Letters by Several Eminent Persons Deceased
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ISBN13: 9781150675911
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1772. Excerpt: ... persons to desire to give a signal before they had their heads struck off; "for," added he, u if it were left to us, we should have always - one little thing or other to do, that would "make us unwilling to quit the stage of lise.' I could dwell much longer on so worthy a. subject, but the ingenious writer of the inclosed paper has happily prevented me. And one who was more intimately acquainted with Mr. Hughes, during the latter part of his lise, than the writer of it, cannot but bear testimony to the truth of the character there given. May you long enjoy a firm state of health for the comfort and improvement of all your friends, and particularly of, Sir, Your most affectionate nephew, W. DUNCOMBEf The "Theatre," numb. 15. By Sir John Edgar (Sir Richard Steele.) See it in the preface to Mr. Hughes's poems, p. xxxviii. f Mr. Duncombe/in the year 1726, married Mr. Hughes's only sister, and in 1735, published his "poems, with some "select essays in prose," in two volumes. C c 2 One One day, when Mr. Hughes, recovering from a violent fit of coughing, had breathed himself (it was not long after he had written his ' Charon,") he faid, smiling, " My friend "Charon will waft me over in a little while, - and leave all this behind." LETTER LXXIV. Mr. Pope to Mr. Jabez Hughes--. SIR, Feb. 26, 1719-20. I CANNOT omit the acknowledgment I really think I owe your great civility, espe See note on letter lii, p. 13S..J-Younger brother of Mr. John Hughes, and, like him, a votary of the muses, and an excellent scholar. He published, in 1714, a translation of "The rape of Proserpine" from Clau"dian, and "The story of Sextus and Erictho" from Lucan's "Pharfaha, b. vi, in Svo. These translations, with notes, were reprinted in 12. in 1723. He also publislied, in 1...
| ISBN-13 | 9781150675911 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1150675918 |
| Weight | 0.42 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.29 In |
| List Price | $19.99 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 122 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-12-01 |
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