Letters by Several Eminent Persons Deceased: Including the Correspondence of John Hughes, and Several of His Friends, Published from the Originals: with Notes Explanatory and Historical, Volume 1John Duncombe J. Johnson, 1772 - English letters |
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ABUDAH affure againſt anſwer BAYNE becauſe beſt biſhop daugh DEAR SIR deferve defign defire DUNCOMBE Earl Cowper effay efteem Engliſh entertainment EUDOCIA Eumenes exprefs faid fame fatire fatisfaction favour fecond feems fend fenfe feveral fhall fhort fhould fince fincere firft firſt fome fometimes foon fooner friendſhip ftand ftill fubject fuccefs fuch fuffered fure fyllables greateſt Hecuba hiftory himſelf honour Horace HUGHES to Earl Hughes's humble fervant itſelf JOHN HUGHES juftice lady laft laſt leaft leaſt lefs LETTER LETTER loft lord Lord Chancellor lordſhip meaſure moft moſt mufic muft muſt myſelf numbers obferve obliged occafion perfon PHOCYAS pleaſed pleaſure poems poetry poffible Polyxena Pope praiſe prefent Priam profe publiſhed puniſhment reafon refpect ſay ſhall ſhe Sir Richard Steele Tatler Telemachus thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thought tranflation trochee uſe verfe verſes whofe wiſh written yourſelf
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