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 ix
... translation of Fontenelle's " Dialogues of the Dead , ” af- ter having lain by him fix years , was per- mitted to see the light . This translation had the unusual honour of being mentioned with applause in the " Journal des Sçavans ...
... translation of Fontenelle's " Dialogues of the Dead , ” af- ter having lain by him fix years , was per- mitted to see the light . This translation had the unusual honour of being mentioned with applause in the " Journal des Sçavans ...
Page xviii
... translator of the ' Æneid . Prefixed are some pathetic verfes by Mifs Judith Cowper * ( now Mrs. Madan , ) Mr. John Bunce , Mr. Lewis Duncombe , & c . Mrs. Duncombe died in 1735-6 , lea- ving an only son , the editor of the prefent work ...
... translator of the ' Æneid . Prefixed are some pathetic verfes by Mifs Judith Cowper * ( now Mrs. Madan , ) Mr. John Bunce , Mr. Lewis Duncombe , & c . Mrs. Duncombe died in 1735-6 , lea- ving an only son , the editor of the prefent work ...
Page xix
... translated " alfo from the French ; and his Birth of " the Rofe , ' from a writer of that country , " is not the leaft beautiful piece amongst " his works . His kill in music , which " was exquifite , gave him fuch an advan- tage over ...
... translated " alfo from the French ; and his Birth of " the Rofe , ' from a writer of that country , " is not the leaft beautiful piece amongst " his works . His kill in music , which " was exquifite , gave him fuch an advan- tage over ...
Page 8
... translated from bishop Godwin , by Mr. Hughes . Excepting the life of James I , by Arthur Wilfon , efq ; ( first published in 1653 ) all the subse- quent lives are new - written by Dr. Kennet . Thus Thus far Sir William Temple's directi ...
... translated from bishop Godwin , by Mr. Hughes . Excepting the life of James I , by Arthur Wilfon , efq ; ( first published in 1653 ) all the subse- quent lives are new - written by Dr. Kennet . Thus Thus far Sir William Temple's directi ...
Page 32
... juft notions of human life , that , I am fure , Horace must please you , if he be not murdered in an ill translation . You may perceive , Sir , that as I cannot think the time long which I spend in your company think [ 32 ]
... juft notions of human life , that , I am fure , Horace must please you , if he be not murdered in an ill translation . You may perceive , Sir , that as I cannot think the time long which I spend in your company think [ 32 ]
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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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