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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... nature . No. 541 , rules for pronunciation and action , chiefly collected from Cicero . No. 554 , on the improve ment of the genius , illuftrated in the characters of lord Bacon , Mr. Boyle , fir Ifaac Newton , and Leo- nardo da Vinci ...
... nature . No. 541 , rules for pronunciation and action , chiefly collected from Cicero . No. 554 , on the improve ment of the genius , illuftrated in the characters of lord Bacon , Mr. Boyle , fir Ifaac Newton , and Leo- nardo da Vinci ...
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... nature addicted to study , " 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 ...
... nature addicted to study , " 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 ...
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... nature enough for such an undertaking . Perhaps too there is a grain of policy in the cafe , and I am unwilling to destroy the good opinion you seem to have of my abilities , by putting me on fuch an attempt . In hopes that you will not ...
... nature enough for such an undertaking . Perhaps too there is a grain of policy in the cafe , and I am unwilling to destroy the good opinion you seem to have of my abilities , by putting me on fuch an attempt . In hopes that you will not ...
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... nature , for in requital I could fend you fome of another hue , that have fallen within the circle of my obfervation , monsters fo hideous and deformed , that , drawn by a poet , they would be thought no lefs extravagant than the ...
... nature , for in requital I could fend you fome of another hue , that have fallen within the circle of my obfervation , monsters fo hideous and deformed , that , drawn by a poet , they would be thought no lefs extravagant than the ...
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... nature will fometimes happen in spite of the greatest care in the world ; and when they do , it is the greatest happiness to be well armed with patience , and to be able ( as all wife men are ) fome way or other to make our advantage of ...
... nature will fometimes happen in spite of the greatest care in the world ; and when they do , it is the greatest happiness to be well armed with patience , and to be able ( as all wife men are ) fome way or other to make our advantage 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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Page 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...
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Page 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...