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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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No written law has ever been more binding than unwritten custom supported by popular opinion.
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John Brown
Born:
November 5, 1715
Died:
September 23, 1766
(aged 50)
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John Brown was an English divine and author.
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