| John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| John Brown. (1715–1766) |
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| 1 | Now let us thank the Eternal Power: convinced
That Heaven but tries our virtue by affliction,—
That oft the cloud which wraps the present hour
Serves but to brighten all our future days. |
| Barbarossa. Act v. Sc. 3. |
| 2 | | And coxcombs vanquish Berkeley by a grin. |
| An Essay on Satire, occasioned by the Death of Mr. Pope. 1 |
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Anderson: British Poets, vol. x. p. 879. See note in “Contemporary Review,” September, 1867, p. 4. [back] |
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