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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... admire a man for being able to write them as for being able to write his name . But in the days of William the Third such versification was rare ; and a rhymer who had any skill in it passed for a great poet ; just as in the dark ages a ...
... admire a man for being able to write them as for being able to write his name . But in the days of William the Third such versification was rare ; and a rhymer who had any skill in it passed for a great poet ; just as in the dark ages a ...
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... admire in the noble alcaics of Gray , or in the playful elegiacs of Vincent Bourne ? Surely not . Nor was Boileau so ignorant or tasteless as to be incapable of appreciating good modern Latin . In the very letter to which Johnson ...
... admire in the noble alcaics of Gray , or in the playful elegiacs of Vincent Bourne ? Surely not . Nor was Boileau so ignorant or tasteless as to be incapable of appreciating good modern Latin . In the very letter to which Johnson ...
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... admire Tom Folio , Ned Softly , and the Political Upholsterer . The proceedings of the Court of Honor , the Thermometer of Zeal , the story of the Frozen Words , the Memoirs of the Shilling , are excellent specimens of that ingenious ...
... admire Tom Folio , Ned Softly , and the Political Upholsterer . The proceedings of the Court of Honor , the Thermometer of Zeal , the story of the Frozen Words , the Memoirs of the Shilling , are excellent specimens of that ingenious ...
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... admire his philosophy , that he had lost at once his fortune , his place , his fellow ship , and his mistress , that he must think of turning tutor again , and yet that his spirits were as good as ever . He had one consolation . Of the ...
... admire his philosophy , that he had lost at once his fortune , his place , his fellow ship , and his mistress , that he must think of turning tutor again , and yet that his spirits were as good as ever . He had one consolation . Of the ...
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... admire , all the great guardian own , And crowd about his courts , and buzz about his throne . Oft on their backs their weary prince they bear , Oft in his cause embattled in the air , Pursue a glorious death , in wounds and war . Some ...
... admire , all the great guardian own , And crowd about his courts , and buzz about his throne . Oft on their backs their weary prince they bear , Oft in his cause embattled in the air , Pursue a glorious death , in wounds and war . Some ...
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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.