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 4Putnam, 1854 |
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... raising expectations high ) Surprises us with dazzling miracles . - RoscoMMON . I HAVE observed , that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure , till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or a fair man , of a mild or ...
... raising expectations high ) Surprises us with dazzling miracles . - RoscoMMON . I HAVE observed , that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure , till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or a fair man , of a mild or ...
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... raised , that having read the controver sies of some great men concerning the antiquities of Egypt , I made a voyage to Grand Cairo , on purpose to take the measure of a pyramid ; and as soon as I had set myself right in that particular ...
... raised , that having read the controver sies of some great men concerning the antiquities of Egypt , I made a voyage to Grand Cairo , on purpose to take the measure of a pyramid ; and as soon as I had set myself right in that particular ...
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... raised by two magicians of different sexes . Armida ( as we are told in the argument ) was an Amazonian enchantress , and poor Signior Cassani ( as we learn from the persons represented ) a Christian conjurer ; ( Mago Christiano ) . I ...
... raised by two magicians of different sexes . Armida ( as we are told in the argument ) was an Amazonian enchantress , and poor Signior Cassani ( as we learn from the persons represented ) a Christian conjurer ; ( Mago Christiano ) . I ...
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... raise a fine for the poor , I know the lanes and allies that are inhabited by common swearers . When I would encourage the hospital of Bridewell , and improve the hempen manufacture , I am very well acquainted with all the haunts and ...
... raise a fine for the poor , I know the lanes and allies that are inhabited by common swearers . When I would encourage the hospital of Bridewell , and improve the hempen manufacture , I am very well acquainted with all the haunts and ...
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... raised to myself so great an audience , I shall spare no pains to make their instruction agreeable , and their diversion useful . For which reasons I shall endeavour to enliven morality with wit . and to temper wit with morality , that ...
... raised to myself so great an audience , I shall spare no pains to make their instruction agreeable , and their diversion useful . For which reasons I shall endeavour to enliven morality with wit . and to temper wit with morality , that ...
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Страница 382 - ... fountains, or resting on beds of flowers: and could hear a confused harmony of singing birds, falling waters, human voices, and musical instruments. — Gladness grew in me upon the discovery of so delightful a scene. I wished for the wings of an eagle, that I might fly away to those happy seats; but the genius told me there was no passage to them, except through the gates of death that I saw opening every moment upon the bridge. —
Страница 48 - Shine not in vain ; nor think, though men were none, That heaven would want spectators, God want praise : Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep : All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night.
Страница 83 - When I read the several dates of the tombs, of some that died yesterday, and some six hundred years ago, I consider that great day when we shall all of us be contemporaries, and make our appearance together.
Страница 12 - It is said he keeps himself a bachelor by reason he was crossed in love by a perverse beautiful widow of the next county to him.
Страница 381 - I could discover nothing in it; but the other appeared to me a vast ocean planted with innumerable islands, that were covered with fruits and flowers, and interwoven with a thousand little shining seas that ran among them.
Страница 379 - The genius smiled upon me with a look of compassion and affability that familiarized him to my imagination, and at once dispelled all the fears and apprehensions with which I approached him. He lifted me from the ground, and taking me by the hand, Mirza, said he, I have heard thee in thy soliloquies ; follow me.
Страница 381 - I observed some with scimitars in their hands, and others with urinals, who ran to and fro upon the bridge, thrusting several persons on trap-doors which did not seem to lie in their way, and which they might have escaped, had they not been thus forced upon them. "The genius, seeing me indulge myself in this melancholy prospect, told me I had dwelt long enough upon it. ' Take thine eyes off the bridge,' said he, ' and tell me if thou yet seest anything thou dost not comprehend.' Upon looking up,...
Страница 2 - I HAVE observed that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure, till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or a fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor, with other particulars of the like nature, that conduce very much to the right understanding of an author.
Страница 220 - The stout Earl of Northumberland, A vow to God did make, His pleasure in the Scottish woods Three summer's days to take; The chiefest harts in Chevy-Chase To kill and bear away.
Страница 13 - ... his tenants grow rich, his servants look satisfied, all the young women profess love to him, and the young men are glad of his company...