The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison: With the Exception of His Numbers of the Spectator, Bände 5-6W. Durell & Company, 1811 |
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... thee . Thou teachest Persius to inform our isle In smoother numbers , and a clearer style ; And Juvenal , instructed in thy page , Edges his satire , and improves his rage . Thy copy casts a fairer light on all , And H 2 POEMS ...
... thee . Thou teachest Persius to inform our isle In smoother numbers , and a clearer style ; And Juvenal , instructed in thy page , Edges his satire , and improves his rage . Thy copy casts a fairer light on all , And H 2 POEMS ...
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... thee in arms , and led thee to the field , My muse expecting on the British strand Waits thy return , and welcomes thee to land : She oft has seen thee pressing on the foe , When Europe was concern'd in ev'ry blow ; But durst not in ...
... thee in arms , and led thee to the field , My muse expecting on the British strand Waits thy return , and welcomes thee to land : She oft has seen thee pressing on the foe , When Europe was concern'd in ev'ry blow ; But durst not in ...
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... thee , with fresh delight , Their swords they brandish , and require the fight , Renew their ancient nt conquests on the main , And act their fathers ' triumphs o'er again ; Fir'd , when they hear how Agincourt was strow'd With Gallic ...
... thee , with fresh delight , Their swords they brandish , and require the fight , Renew their ancient nt conquests on the main , And act their fathers ' triumphs o'er again ; Fir'd , when they hear how Agincourt was strow'd With Gallic ...
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... thee home ! Come , and let longing crowds behold that look , Which such confusion and amazement strook Through Gallic hosts : but , oh ! let us descry Mirth in thy brow , and pleasure in thy eye ; Let nothing dreadful in thy face be ...
... thee home ! Come , and let longing crowds behold that look , Which such confusion and amazement strook Through Gallic hosts : but , oh ! let us descry Mirth in thy brow , and pleasure in thy eye ; Let nothing dreadful in thy face be ...
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... thee ; Tune ev'ry string and ev'ry tongue , Be thou the muse and subject of our song . II . Let all Cecilia's praise proclaim , Employ the echo in her name . Hark how the flutes and trumpets raise , At bright Cecilia's name , their lays ...
... thee ; Tune ev'ry string and ev'ry tongue , Be thou the muse and subject of our song . II . Let all Cecilia's praise proclaim , Employ the echo in her name . Hark how the flutes and trumpets raise , At bright Cecilia's name , their lays ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
ABIGAIL arms atque beauty behold blood bright BUTLER Cæsar canton of Berne cantons Cato Cato's charms Christianity church COACHMAN conjurer death DECIUS dost thou drum emperor Ev'n ev'ry eyes Fantome fate father fear friends GARDENER Gaul Georgic give goddess gods GRIDELINE grief hand hast hear heart heaven Hesiod honour Irenæus Jove JUBA king LADY lake learned live look lov'd Lucia LUCIUS maid Marcia Marcus mighty mountains muse numbers Numidian nymph o'er Ovid Pagan passion Pentheus poet Portius prince Prithee QUEEN rage religion rise river Roman Roman senate Rome Rosamond Saviour Saviour's history SCENE SEMPRONIUS shine sight SIR GEORGE SIR TRUSTY soul Spanish monarchy speak stand Switzerland sword SYPHAX tears tell thee thing thought thousand TINSEL tion Tirol town VELLUM verse view'd virgin virtue Whilst whole winds youth САТО
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 128 - Whosoever . therefore shall confess Me before men, him will I confess also before My Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny Me before men, him will I also deny before My Father which is in heaven.
Seite 62 - For, wit lying most in the assemblage of ideas, and putting those together with quickness and variety wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity, thereby to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy...
Seite 157 - ... there is all Nature cries aloud Through all her works). He must delight in virtue ; And that which He delights in must be happy. But when ? or where ? This world was made for Caesar — I'm weary of conjectures — this must end them.
Seite 213 - Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage. So when an angel by divine command With rising tempests shakes a guilty land, Such as of late o'er pale Britannia...
Seite 189 - For wheresoe'er I turn my ravish'd eyes, Gay gilded scenes and shining prospects rise, Poetic fields encompass me around, And still I seem to tread on classic ground...
Seite 269 - The man resolv'd and steady to his trust, Inflexible to ill, and obstinately just, May the rude rabble's insolence despise, Their senseless clamours, and tumultuous cries : The tyrant's fierceness he beguiles, And the stern brow, and the harsh voice defies, And with superior greatness smiles.
Seite 90 - Tis not in mortals to command success, But we'll do more, Sempronius; we'll deserve it.
Seite 197 - With all the gifts that heav'n and earth impart, The smiles of nature, and the charms of art, While proud oppression in her valleys reigns, And tyranny usurps her happy plains...
Seite 111 - Would he save Cato, bid him spare his country. Tell your dictator this: and tell him, Cato Disdains a life which he has power to offer.
Seite 184 - Messiah's outspread banner shines, How does the chariot rattle in his lines! What sounds of brazen wheels, what thunder, scare, And stun the reader with the din of war! With fear my spirits and my blood retire, To see the seraphs sunk in clouds of fire; But when, with eager steps, from hence I rise, And view the first gay scenes of Paradise, What tongue, what words of rapture, can express A vision so profuse of pleasantness!