The Miscellaneous Works of Joseph Addison, Volumen1D. A. Talboys, 1840 |
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... Earth ; exhibiting its relation to the Heavenly Bodies , its Physical Structure , the Natural History of each Country , and the Industry , Commerce , Political Institutions , and Civil and Social State of all Nations . By HUGH MURRAY ...
... Earth ; exhibiting its relation to the Heavenly Bodies , its Physical Structure , the Natural History of each Country , and the Industry , Commerce , Political Institutions , and Civil and Social State of all Nations . By HUGH MURRAY ...
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... earth , " It is not the commercial cha- racter of a people , " observes D'Israeli , " which inspires veneration among mankind , nor will their military powers engage the affections of their neighbours . But a glorious succession of ...
... earth , " It is not the commercial cha- racter of a people , " observes D'Israeli , " which inspires veneration among mankind , nor will their military powers engage the affections of their neighbours . But a glorious succession of ...
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... earth , And gave the empire of the world its birth . Troy long had found the Grecians bold and fierce , Ere Homer muster'd up their troops in verse ; Long had Achilles quell'd the Trojans ' lust , And laid the labour of the gods in dust ...
... earth , And gave the empire of the world its birth . Troy long had found the Grecians bold and fierce , Ere Homer muster'd up their troops in verse ; Long had Achilles quell'd the Trojans ' lust , And laid the labour of the gods in dust ...
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Joseph Addison. To bind the tyrants of the earth with laws , And fight in every injur'd nation's cause , The world's great patriots ; they for justice call , And as they favour , kingdoms rise or fall . Our British youth , unus'd to ...
Joseph Addison. To bind the tyrants of the earth with laws , And fight in every injur'd nation's cause , The world's great patriots ; they for justice call , And as they favour , kingdoms rise or fall . Our British youth , unus'd to ...
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... earth with smoke ; Here crags of broken rocks are twirl'd on high , Here molten stones and scatter'd cinders fly : Its fury reaches the remotest coast , And strews the Asiatic shore with dust . Now does the sailor from the neigh'bring ...
... earth with smoke ; Here crags of broken rocks are twirl'd on high , Here molten stones and scatter'd cinders fly : Its fury reaches the remotest coast , And strews the Asiatic shore with dust . Now does the sailor from the neigh'bring ...
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Addison Æneid æther amidst appear arms atque beauties bees behold blood breast bright Britannia's British Cadmus chariot charms circum cloth lettered cries CYCNUS death divine earth Edition English ev'ry eyes Fain fate fcap fear fields fight fire fix'd flames flow'ry foolscap foolscap 8vo fury Gaul Georgic give goddess Godfrey Kneller gods grace Greek Greek Language heat heaven hero Hesiod hive honour immortal J. C. LOUDON JOHN FAREY join'd Jove kindled labours Latin light limbs look lord lord Halifax maid Metamorphoses mighty moral mountains muse nature neighb'ring numbers nunc nymph o'er Ovid Ovid's Metamorphoses Pentheus Phaeton pleas'd poem poet poetry praise Quæ rage rais'd reader rise round shade shining shore sight skies sound steeds stood story streams tell thee thou thought thunder Tiresias toils tow'ring trembling turns verse view'd Virgil voice Whilst whole winds woods youth
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Página xii - He might well rejoice at the death of that which he could not have killed. Every reader of every party, since personal malice is past and the papers which once inflamed the nation are read only as effusions of wit, must wish for more of the Whig Examiners ; for on no occasion was the genius of Addison more vigorously exerted, and on none did the superiority of his powers more evidently appear.
Página 46 - For wheresoe'er I turn my ravish'd eyes, gay gilded scenes and shining prospects rise, poetic fields encompass me around, and still I seem to tread on classic ground; for here the Muse so oft her harp has strung, that not a mountain rears its head unsung, renown'd in verse each shady thicket grows, and every stream in heavenly numbers flows.
Página 37 - I'll try to make their several beauties known, And show their verses worth tho' not my own. .Long had our dull forefathers slept supine, Nor felt the raptures of the tuneful Nine, Till Chaucer first, a merry bard, arose, And many a story told in rhyme and prose. But age has rusted what the poet writ, Worn out his language, and obscured his wit; In vain he jests in his unpolished strain, And tries to make his readers laugh in vain.