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, Том 1G.P. Putnam & Company, 1853 |
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... sight . Now and then , it is true , he betrays an indistinct con- sciousness that there is something more in his text than mere specimens of style ; but most of his raptures are re- served for some happy construction or a word of pecu ...
... sight . Now and then , it is true , he betrays an indistinct con- sciousness that there is something more in his text than mere specimens of style ; but most of his raptures are re- served for some happy construction or a word of pecu ...
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... sight would blissful scenes explore , The current pass , and seek the further shore . " Ever since the time of Pope there has been a glut of lines of this sort ; and we are now as little disposed to admire a man for being able to write ...
... sight would blissful scenes explore , The current pass , and seek the further shore . " Ever since the time of Pope there has been a glut of lines of this sort ; and we are now as little disposed to admire a man for being able to write ...
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... sight of myrtles and olive - trees , which retained their verdure under the winter solstice . Soon , however , he encountered one of the black storms of the Mediter- ranean . The captain of the ship gave up all for lost , and confessed ...
... sight of myrtles and olive - trees , which retained their verdure under the winter solstice . Soon , however , he encountered one of the black storms of the Mediter- ranean . The captain of the ship gave up all for lost , and confessed ...
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... sight of a paper of his verses , in the hands of Dr. Lancaster , then Dean of that house , occasioned his being elected into Magdalen College . He employed his first years in the study of the old Greek and Roman writers ; whose language ...
... sight of a paper of his verses , in the hands of Dr. Lancaster , then Dean of that house , occasioned his being elected into Magdalen College . He employed his first years in the study of the old Greek and Roman writers ; whose language ...
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... sight , and shews the vanity of conjectures , made by antiquaries at a distance . If the knowledge of polite litera- ture has its use , there is certainly a merit in illustrating the per- fect models of it , and the learned world will ...
... sight , and shews the vanity of conjectures , made by antiquaries at a distance . If the knowledge of polite litera- ture has its use , there is certainly a merit in illustrating the per- fect models of it , and the learned world will ...
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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
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Страница 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.
Страница 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.
Страница 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.
Страница 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...
Страница 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.
Страница 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...
Страница 206 - When all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys; Transported with the view, I'm lost In wonder, love, and praise.
Страница 401 - Tis not in mortals to command success, But we'll do more, Sempronius ; we'll deserve it [Exit.
Страница 207 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ, Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Страница 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.