John Brown (essayist)
English divine and author
John Brown (November 5, 1715 – 1766) was an English divine and author.
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QuotesEdit
- 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 (1754), Act V, Scene 3.
- And coxcombs vanquish Berkeley by a grin.
- "An Essay on Satire, occasioned by the Death of Mr. Pope"