE . LETTER XIX , Mr. W. DUNCOMBE to Mr. Needler + . DEAR SIR , London ...
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... reason in those particulars ; I fhould chufe rather , ( as you do ) to allow them a real foul , and rational faculties , inferior to the human . The story * you relate to prove this reminds me of one , which , I think , deserves to be ...
... reason in those particulars ; I fhould chufe rather , ( as you do ) to allow them a real foul , and rational faculties , inferior to the human . The story * you relate to prove this reminds me of one , which , I think , deserves to be ...
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Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 170 - So far, to make us wish for ignorance, And rather in the dark to grope our way Than, led by a...
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 71 - Ransacked the Centre, and with impious hands Rifled the bowels of their mother Earth For treasures better hid.
Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 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...