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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.


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I have seen some extracts from Johnson's Preface to his 'Shakespeare'…No feeling nor pathos in him! Altogether upon the high horse, and blustering about Imperial Tragedy!

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John Brown

Born: November 5, 1715
Died: September 23, 1766 (aged 50)
Bio: John Brown was an English divine and author.

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