The Miscellaneous Works of Joseph Addison, Volumen1D. A. Talboys, 1840 |
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... length because the plan of the present work precludes our giving the works alluded to themselves , though on them must Addison's fame mainly rest . In pursuance of our prescribed plan we must also exclude the Freeholder , but present ...
... length because the plan of the present work precludes our giving the works alluded to themselves , though on them must Addison's fame mainly rest . In pursuance of our prescribed plan we must also exclude the Freeholder , but present ...
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... length . We would pause to observe , that those now least regarded were once im- portant , and are rendered interesting when the results they produced are taken into consider- ation . His Latin poems , now neglected , first persuaded ...
... length . We would pause to observe , that those now least regarded were once im- portant , and are rendered interesting when the results they produced are taken into consider- ation . His Latin poems , now neglected , first persuaded ...
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... length , proud prince , ambitious Lewis , cease To plague mankind , and trouble Europe's peace ; Think on the structures which thy pride has raz'd , On towns unpeopled , and on fields laid waste ; Think on the heaps of corps , and ...
... length , proud prince , ambitious Lewis , cease To plague mankind , and trouble Europe's peace ; Think on the structures which thy pride has raz'd , On towns unpeopled , and on fields laid waste ; Think on the heaps of corps , and ...
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... length , the British ships appear ! Our Nassau comes ! and as his fleet draws near , The rising masts advance , the sails grow white , And all his pompous navy floats in sight . Come , mighty prince , desir'd of Britain , come ! May ...
... length , the British ships appear ! Our Nassau comes ! and as his fleet draws near , The rising masts advance , the sails grow white , And all his pompous navy floats in sight . Come , mighty prince , desir'd of Britain , come ! May ...
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... rip'ning dew ; Again when evening warns them to their home , With weary wings and heavy thighs they come , And crowd about the chink , and mix a drowsy hum . Into their cells at length they gently creep , There 26 A TRANSLATION OF.
... rip'ning dew ; Again when evening warns them to their home , With weary wings and heavy thighs they come , And crowd about the chink , and mix a drowsy hum . Into their cells at length they gently creep , There 26 A TRANSLATION OF.
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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.