The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Том 1Cadell and Davies, 1811 |
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... fall of kings , Britain advanc'd , and Europe's peace restor'd , By Somers ' counsels , and by Nassau's sword . To you , my lord , these daring thoughts belong , Who help'd to raise the subject of my song ; To you the hero of my verse ...
... fall of kings , Britain advanc'd , and Europe's peace restor'd , By Somers ' counsels , and by Nassau's sword . To you , my lord , these daring thoughts belong , Who help'd to raise the subject of my song ; To you the hero of my verse ...
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... fall . Our British youth , unus'd to rough alarms , Careless of fame , and negligent of arms , Had long forgot to meditate the foe , And heard unwarm'd the martial trumpet blow ; • The guiltless bullet , & c . ] Delicately , and , at ...
... fall . Our British youth , unus'd to rough alarms , Careless of fame , and negligent of arms , Had long forgot to meditate the foe , And heard unwarm'd the martial trumpet blow ; • The guiltless bullet , & c . ] Delicately , and , at ...
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... falls On towns besieg'd , and thunders at thy walls ! Ask Villeroy , for Villeroy beheld The town surrender'd , and the treaty seal'd ; With what amazing strength the forts were won , Whilst 12 POEMS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS .
... falls On towns besieg'd , and thunders at thy walls ! Ask Villeroy , for Villeroy beheld The town surrender'd , and the treaty seal'd ; With what amazing strength the forts were won , Whilst 12 POEMS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS .
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... falling tow'rs ; With hizzing streams of fire the air they streak , And hurl destruction round ' em where they break ; The skies with long ascending flames are bright , And all the sea reflects a quivering light . Thus Etna , when in ...
... falling tow'rs ; With hizzing streams of fire the air they streak , And hurl destruction round ' em where they break ; The skies with long ascending flames are bright , And all the sea reflects a quivering light . Thus Etna , when in ...
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... fall ; Whilst griping tongs turn round the glowing ball . With puffing bellows some the flames increase , And some in waters dip the hissing mass ; Their beaten anvils dreadfully resound , And Ætna shakes all o'er , and thunders under ...
... fall ; Whilst griping tongs turn round the glowing ball . With puffing bellows some the flames increase , And some in waters dip the hissing mass ; Their beaten anvils dreadfully resound , And Ætna shakes all o'er , and thunders under ...
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Addison ancient Antoninus Pius appear arms atque beauty behold breast Cæsar Cato Cato's charms Claudian Commodus CREECH death DECIUS DRYDEN emperor ev'ry eyes fancy fate father fear figure fire flame friends Georgic give goddess gods grace GRIDELINE grief hand head heart heaven Hesiod honour inscription Jove JUBA Julius Cæsar kind king look LUCIA LUCIUS maid MARCIA Marcus mighty modern medals muse nature numbers Numidian nunc nymph o'er old coins omne Ovid passion Pentheus Pharsalia poem poetry PORTIUS prince quæ QUEEN rage rise Roman Roman senate Rome ROSAMOND round S. C. Reverse says Cynthio says Eugenius says Philander SCENE SEMPRONIUS senate shine sight Silius Italicus SIR TRUSTY soul stand sword SYPHAX tears tell thee thou thought tibi Trajan turn verse view'd VIRG Virgil virtue Whilst whole winds words youth
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Страница 211 - 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...
Страница 43 - Profuse of bliss, and pregnant with delight! Eternal pleasures in thy presence reign, And smiling plenty leads thy wanton train; Eas'd of her load, subjection grows more light, And poverty looks cheerful in thy sight: Thou mak'st the gloomy face of nature gay, Giv'st beauty to the sun, and pleasure to the day.
Страница 221 - Tis not in mortals to command success, But well do more, Sempronius; we'll deserve it.
Страница 45 - I bridle in my struggling Muse with pain, That longs to launch into a nobler strain.
Страница 183 - 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...
Страница 287 - ... 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.
Страница 109 - The man resolv'd and steady to his trust, Inflexible to ill, and obstinately just, May the rude rabble's insolence despise, Their senseless clamours, and tumultuous cries : The tyrant's fierceness he beguiles, And the stern brow, and the harsh voice defies, And with superior greatness smiles.
Страница 246 - The gods, in bounty, work up storms about us, That give mankind occasion to exert Their hidden strength, and throw out into practice Virtues, which shun the day, and lie conceal'd In the smooth seasons and the calms of life.
Страница 227 - Syphax your zeal becomes importunate ; I've hitherto permitted it to rave, And talk at large ; but learn to keep it in, Lest it should take more freedom than I'll give it.
Страница 287 - Tis the divinity that stirs within us; 'Tis heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man, Eternity ! thou pleasing, dreadful thought ! Through what variety of untry'd being, Through what new scenes and changes must we pass ! The wide, the unbounded prospect lies before me; But shadows, clouds, and darkness, rest upon it.