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 1G.P. Putnam & Company, 1853 |
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... Cato , 369 Verses to the Author of the Tragedy of Cato , 375 Prologue , by Mr. Pope , 386 Epilogue , by Dr. Garth , 462 To the Princess of Wales , with the Tragedy of Cato , 464 POEMATA , 467 Introductory Remarks , . 458 Honoratissimo ...
... Cato , 369 Verses to the Author of the Tragedy of Cato , 375 Prologue , by Mr. Pope , 386 Epilogue , by Dr. Garth , 462 To the Princess of Wales , with the Tragedy of Cato , 464 POEMATA , 467 Introductory Remarks , . 458 Honoratissimo ...
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... Cato never completely losing its hold upon the stage . Finally the whole works were republished by Baskerville , with that typographical elegance which has given his edi- tions so high a value for the lovers of handsome books ; and ...
... Cato never completely losing its hold upon the stage . Finally the whole works were republished by Baskerville , with that typographical elegance which has given his edi- tions so high a value for the lovers of handsome books ; and ...
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... Cato was performed . Cato , it seems , was in love with a daughter of Scipio . The lady had given her heart to Cæsar . The rejected lover determined to destroy himself He appeared seated in his library , a dagger in his hand , a ...
... Cato was performed . Cato , it seems , was in love with a daughter of Scipio . The lady had given her heart to Cæsar . The rejected lover determined to destroy himself He appeared seated in his library , a dagger in his hand , a ...
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... Cato on the English stage . It is well known that about this time he began his tragedy , and that he finished the first four acts before he returned to England . On his way from Venice to Rome , he was drawn some miles out of the beaten ...
... Cato on the English stage . It is well known that about this time he began his tragedy , and that he finished the first four acts before he returned to England . On his way from Venice to Rome , he was drawn some miles out of the beaten ...
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... Cato on the stage . The first four acts of this drama had been lying in his desk since his return from Italy . His modest and sensitive nature shrank from the risk of a public and shameful failure ; and , though all who saw the ...
... Cato on the stage . The first four acts of this drama had been lying in his desk since his return from Italy . His modest and sensitive nature shrank from the risk of a public and shameful failure ; and , though all who saw the ...
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ABIGAL Addison admire Æneid appear arms beauties behold blood Boileau BUTLER Cæsar Cato Cato's charms COACHMAN conjurer Danube death dost drum Dryden English ev'ry eyes fame FANTOME fate fear friends GARDENER genius Georgics give goddess gods grace GRIDELINE grief hand hast hear heart heaven Jove JUBA KING LADY Lancelot Addison Latin live look Lord Lord Halifax lov'd LUCIA maid MARCIA Marlborough mighty muse never numbers nymph o'er Ovid passion Pentheus pleasure poem poet poetry Pope PORTIUS praise prince QUEEN rage rise Roman Rome Rosamond SCENE SEMPRONIUS shade shine SIR GEORGE Sir Richard Steele SIR TRUSTY soul speak Spectator Steele story streams Swift SYPHAX taste Tatler tears tell thee thing thou thought thousand thunder Tickell TINSEL tories turn VELLUM verse view'd Virgil virtue Voltaire whig Whilst wou'd writing young youth
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 209 - And nightly to the list'ning earth Repeats the story of her birth : Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Seite 205 - Though in the paths of death I tread, With gloomy horrors overspread, My steadfast heart shall fear no ill, For Thou, O Lord, art with me still : Thy friendly crook shall give me aid, And guide me through the dreadful shade.
Seite 193 - Inspir'd repuls'd 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 past, Calm and serene he drives the furious blast ; And, pleas'd th' Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the storm.
Seite 392 - To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart, To make mankind, in conscious virtue bold, Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold...
Seite 211 - In midst of dangers, fears, and death, Thy goodness I'll adore, And praise thee for thy mercies past, And humbly hope for more. My life, if thou preserv'st my life, Thy sacrifice shall be ; And death, if death must be my doom, Shall join my soul to thee.
Seite 138 - 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 206 - When all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys; Transported with the view, I'm lost In wonder, love, and praise.
Seite 401 - Tis not in mortals to command success, But we'll do more, Sempronius ; we'll deserve it [Exit.
Seite 207 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ, Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Seite 206 - Thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view, I'm lost In wonder, love, and praise. O, how shall words with equal warmth The gratitude declare, That glows within my ravish'd heart ! But Thou canst read it there. Thy providence my life sustain'd, And all my wants redrest, When in the silent womb I lay, And hung upon the breast.