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 1J. B. Lippincott & Company, 1870 |
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Page xvi
... lady , of overrating Addison's classical at- tainments . In one department of learning , indeed , his proficiency was such as it is hardly possible to overrate . His knowledge of the Latin poets , from Lucretius and Catullus down to ...
... lady , of overrating Addison's classical at- tainments . In one department of learning , indeed , his proficiency was such as it is hardly possible to overrate . His knowledge of the Latin poets , from Lucretius and Catullus down to ...
Page xxviii
... lady had given her heart to Cæsar . The rejected lover determined to destroy himself He appeared seated in his library , a dagger in his hand , a Plutarch and a Tasso before him ; and in this position he pronounced a soliloquy before he ...
... lady had given her heart to Cæsar . The rejected lover determined to destroy himself He appeared seated in his library , a dagger in his hand , a Plutarch and a Tasso before him ; and in this position he pronounced a soliloquy before he ...
Page xlii
... Lady Q - p - t - s , are excellent specimens of this innocent mischief . Such were Addison's talents for conversation . But his rare gifts were not exhibited to crowds or to strangers . As soon as he entered a large company , as soon as ...
... Lady Q - p - t - s , are excellent specimens of this innocent mischief . Such were Addison's talents for conversation . But his rare gifts were not exhibited to crowds or to strangers . As soon as he entered a large company , as soon as ...
Page xlv
... ladies assembled . The fiddles are playing . The table is groaning under Champagne , Burgundy , and pyramids of sweetmeats . Is it strange ( ( that a man whose kindness is thus abused , should send sheriff's officers to reclaim what is ...
... ladies assembled . The fiddles are playing . The table is groaning under Champagne , Burgundy , and pyramids of sweetmeats . Is it strange ( ( that a man whose kindness is thus abused , should send sheriff's officers to reclaim what is ...
Page liii
... lady ; and that , while his political friends were all powerful , and while his own fortunes were rising , he had been , in the phrase of the romances which were then fashionable , permitted to hope . But Mr. Addison , the ingenious ...
... lady ; and that , while his political friends were all powerful , and while his own fortunes were rising , he had been , in the phrase of the romances which were then fashionable , permitted to hope . But Mr. Addison , the ingenious ...
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ABIGAL Addison admire Æneid appear arms beauty behold better blood Boileau BUTLER Cæsar Cato Cato's charms COACHMAN conjurer dear death DECIUS dost thou drum Dryden English ev'ry eyes fame FANTOME fate father fear friends GARDENER genius Georgics give gods grace GRIDELINE grief hand hast hear heart heaven honour Jove JUBA KING LADY Lancelot Addison Latin live look Lord Lord Halifax lov'd LUCIA LUCIUS maid MARCIA MARCUS Marlborough mighty muse never numbers Numidian nymph o'er Ovid passion Pentheus pleasure poem poet Pope PORTIUS praise prince Prithee QUEEN rage rise Roman Rome Rosamond SCENE SEMPRONIUS shade shine SIR GEORGE Sir Richard Steele SIR TRUSTY soul speak Spectator Steele story sword SYPHAX Tatler tears tell thee thing thought thousand thunder Tickell TINSEL tories turn VELLUM verse Virgil virtue whig Whilst words wou'd writing young youth
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Page 203 - 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 161 - 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.
Page 187 - 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 386 - 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 200 - When all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys; Transported with the view, I'm lost In wonder, love, and praise.
Page 132 - 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 200 - 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.
Page 199 - THE Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's care ; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye ; My noonday walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.
Page 164 - Even the rough rocks with tender myrtle bloom, And trodden weeds send out a rich perfume. Bear me, some god, to Baia's gentle seats, Or cover me in Umbria's green retreats ; Where western gales eternally reside, And all the seasons lavish all their pride ; Blossoms, and fruits, and flowers together rise, And the whole year in gay confusion lies...
Page 203 - What though, in solemn silence, all Move round the dark terrestrial ball; What though no real voice nor sound Amid their radiant orbs be found; In reason's ear they all rejoice, And utter forth a glorious voice, For ever singing as they shine, The hand that made us is divine.