Preface. Poems on several occasions. An essay on Virgil's GeorgicsJ. and R. Tonson, 1765 |
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... , than fuch a bounty from fo eminent a patron . How well Mr. Addison answered the expectations of my Lord Somers , cannot appear better , than from the book book of Travels he dedicated to his Lordfhip at his The PREFACE . XV.
... , than fuch a bounty from fo eminent a patron . How well Mr. Addison answered the expectations of my Lord Somers , cannot appear better , than from the book book of Travels he dedicated to his Lordfhip at his The PREFACE . XV.
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... appears from a letter to Mr. Stepney , then minister at that court , dated in November 1702 . Some time before the date of this letter , Mr. Addifon had defigned to return to England , when he received advice from his friends , that he ...
... appears from a letter to Mr. Stepney , then minister at that court , dated in November 1702 . Some time before the date of this letter , Mr. Addifon had defigned to return to England , when he received advice from his friends , that he ...
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... appears in his poem called The Campaign . The Lord - Treasurer Godolphin , who was a fine judge of poetry , had a fight of this work , when it was only car- ried on as far as the applauded fimile of the Angel ; and approved the poem ...
... appears in his poem called The Campaign . The Lord - Treasurer Godolphin , who was a fine judge of poetry , had a fight of this work , when it was only car- ried on as far as the applauded fimile of the Angel ; and approved the poem ...
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... appear . Such are the effays upon Wit , the Pleafures of the Imagination , the Critic upon Milton , and fome others . The tragedy of Cato appeared in public in the year 1713 , when the greatest part of the last act was added by the ...
... appear . Such are the effays upon Wit , the Pleafures of the Imagination , the Critic upon Milton , and fome others . The tragedy of Cato appeared in public in the year 1713 , when the greatest part of the last act was added by the ...
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... appear , it would be pre- fumptuous to cenfure his choice , who was fo famous for raifing the noblest plants from the most barren foil . It ferves to fhew , that he thought the whole labour of fuch a performance unworthy to be thrown ...
... appear , it would be pre- fumptuous to cenfure his choice , who was fo famous for raifing the noblest plants from the most barren foil . It ferves to fhew , that he thought the whole labour of fuch a performance unworthy to be thrown ...
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Страница xxx - Proud names, who once the reins of empire held ; In arms who triumph'd, or in arts excell'd ; Chiefs, grac'd with scars, and prodigal of blood; Stern patriots, who for sacred freedom stood ; Just men, by whom impartial laws were given ; And saints who taught, and led, the way to Heaven...
Страница xxxii - There taught us how to live; and (oh! too high The price for knowledge) taught us how to die.
Страница 65 - Tis Britain's care to watch o'er Europe's fate, And hold in balance each contending state, To threaten bold presumptuous kings with war, And answer her afflicted neighbours pray'r.
Страница 87 - While to exalt thy doom, th' aspiring Gaul Shares thy destruction, and adorns thy fall. Unbounded courage and compassion join'd, Temp'ring each other in the victor's mind, Alternately proclaim him good and great, And make the hero and the man complete. Long did he strive th...
Страница 87 - That proudly set thee on a fancy'd throne, And made imaginary realms thy own ! Thy troops, that now behind the Danube join, .Shall...
Страница 304 - ... to a bee than to an inanimate plant. He who reads over the...
Страница 67 - I've already troubled you too long, Nor dare attempt a more advent'rous song. My humble verse demands a softer theme, A painted mea,dow, or a purling stream ; Unfit for heroes; whom immortal lays, And lines like Virgil's, or like yours, should praise.
Страница 63 - On foreign mountains may the Sun refine The grape's soft juice, and mellow it to wine, With citron groves adorn a distant soil, And the fat olive swell with floods of oil : We envy not the warmer clime, that lies...
Страница 55 - I look for streams immortaliz'd in song. That lost in silence and oblivion lie, (Dumb are their fountains and their channels dry), Yet run for ever by the muse's skill, And in the smooth description murmur still.
Страница xl - How thy own laurel firft began to grow ; How wild Lycaon, chang'd by angry Gods, And frighted at himfelf, ran howling thro