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 - English letters |
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Page ii
... fhall be given in the words of the editors of Shenftone and Swift : " This objection , though it carries " with it an air of delicacy , will not hold " in all cafes , and therefore must unavoi- " dably be fubject to fome limitations ...
... fhall be given in the words of the editors of Shenftone and Swift : " This objection , though it carries " with it an air of delicacy , will not hold " in all cafes , and therefore must unavoi- " dably be fubject to fome limitations ...
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... fhall only fay , that I have seen very few tranflations of Horace that please me ; for most have copied only his thoughts , with- * See it in Mr. Hughes's " poems , " vol . i , p . 116 . out out any of his diction , which is his princi ...
... fhall only fay , that I have seen very few tranflations of Horace that please me ; for most have copied only his thoughts , with- * See it in Mr. Hughes's " poems , " vol . i , p . 116 . out out any of his diction , which is his princi ...
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... fhall always think myself concerned for whatever befalls a family for which I have a very great honour , though a ftranger to that part of it in which it has pieafed God to make so fad a breach . It would be a very great fatisfaction to ...
... fhall always think myself concerned for whatever befalls a family for which I have a very great honour , though a ftranger to that part of it in which it has pieafed God to make so fad a breach . It would be a very great fatisfaction to ...
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... fhall be made to ac- knowledge the injuftice of the rape of Helen , the injuftice of destroying Achilles during a truce and the overtures for a mar- riage between him and Polyxena . May not Hecuba acknowledge , that Priam made the guilt ...
... fhall be made to ac- knowledge the injuftice of the rape of Helen , the injuftice of destroying Achilles during a truce and the overtures for a mar- riage between him and Polyxena . May not Hecuba acknowledge , that Priam made the guilt ...
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... fhall be made to die unjustly , this , inftead of terror , will be the way to drive the audience to defpair . Every one will be ready to fay to himself , " What advantage is there of virtue or in- 66 nocence , if misfortunes attend ...
... fhall be made to die unjustly , this , inftead of terror , will be the way to drive the audience to defpair . Every one will be ready to fay to himself , " What advantage is there of virtue or in- 66 nocence , if misfortunes attend ...
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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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