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, Volumen1G.P. Putnam & Company, 1853 |
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... look back upon with regret , even from his death - bed . Two years afterwards , the first edition appeared in four hand- some quartos , with an engraving from Kneller's portrait , an emblematical vignette , and a full list of ...
... look back upon with regret , even from his death - bed . Two years afterwards , the first edition appeared in four hand- some quartos , with an engraving from Kneller's portrait , an emblematical vignette , and a full list of ...
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... Look , how many plumes are placed On her huge corpse , so many waking eyes Stick underneath , and , which may stranger rise In the report , as many tongues she wears . " Compare with these jagged misshapen distichs the neat fabric which ...
... Look , how many plumes are placed On her huge corpse , so many waking eyes Stick underneath , and , which may stranger rise In the report , as many tongues she wears . " Compare with these jagged misshapen distichs the neat fabric which ...
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... look for the explanation of this seeming miracle to the peculiar circumstances in which that generation was placed . During the inter- val which elapsed between the time when the censorship of the press ceased and the time when ...
... look for the explanation of this seeming miracle to the peculiar circumstances in which that generation was placed . During the inter- val which elapsed between the time when the censorship of the press ceased and the time when ...
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... look- ed on most of his humble companions was one of benevolence , slightly tinctured with contempt . He was at perfect ease in their company ; he was grateful for their devoted attachment ; and he loaded them with benefits . Their ...
... look- ed on most of his humble companions was one of benevolence , slightly tinctured with contempt . He was at perfect ease in their company ; he was grateful for their devoted attachment ; and he loaded them with benefits . Their ...
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... look peculiarly his own , a look of demure serenity , disturbed only by an arch sparkle of the eye , an almost imper- ceptible elevation of the brow , an almost imperceptible curl of the lip . His tone is never that either of a Jack ...
... look peculiarly his own , a look of demure serenity , disturbed only by an arch sparkle of the eye , an almost imper- ceptible elevation of the brow , an almost imperceptible curl of the lip . His tone is never that either of a Jack ...
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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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Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 206 - When all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys; Transported with the view, I'm lost In wonder, love, and praise.
Página 401 - Tis not in mortals to command success, But we'll do more, Sempronius ; we'll deserve it [Exit.
Página 207 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ, Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Página 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.