The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison: With the Exception of His Numbers of the Spectator, Volumes 5-6W. Durell & Company, 1811 - English literature |
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... beauty of the sculpture . Among the busts of the emperors and empresses , there are these that follow , which are all very scarce , and some of them almost singular in their kind . Agrippa , Caligula , Otho , Nerva , Ælius Verus ...
... beauty of the sculpture . Among the busts of the emperors and empresses , there are these that follow , which are all very scarce , and some of them almost singular in their kind . Agrippa , Caligula , Otho , Nerva , Ælius Verus ...
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... Italy . It is a pity they have spoiled the beauty of the walls with abundance of childish Latin sentences , that consist often in a jingle of words . I have , indeed , observed in several inscriptions of REMARKS ON ITALY . 43.
... Italy . It is a pity they have spoiled the beauty of the walls with abundance of childish Latin sentences , that consist often in a jingle of words . I have , indeed , observed in several inscriptions of REMARKS ON ITALY . 43.
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... beauty of the prospect . But as the materials of a fine land- scape are not always the most profitable to the owner of them , we met with but very little corn or pasturage for the proportion of earth that we passed through , tha lands ...
... beauty of the prospect . But as the materials of a fine land- scape are not always the most profitable to the owner of them , we met with but very little corn or pasturage for the proportion of earth that we passed through , tha lands ...
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... beauty , applies oblivion , ignorance , wonder , desire , and the like , to his trees . The last Georgic has , indeed , as many metaphors , but not so daring as this ; for human thoughts and passions may be more naturally ascribed to a ...
... beauty , applies oblivion , ignorance , wonder , desire , and the like , to his trees . The last Georgic has , indeed , as many metaphors , but not so daring as this ; for human thoughts and passions may be more naturally ascribed to a ...
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... beauty in it ; and , indeed , the beauty of it is what I have before observed to be fre quently met with in Virgil , the delivering the pre- cept so indirectly , and singling out the particular circumstance of sowing and ploughing naked ...
... beauty in it ; and , indeed , the beauty of it is what I have before observed to be fre quently met with in Virgil , the delivering the pre- cept so indirectly , and singling out the particular circumstance of sowing and ploughing naked ...
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Page 128 - Whosoever . therefore shall confess Me before men, him will I confess also before My Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny Me before men, him will I also deny before My Father which is in heaven.
Page 62 - 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 157 - ... there is all Nature cries aloud Through all her works). He must delight in virtue ; And that which He delights in must be happy. But when ? or where ? This world was made for Caesar — I'm weary of conjectures — this must end them.
Page 213 - Inspired repulsed 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...
Page 189 - 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...
Page 269 - The man resolv'd and steady to his trust, Inflexible to ill, and obstinately just, May the rude rabble's insolence despise, Their senseless clamours, and tumultuous cries : The tyrant's fierceness he beguiles, And the stern brow, and the harsh voice defies, And with superior greatness smiles.
Page 90 - Tis not in mortals to command success, But we'll do more, Sempronius; we'll deserve it.
Page 197 - With all the gifts that heav'n and earth impart, The smiles of nature, and the charms of art, While proud oppression in her valleys reigns, And tyranny usurps her happy plains...
Page 111 - Would he save Cato, bid him spare his country. Tell your dictator this: and tell him, Cato Disdains a life which he has power to offer.
Page 184 - Messiah's outspread banner shines, How does the chariot rattle in his lines! What sounds of brazen wheels, what thunder, scare, And stun the reader with the din of war! With fear my spirits and my blood retire, To see the seraphs sunk in clouds of fire; But when, with eager steps, from hence I rise, And view the first gay scenes of Paradise, What tongue, what words of rapture, can express A vision so profuse of pleasantness!