 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 378 pages
...shall transcribe from the correspondence of Swift and Pope. "A month ago." says Swift, " were sent me over, by a friend of mine, the works of John Hughes, esquire. They are in prose and verse. I never heard of the man in my life, yet I find your name as... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 380 pages
...shall transcribe from the correspondence of Swift and Pope. " A month ago," says Swift, " were sent me over, by a friend of mine, the works of John Hughes, esquire. They are in prose and verse. I never heard of the man in my life, yet I find your name as... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1812 - 350 pages
...in the height. I must once more repeat Cicero's desire to a friend ; Orna me. A month ago were sent me over by a friend of mine, the works of John Hughes, Esq. They are in verse and prose. I never heard of the man in my life, yet I find your name as a subscriber... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1814 - 540 pages
...was sent me over, by a friend of mine, the works of John Hughes, esq. They are in prose and verse. I never heard of the man in my life, yet I find your name as a subscriber. He is too grave a poet for me ; and I think among the mediocrists, in prose as well as... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - Biography - 1814 - 540 pages
...not unfairly given in the correspondence of Swift and Pope. " A month ago," says Swift, " was sent me over, by a friend of mine, the works of John Hughes, esq. They are in prose and verse. I never heard of the man in my life, yet I find your name as a subscriber.... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1814 - 500 pages
...in the height; I must once more repeat Cicero's desire to a friend : orna me. A month ago were sent me over by a friend of mine, the works of John Hughes, Esq. ; they are in verse and prose. I never heard of the man in my life, yet I find your name as a... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - English literature - 1814 - 500 pages
...in the height; I must once more repeat Cicero's desire to a friend : nrna me. A month ago were sent me over by a friend of mine, the works of John Hughes, Esq. ; they are in verse and prose. I never heard of the man in my life, yet I find your name as a... | |
 | Biography - 1814 - 538 pages
...not unfairly given in the correspondence of Swift and Pope. " A month ago," says Swift, " was sent me over, by a friend of mine, the works of John Hughes, esq. They are in prose and verse. I never heard of the man in my life, yet I find your name as a subscriber.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1816 - 504 pages
...shall transcribe from the correspondence of Swift and Pope. " A month ago," says Swift, " were sent me over " by a friend of mine, the works of John Hughes, " Esquire. They are in prose and verse. I never " heard of the man in my life, yet I find your " name... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - English literature - 1820 - 416 pages
...shall transcribe from the correspondence of Swift and Pope. " A month ago," says Swift, " were sent me over " by a friend of mine, the works of John Hughes, " Esquire. They are in prose and verse. I never " heard of the man in my life, yet I find your name... | |
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I never heard of the man in my life, yet I find your name as a subscriber. He is too grave a poet for me; and I think among the Mediocrists, in prose as well as verse. 
