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 1J. B. Lippincott & Company, 1880 |
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... lady , of overrating Addison's classical at- tainments . In one department of learning , indeed , his proficiency was such as it is hardly possible to overrate . His knowledge of the Latin poets , from Lucretius and Catullus down to ...
... lady , of overrating Addison's classical at- tainments . In one department of learning , indeed , his proficiency was such as it is hardly possible to overrate . His knowledge of the Latin poets , from Lucretius and Catullus down to ...
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... 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 Plutarch and a Tasso before him ; and in this position he pronounced a soliloquy before he ...
... 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 Plutarch and a Tasso before him ; and in this position he pronounced a soliloquy before he ...
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... Lady Q - p - t - s , are excellent specimens of this innocent mischief . Such were Addison's talents for conversation . But his rare gifts were not exhibited to crowds or to strangers . As soon as he entered a large company , as soon as ...
... Lady Q - p - t - s , are excellent specimens of this innocent mischief . Such were Addison's talents for conversation . But his rare gifts were not exhibited to crowds or to strangers . As soon as he entered a large company , as soon as ...
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... lady ; and that , while his political friends were all powerful , and while his own fortunes were rising , he had been , in the phrase of the romances which were then fashionable , permitted to hope . But Mr. Addison , the ingenious ...
... lady ; and that , while his political friends were all powerful , and while his own fortunes were rising , he had been , in the phrase of the romances which were then fashionable , permitted to hope . But Mr. Addison , the ingenious ...
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... Lady Mary Wortley Montagu ; he was taxed with it ; and he lied with more than usual effrontery and vehemence . He puffed himself and abused his enemies under feigned names . robbed himself of his own letters , and then raised the hue ...
... Lady Mary Wortley Montagu ; he was taxed with it ; and he lied with more than usual effrontery and vehemence . He puffed himself and abused his enemies under feigned names . robbed himself of his own letters , and then raised the hue ...
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ABIGAL Addison admire Æneid appear arms beauties behold blood Boileau BUTLER Cæsar Cato Cato's charms COACHMAN conjurer dear death DECIUS drum Dryden English ev'ry eyes fame FANTOME fate father fear friends GARDENER genius give gods grace GRIDELINE grief hand hast hear heart heaven hero honour Jove JUBA KING LADY Lancelot Addison Latin letter lines live look Lord Lord Halifax lov'd LUCIA LUCIUS maid MARCIA MARCUS Marlborough mighty muse never numbers Numidian 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 Spectator Steele story sword SYPHAX Tatler tears tell thee thing thought thousand thunder Tickell TINSEL tories turn VELLUM verse Virgil virtue whig Whilst words wou'd writing young youth
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Seite 203 - 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 199 - 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 Though in a bare and rugged way, Through devious lonely wilds I stray.
Seite xix - He is taller, by almost the breadth of my nail, than any of his court ; which alone is enough to strike an awe into the beholders.
Seite 386 - 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 201 - Through every period of my life Thy goodness I'll pursue ; And after death in distant worlds The glorious theme renew.
Seite 132 - 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 454 - ... 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.
Seite 200 - WHEN all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view I'm lost In wonder, love, and praise...
Seite 188 - 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 199 - THE Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's care ; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye ; My noonday walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.