John Brown (essayist)
John Brown (5 November 1715 – 23 September 1766) was an English divine and author.
Affliction
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.
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And coxcombs vanquish Berkeley by a grin.
"An Essay on Satire, occasioned by the Death of Mr. Pope"
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