The Miscellaneous Works of Joseph Addison, Volumen1D. A. Talboys, 1840 |
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... stands uncon- nected with our intellectual sovereignty . " How far Addison contributed to the formation of this national literary character may be gathered from the commendations of Boileau , and the opened interchange of literature ...
... stands uncon- nected with our intellectual sovereignty . " How far Addison contributed to the formation of this national literary character may be gathered from the commendations of Boileau , and the opened interchange of literature ...
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... He has already the honour and happiness of being under your protection ; and , as he will very much stand in need of it , I cannot wish him better , than that he may VOL . I. с continue to deserve the favour and counte- nance of such.
... He has already the honour and happiness of being under your protection ; and , as he will very much stand in need of it , I cannot wish him better , than that he may VOL . I. с continue to deserve the favour and counte- nance of such.
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... stands , And executes his injur'd king's commands ; Around thy coast his bursting bombs he pours On flaming citadels , and falling towers ; With hissing streams of fire the air they streak , And hurl destruction round them where they ...
... stands , And executes his injur'd king's commands ; Around thy coast his bursting bombs he pours On flaming citadels , and falling towers ; With hissing streams of fire the air they streak , And hurl destruction round them where they ...
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... stand , Wrath in his look , and lightning in his hand ; Like Homer's Hector when he flung his fire Amidst a thousand ships , and made all Greece retire . But who can run the British triumphs o'er , And count the flames dispers'd on ...
... stand , Wrath in his look , and lightning in his hand ; Like Homer's Hector when he flung his fire Amidst a thousand ships , and made all Greece retire . But who can run the British triumphs o'er , And count the flames dispers'd on ...
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... stands or runs , Lay twigs across , and bridge it o'er with stones ; That if rough storms , or sudden blasts of wind , Should dip or scatter those that lag behind , Here they may settle on the friendly stone , And dry their reeking ...
... stands or runs , Lay twigs across , and bridge it o'er with stones ; That if rough storms , or sudden blasts of wind , Should dip or scatter those that lag behind , Here they may settle on the friendly stone , And dry their reeking ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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.