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 xxiv
... pleasure in the society of French philoso- phers and poets . He gave an account , in a letter to Bishop Hough , of two highly interesting conversations , one with Malebranche , the other with Boileau . Malebranche expressed great ...
... pleasure in the society of French philoso- phers and poets . He gave an account , in a letter to Bishop Hough , of two highly interesting conversations , one with Malebranche , the other with Boileau . Malebranche expressed great ...
Page xxviii
... pleasure . He passed lake Benacus while a gale was blowing , and saw the waves raging as they raged when Virgil looked upon them . At Venice , then the gayest spot in Europe , the traveller spent the carniva !, the gayest season of the ...
... pleasure . He passed lake Benacus while a gale was blowing , and saw the waves raging as they raged when Virgil looked upon them . At Venice , then the gayest spot in Europe , the traveller spent the carniva !, the gayest season of the ...
Page xxx
... pleasures of ambition , and impatient of its pains , fearing both parties , and loving neither , had determined to hide in an Italian retreat talents and accomplishments which , if they had been united with fixed principles and civil ...
... pleasures of ambition , and impatient of its pains , fearing both parties , and loving neither , had determined to hide in an Italian retreat talents and accomplishments which , if they had been united with fixed principles and civil ...
Page xxxiv
... the proposed task , a task which to so good a whig was probably a pleasure . When the poem was little more than half finished , he showed it to Go- 1 dolphin , who was delighted with it , and xxxiv LIFE AND WRITINGS OF ADDISON .
... the proposed task , a task which to so good a whig was probably a pleasure . When the poem was little more than half finished , he showed it to Go- 1 dolphin , who was delighted with it , and xxxiv LIFE AND WRITINGS OF ADDISON .
Page xxxvii
... pleasure : the style is pure and flowing ; the classical quotations and allusions are numerous and happy ; and we are now and then charmed by that singularly hu- mane and delicate humor in which Addison excelled all men . Yet this ...
... pleasure : the style is pure and flowing ; the classical quotations and allusions are numerous and happy ; and we are now and then charmed by that singularly hu- mane and delicate humor in which Addison excelled all men . Yet this ...
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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.