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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... thing " was that came from him , we must re- ❝ tract our affertion , and allow that he pub- " lished a great deal . His character as a " critic was at leaft equal to his character “ as a poet , but were both excelled by his character ...
... thing " was that came from him , we must re- ❝ tract our affertion , and allow that he pub- " lished a great deal . His character as a " critic was at leaft equal to his character “ as a poet , but were both excelled by his character ...
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... quaintance will not take it ill , that fome- thing is here faid of him , by one who knew him very intimately , and had a great refpect for his merit and virtue . I cannot , in the first place , but felicitate I can- ( xxiii )
... quaintance will not take it ill , that fome- thing is here faid of him , by one who knew him very intimately , and had a great refpect for his merit and virtue . I cannot , in the first place , but felicitate I can- ( xxiii )
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... majeftic , and the various length and short- nefs of the lines , as well as the mixture and returns of the rhyme , well - chofen ; and therefore , as I faid before , it is the most proper proper for fuch odes as have any thing of the [ 30 ]
... majeftic , and the various length and short- nefs of the lines , as well as the mixture and returns of the rhyme , well - chofen ; and therefore , as I faid before , it is the most proper proper for fuch odes as have any thing of the [ 30 ]
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... thing of the fublime in them . I wonder Horace did not introduce fomething like it into his language , being fo great an admirer of Pindar , and having , in other respects , imi- tated him fo finely , notwithstanding his de claration ...
... thing of the fublime in them . I wonder Horace did not introduce fomething like it into his language , being fo great an admirer of Pindar , and having , in other respects , imi- tated him fo finely , notwithstanding his de claration ...
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... thing I could offer , grand children , ladies Jane , Frances , and Henrietta Chichester , by a fire at Belfast in Ireland . She con- ftantly kept two anniversary fafts ; the one on the day when this calamity happened ; the other on the ...
... thing I could offer , grand children , ladies Jane , Frances , and Henrietta Chichester , by a fire at Belfast in Ireland . She con- ftantly kept two anniversary fafts ; the one on the day when this calamity happened ; the other on the ...
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Letters by Several Eminent Persons Deceased: Including the ..., Volume 1 John Duncombe Visualização integral - 1772 |
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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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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...