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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... thought respectable at Oxford , was evidently less than that which many lads now carry away every year from Eton and Rugby . A minute examination of his work , if we had time to make such an examination , would fully bear out these ...
... thought respectable at Oxford , was evidently less than that which many lads now carry away every year from Eton and Rugby . A minute examination of his work , if we had time to make such an examination , would fully bear out these ...
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... thought desirable that he should pass some time on the Continent in preparing himself for official employment . His own means were not such as would enable him to travel ; but a pension of £ 300 a year was procured for him by the ...
... thought desirable that he should pass some time on the Continent in preparing himself for official employment . His own means were not such as would enable him to travel ; but a pension of £ 300 a year was procured for him by the ...
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... thought , indeed , that no poem of the first order would ever be written in a dead language . And did he think amiss ? Has not the experience of centuries confirmed his opinion ? Boileau also thought it probable that , in the best ...
... thought , indeed , that no poem of the first order would ever be written in a dead language . And did he think amiss ? Has not the experience of centuries confirmed his opinion ? Boileau also thought it probable that , in the best ...
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... thought , incompara- bly well . Boileau had undoubtedly some of the qualities of a great critic . He wanted imagination ; but he had strong sense . His literary code was formed on narrow principles ; but in applying it , he showed great ...
... thought , incompara- bly well . Boileau had undoubtedly some of the qualities of a great critic . He wanted imagination ; but he had strong sense . His literary code was formed on narrow principles ; but in applying it , he showed great ...
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... thought of bringing 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 ...
... thought of bringing 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 ...
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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.