The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Том 3T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1811 |
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... Sir Roger de Coverly . His great grandfather was inventor of that famous country - dance which is called after him . All who know that shire , are very well acquainted with the parts and merits of Sir Roger . He is a gentleman that is ...
... Sir Roger de Coverly . His great grandfather was inventor of that famous country - dance which is called after him . All who know that shire , are very well acquainted with the parts and merits of Sir Roger . He is a gentleman that is ...
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... Sir Roger , he has quitted a way of life in which no man can rise suitably to his merit , who is not something of a courtier as well as a soldier . I have heard him often lament , that in a profession where merit is placed in so ...
... Sir Roger , he has quitted a way of life in which no man can rise suitably to his merit , who is not something of a courtier as well as a soldier . I have heard him often lament , that in a profession where merit is placed in so ...
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... Sir Roger L'Estrange , which accidentally lies before me . A company of waggish boys were watching of frogs at the side of a pond , and still as any of them put up their heads , they'd be pelting them down again with stones . ' Children ...
... Sir Roger L'Estrange , which accidentally lies before me . A company of waggish boys were watching of frogs at the side of a pond , and still as any of them put up their heads , they'd be pelting them down again with stones . ' Children ...
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... Sir Roger de Coverley , who had said nothing all this while , began his speech with a pish ! and told us , that he wondered to see so many men of sense so very serious upon fooleries . Let our good friend , said he , attack every one ...
... Sir Roger de Coverley , who had said nothing all this while , began his speech with a pish ! and told us , that he wondered to see so many men of sense so very serious upon fooleries . Let our good friend , said he , attack every one ...
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... Sir Andrew gave up the city with the same frankness . The Templer would not stand out : and was followed by Sir Roger and the Captain : who all agreed that I should be at liberty to carry the war into what quarter I pleased ; provided I ...
... Sir Andrew gave up the city with the same frankness . The Templer would not stand out : and was followed by Sir Roger and the Captain : who all agreed that I should be at liberty to carry the war into what quarter I pleased ; provided I ...
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Сторінка 105 - What may this mean, That thou, dead corse, again in complete steel, Revisit'st thus the glimpses of the moon, Making night hideous, and we fools of nature So horridly to shake our disposition With thoughts beyond the reaches of our souls?
Сторінка 69 - I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow; when I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.
Сторінка 39 - 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. How often from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive each to other's note, Singing their great Creator...
Сторінка 373 - The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: And I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Сторінка 8 - 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.
Сторінка 324 - Examine now, said he, this sea that is bounded with darkness at both ends, and tell me what thou discoverest in it. I see a bridge, said I, standing in the midst of the tide.
Сторінка 327 - The Genius making me no answer, I turned about to address myself to him a second time, but I found that he had left me ; I then turned again to the vision which I had been so long contemplating; but instead of the rolling tide, the arched bridge, and the happy islands, I saw nothing but the long hollow valley of Bagdat, with oxen, sheep, and camels grazing upon the sides of it.
Сторінка 323 - I had ever heard. They put me in mind of those heavenly airs that are played to the departed souls of good men upon their first arrival in Paradise, to wear out the impressions of the last agonies, and qualify them for the pleasures of that happy place.
Сторінка 6 - I never espoused any party with violence, and am resolved to observe an exact neutrality between the Whigs and Tories, unless I shall be forced to declare myself by the hostilities of either side. In short, I have acted in all the parts of my life as a looker-on, which is the character I intend to preserve in this paper.
Сторінка 334 - Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong ; Was every thing by starts, and nothing long ; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon : Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.