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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... means of promotion . Still Hurd possessed some qualifications for his task . He was an admirer of good writing , and though cold , was not deficient in taste . He came with the feelings of a gram- marian of the old school , to weigh ...
... means of promotion . Still Hurd possessed some qualifications for his task . He was an admirer of good writing , and though cold , was not deficient in taste . He came with the feelings of a gram- marian of the old school , to weigh ...
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... means 1 He became fellow in course ; Demies being students upon scholarships , who succeed in their order to the vacant fellowships . - G . 2 Addison's walk at Oxford . " Passing to the rear of Magdalene College , on the left there ...
... means 1 He became fellow in course ; Demies being students upon scholarships , who succeed in their order to the vacant fellowships . - G . 2 Addison's walk at Oxford . " Passing to the rear of Magdalene College , on the left there ...
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... means prone . The truth is , that he was writing about what he did not understand . Miss Aikin has discovered a letter from which it appears that , while Addison resided at Oxford , he was one of several writers whom the booksellers ...
... means prone . The truth is , that he was writing about what he did not understand . Miss Aikin has discovered a letter from which it appears that , while Addison resided at Oxford , he was one of several writers whom the booksellers ...
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... means able to rival , the skill with which Addison imitated Virgil . His lines on the Barometer , and the Bowling - Green , were applauded by hundreds to whom the " Dissertation on the Epistles of Phalaris " was as unintelligible as the ...
... means able to rival , the skill with which Addison imitated Virgil . His lines on the Barometer , and the Bowling - Green , were applauded by hundreds to whom the " Dissertation on the Epistles of Phalaris " was as unintelligible as the ...
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... means of many experiments and many failures . It was reserved for Pope to discover the trick , to make himself complete master of it , and to teach it to every body else . From the time when his " Pastorals " appeared , heroic ...
... means of many experiments and many failures . It was reserved for Pope to discover the trick , to make himself complete master of it , and to teach it to every body else . From the time when his " Pastorals " appeared , heroic ...
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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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Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 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...
Сторінка 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.
Сторінка 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...
Сторінка 206 - When all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys; Transported with the view, I'm lost In wonder, love, and praise.
Сторінка 401 - Tis not in mortals to command success, But we'll do more, Sempronius ; we'll deserve it [Exit.
Сторінка 207 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ, Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Сторінка 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.