 | Jonathan Swift - 1926 - 396 páginas
...were sent me over by a friend of mind, 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 too. He is too grave a poet for me, and I think among the mediocribus in prose as well as... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1823 - 418 páginas
...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. 
