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, Volume 1G.P. Putnam & Company, 1853 |
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... beauties of Versailles . Louis XIV . was at this time expiating the vices of his youth by a devotion which had no root in reason , and bore no fruit in charity . The servile literature of France had changed its character to suit the ...
... beauties of Versailles . Louis XIV . was at this time expiating the vices of his youth by a devotion which had no root in reason , and bore no fruit in charity . The servile literature of France had changed its character to suit the ...
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... beauties , and aim at something bet- ter than perfection . If Mr. Addison's example and precepts be the occasion , that there now begins to be a great demand for cor- rectness , we may justly attribute it to his being first fashioned by ...
... beauties , and aim at something bet- ter than perfection . If Mr. Addison's example and precepts be the occasion , that there now begins to be a great demand for cor- rectness , we may justly attribute it to his being first fashioned by ...
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... , by the favour of his exuberant genius , had introduced ) were esteemed , when this translation was made , not blemishes , but beauties . POL . 1 .-- 2 * Mr . Nevile . Nor must the lizard's painted brood appear , Nor wood.
... , by the favour of his exuberant genius , had introduced ) were esteemed , when this translation was made , not blemishes , but beauties . POL . 1 .-- 2 * Mr . Nevile . Nor must the lizard's painted brood appear , Nor wood.
Page 103
... beauties from the well return . Whom should I court ? how utter my complaint ? Enjoyment but produces my restraint , And too much plenty makes me die for want . How gladly would I from myself remove ! And at OVID'S METAMORPHOSES . 103.
... beauties from the well return . Whom should I court ? how utter my complaint ? Enjoyment but produces my restraint , And too much plenty makes me die for want . How gladly would I from myself remove ! And at OVID'S METAMORPHOSES . 103.
Page 104
... beauties of his breast he spies , And with a new redoubled passion dies . As wax dissolves , as ice begins to run , And trickle into drops before the sun ; So melts the youth , and languishes away , His beauty withers , and his limbs ...
... beauties of his breast he spies , And with a new redoubled passion dies . As wax dissolves , as ice begins to run , And trickle into drops before the sun ; So melts the youth , and languishes away , His beauty withers , and his limbs ...
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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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Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 206 - When all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys; Transported with the view, I'm lost In wonder, love, and praise.
Page 401 - Tis not in mortals to command success, But we'll do more, Sempronius ; we'll deserve it [Exit.
Page 207 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ, Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Page 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.