...from afar to view the flight. To the Hon. Charles Montague. JOSEPH ADDISON. 1672-1719. CATO. r I "'HE dawn is overcast, the morning lowers, -*• And heavily in clouds brings on the day, The great, the important day, big with the fate Of Cato, and of Rome. Act \. Sc. i. Thy steady temper,...

...home. Did we say, on such an occasion, in the opening words of Mr. Addison's impressive tragedy: " The dawn is overcast, the morning lowers, And heavily in clouds brings on the day, The great, th' important day ?" Not so. From horizon to zenith all was cordeur de rose, for all was...

...enumerated, presented in a varied order." Addison, in his Cato, affords an excellent example : — " The dawn is overcast ; the morning lowers, And heavily in clouds brings on the day." Dr. Campbell observes, that " it is certain that of whatever kind the sentiment be, witty, humorous,...

...consists in telling the same thing, or nearly the same thing, again and again, in other ways ; as, " The dawn is overcast, the morning lowers, and heavily in clouds brings on iho day." — Addiaon. It is generally much easier to find oiher ways oi telling the same thing, than...

...home. Did we say on such an occasion, in tho opening words of Mr. Addison's impressive tragedy— " The dawn is overcast, the morning lowers And heavily in clouds brings on the day The great, th' important day " t Not so. From horizon to zenith all was couleur de rose, for all was...

...between entire and complete; between enough and sufficient; between avow, acknowledge, and confess. " The dawn is overcast, the morning lowers, And heavily in clouds brings on the day, The great, the important day, big with the fato Of Cato and of Rome." In the first two lines, the same...

...home. Did we say on such an occasion, in the opening words of Mr. Addison's impressive tragedy — " The dawn is overcast, the morning lowers And heavily in clouds brings on the day The great, th' important day " ? Not so. From horizon to zenith all was couleur de rose, for all was...

...home. Did we say, on such an occasion, in the opening words of Mr. Addison's impressive tragedy — " The dawn is overcast, the morning lowers, And heavily in clouds brings on the day, The great, th' important day— " ? No so. From horizon to zenith all was couleur de rose, for all...

...This difference between verse and prose you will easily observe, if you read them both with attention. In verse, things are seldom said plainly and simply,...morning, is said thus in verse, in the tragedy of Cato: 1 The dawn is overcast, the morning lours, And heavily in clouds brings on the day.' This is poetical...

...3. " Leigh Hunt incorrectly ascribes this expression to Congreve. JOSEPH ADDISON. 1672-1719. CA TO. The dawn is overcast, the morning lowers, And heavily in clouds brings on the day, The great, the important day, big with the fate Of Cato, and of Rome. Act \. Sc. 1. Thy steady temper,...