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John Brown was an English Anglican priest, playwright and essayist.

✵ 5. November 1715 – 23. September 1766
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John Brown (essayist) Quotes

“And coxcombs vanquish Berkeley by a grin.”

John Brown (essayist)

"An Essay on Satire, occasioned by the Death of Mr. Pope"

“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.”

John Brown (essayist)

Barbarossa (1754), Act V, Scene 3.

Affliction , Future

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