 | Thomas Warton - English poetry - 1802 - 332 pages
...communicate it. The letter &c. arf as follows. " Sir, " Our friend, Dr. Hurd, having lon£ " ago defired me in your name to communicate " any fragments, or Sketches, of a defign, I once " had, to give a Hiftory of Englifh Poetry, you " may well think me rude or negligent,... | |
 | Nathan Drake - Adventurer - 1810 - 524 pages
...is thus preserved in the Gentleman's Magazine for 1783. " Sir, " Our friend, Dr. Hurd, having long ago desired me in your name to communicate any fragments,...find this subject, surely neither unentertaining nor unustful, had fallen into hands so likely to do it justice; few have felt a higher esteem for your... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 402 pages
...sent the following letter. "SiR, " 15th April 1770, Pembroke Hall. " Our friend Dr. Hurd having long ago desired me in your name to communicate any fragments,...rude or negligent, when you see me hesitating for $o many months before I comply with your request, and yet (believe me) few of your friends have been... | |
 | Nathan Drake - Adventurer - 1810 - 528 pages
...is thus preserved in the Gentleman's Magazine for 1783. " Sir, " Our friend, Dr. Hurd, having long ago desired me in your name to communicate any fragments,...a design, I once had, to give a History of English Poeiry, you may well think me rude or negligent, when you see me hesitating for so many months, before... | |
 | John Walker - 1811 - 572 pages
...XXXI. Mr. Gray to Mr. T. Warton, on the History of English Poetry. SIR, OUR friend Dr. Hurd having long ago desired me in your name to communicate any fragments,...design I once had, to give a history of English Poetry, yon may well think me rude or negligent, when you see me hesitating for so many months, before I comply... | |
 | John Walker - 1811 - 574 pages
...XXXL Mr. Gray to Mr. T. Warton, on the History of EngliA Poetry. SIR, OUR friend Dr. Kurd having long ago desired me in your name to communicate any fragments, or sketches, of a design I once had, to gire a history of English Poetry, you may well think me rude or negligent, when you see me hesitating... | |
 | English poetry - 1811 - 1054 pages
...Magazine for 1763. " Sir, " Our friend, Dr. Hurd, havirig " long ago desired me in your name " te " to communicate any fragments, or " sketches, of a design, I once had, " to give a History of English Poe" try, you may well think me rude " or negligent, when you see me " hesitating for so many months,... | |
 | Biography - 1817 - 504 pages
...sent the following letter : "Sir, 15th April, 1770, Pembroke Hall. " Our friend, Dr. Hurd, having long ago desired me in your name to communicate any fragments,...with your request, and yet (believe me) few of your friend* have been better pleased than I to find this subject (surely neither unentertaining, nor unuseful)... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1817 - 496 pages
...the following letter : " Sir, 15th April, 1770, Pembroke Hall. " Our friend, Dr. Hurd, having long ago desired me in your name to communicate any fragments, or sketches of at design I once had to give a history of English poetry, you may well think me rude or negligent,... | |
 | John Walker - 1814 - 566 pages
...Mr". Gray to Mr. T. Warton, on the History of English Poetry. SIR, OUR friend Dr. Hnrd having long ago desired me in your name to communicate any fragments,...of your friends have been better pleased than I, to fmd this subject, surely neither unentcrtaining nor unnseful, had fallen into hands so likely to do... | |
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Our friend, Dr. Hurd, having long ago desired me in your name to communicate any fragments, or sketches of a design I once had to give a history of English poetry, you may well think me rude or negligent, when you see me hesitating for so many months... 
