The Works of the Right Honorable Joseph Addison, Volume 4William Durell & Company, 1811 |
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Page 15
... lived among the Greeks , might have had his face stamped upon their coins . But these were the wise ancients , who had more esteem for a Milo than a Homer , and heaped up greater honours on Pindar's jockies , than on the poet himself ...
... lived among the Greeks , might have had his face stamped upon their coins . But these were the wise ancients , who had more esteem for a Milo than a Homer , and heaped up greater honours on Pindar's jockies , than on the poet himself ...
Page 56
... lived about an age before Claudian , and I believe we shall find that it is not the only piece of antique sculpture that this poet has copied out in his de- scriptions . -------- cum totis exurgens ardua pennis Ipsa duci sacras Victoria ...
... lived about an age before Claudian , and I believe we shall find that it is not the only piece of antique sculpture that this poet has copied out in his de- scriptions . -------- cum totis exurgens ardua pennis Ipsa duci sacras Victoria ...
Page 65
... lived before them , and had generally given it three forks , as in the present figure . Vir- gil insists on the number three in its description , and seems to hint at the wings we see on it . He has worked up such a noise and terror in ...
... lived before them , and had generally given it three forks , as in the present figure . Vir- gil insists on the number three in its description , and seems to hint at the wings we see on it . He has worked up such a noise and terror in ...
Page 95
... lived very near one another , were acquainted with the same cus- toms , conversant with the same objects , and bred up to the same relish for wit and fancy . But who are the ladies that we are next to examine ? These are , says ...
... lived very near one another , were acquainted with the same cus- toms , conversant with the same objects , and bred up to the same relish for wit and fancy . But who are the ladies that we are next to examine ? These are , says ...
Page 108
... lived lily . " Neu vivax apium , nec breve lilium . Let fading lilies and the rose Their beauty and their smell disclose ; Lib . 1. od . 36 . * Fig . 10 . Let long - liv'd parsley grace the feast , And .108 . DIALOGUES ON MEDALS .
... lived lily . " Neu vivax apium , nec breve lilium . Let fading lilies and the rose Their beauty and their smell disclose ; Lib . 1. od . 36 . * Fig . 10 . Let long - liv'd parsley grace the feast , And .108 . DIALOGUES ON MEDALS .
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