The Works of Joseph Addison: Including the Whole Contents of Bp. Hurd's Edition, with Letters and Other Pieces Not Found in Any Previous Collection; and Macaulay's Essay on His Life and Works, Band 4G.P. Putnam & Company, 1854 |
Im Buch
Ergebnisse 1-5 von 35
Seite 16
... endeavour at the same end with himself , the favor of a comman He will , however , in his way of talk , excuse generals for not posing according to men's desert , or inquiring into it : for , s he , that great man who has a mind to help ...
... endeavour at the same end with himself , the favor of a comman He will , however , in his way of talk , excuse generals for not posing according to men's desert , or inquiring into it : for , s he , that great man who has a mind to help ...
Seite 41
... endeavour to enliven morality with wit . and to temper wit with morality , that my readers may , if pos- sible , both ways find their account in the speculation of the day . And to the end that their virtue and discretion may not be ...
... endeavour to enliven morality with wit . and to temper wit with morality , that my readers may , if pos- sible , both ways find their account in the speculation of the day . And to the end that their virtue and discretion may not be ...
Seite 44
... endeavour to make an innocent if not an improving entertainment , and by that means least divert the minds of my female readers from greater tri- fles . At the same time , as I would fain give some finishing touches to those which are ...
... endeavour to make an innocent if not an improving entertainment , and by that means least divert the minds of my female readers from greater tri- fles . At the same time , as I would fain give some finishing touches to those which are ...
Seite 48
... endeavour to establish ourselves an interest in Him who holds the reins of the whole creation in his hand , and moderates them after such a manner , that it is impossible for one being to break loose upon another without his knowledge ...
... endeavour to establish ourselves an interest in Him who holds the reins of the whole creation in his hand , and moderates them after such a manner , that it is impossible for one being to break loose upon another without his knowledge ...
Seite 59
... endeavour to expose ; and shall consider the crime as it appears in a species , not as it is circum- stanced in an individual . I think it was Caligula , who wished the whole city of Rome had but one neck , that he might behead them at ...
... endeavour to expose ; and shall consider the crime as it appears in a species , not as it is circum- stanced in an individual . I think it was Caligula , who wished the whole city of Rome had but one neck , that he might behead them at ...
Inhalt
1 | |
2 | |
4 | |
10 | |
19 | |
21 | |
23 | |
25 | |
26 | |
28 | |
29 | |
31 | |
32 | |
34 | |
35 | |
36 | |
37 | |
40 | |
41 | |
42 | |
44 | |
45 | |
46 | |
47 | |
49 | |
50 | |
53 | |
55 | |
56 | |
57 | |
58 | |
59 | |
60 | |
61 | |
62 | |
63 | |
68 | |
69 | |
121 | |
268 | |
275 | |
283 | |
291 | |
301 | |
308 | |
316 | |
340 | |
350 | |
358 | |
366 | |
372 | |
383 | |
392 | |
403 | |
411 | |
427 | |
436 | |
466 | |
476 | |
482 | |
489 | |
504 | |
513 | |
521 | |
528 | |
534 | |
547 | |
556 | |
564 | |
580 | |
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
The Works of Joseph Addison: Including the Whole Contents of Bp. Hurd's ... Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2020 |
The Works of Joseph Addison: Including the Whole Contents of Bp. Hurd's ... George Washington Greene,Joseph Addison Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2014 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
acquainted acrostics Addison admire Æneid anagrams ancient appear audience beautiful behaviour body character Cicero club Constantia conversation creatures death delight discourse dress DRYDEN Earl Douglas endeavour enemy English entertainment epigram Eudoxus face father filled forbear friend Sir Roger genius gentleman give Glaphyra hand head heard heart honour Hudibras humour husband insomuch kind King ladies laugh learned letter likewise live look mankind manner Mariamne Milston mind nation nature never night observed occasion opera OVID paper particular party passion person Pindar Plato pleased pleasure poem poet present privy counsellor racter reader reason says sense shew short side soul speak species Spectator Tatler tell temper Theodosius thing thou thought tion told trochee Tryphiodorus verse VIRG Virgil virtue Whig whole woman women words writing
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 584 - Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides. Come, and trip it as you go, On the light fantastic toe ; And in thy right hand lead with thee The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty; And if I give thee honour due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew, To live with her and live with thee, In unreproved pleasures free...
Seite 378 - the tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human life; and passing from one thought to another, Surely, said I, man is but a shadow, and life a dream.
Seite 83 - When I read the several dates of the tombs, of" some that died yesterday, and some six hundred years ago, I consider that great day when we shall all of us be contemporaries, and make our appearance together.
Seite 380 - As I looked more attentively, I saw several of the passengers dropping through the bridge into the great tide that flowed underneath it; and upon. further examination, perceived there were innumerable trapdoors that lay concealed in the bridge, which the passengers no sooner trod upon, but they fell through them into the tide, and immediately disappeared. These hidden pit-falls were set very thick at the entrance of the bridge, so that throngs of people no sooner broke through the cloud, but many...
Seite 379 - The genius smiled upon me with a look of compassion and affability that familiarized him to my imagination, and at once dispelled all the fears and apprehensions with which I approached him. He lifted me from the ground, and taking me by the hand, Mirza, said he, I have heard thee in thy soliloquies ; follow me.
Seite 80 - ... human body. Upon this I began to consider with myself, what innumerable multitudes of people lay confused together under the pavement of that ancient cathedral ; how men and women, friends...
Seite 381 - I observed some with scimitars in their hands, and others with urinals, who ran to and fro upon the bridge, thrusting several persons on trap-doors which did not seem to lie in their way, and which they might have escaped, had they not been thus forced upon them. "The genius, seeing me indulge myself in this melancholy prospect, told me I had dwelt long enough upon it. ' Take thine eyes off the bridge,' said he, ' and tell me if thou yet seest anything thou dost not comprehend.' Upon looking up,...
Seite 220 - The stout Earl of Northumberland, A vow to God did make, His pleasure in the Scottish woods Three summer's days to take; The chiefest harts in Chevy-Chase To kill and bear away.
Seite 48 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep : All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night. How often from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive each to other's note, Singing their great Creator...
Seite 379 - I see a bridge, said I, standing in the midst of the tide. The bridge thou seest, said he, is human life ; consider it attentively.