The Miscellaneous Works of Joseph Addison, Volume 1D. A. Talboys, 1830 - Medals, Ancient |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 62
Page vi
... the manners of his countrymen . The distinguishing character- istic of his writings is their moral utility . Other poets of sweeter fancy and bolder flight 6 have sung among us , other critics have com- vi LITERARY NOTICE OF.
... the manners of his countrymen . The distinguishing character- istic of his writings is their moral utility . Other poets of sweeter fancy and bolder flight 6 have sung among us , other critics have com- vi LITERARY NOTICE OF.
Page vii
... poet , nor critic , nor philosopher , ever kept more steadily in view as the grand and single object of his labours , the improvement of mankind . The moral responsibility of the author is great and proportionate to the vast effects his ...
... poet , nor critic , nor philosopher , ever kept more steadily in view as the grand and single object of his labours , the improvement of mankind . The moral responsibility of the author is great and proportionate to the vast effects his ...
Page x
... poetry , still prevalent in his day , was finally rejected , and the morals of the people thereby improved . The pure and en- lightened are never slaves , and his political worth is most estimable who instructs and refines . The ...
... poetry , still prevalent in his day , was finally rejected , and the morals of the people thereby improved . The pure and en- lightened are never slaves , and his political worth is most estimable who instructs and refines . The ...
Page xix
... poets .... A letter from Italy , to the right honourable Charles lord Halifax ..... Milton's style imitated , in a translation of a story out of the third Æneid .. The Campaign , a poem ... Prologue to the Tender Husband Epilogue to the ...
... poets .... A letter from Italy , to the right honourable Charles lord Halifax ..... Milton's style imitated , in a translation of a story out of the third Æneid .. The Campaign , a poem ... Prologue to the Tender Husband Epilogue to the ...
Page xx
... poets ..... 53 The present state of the war , and the necessity of an augmentation considered ...... The late trial and conviction of count Tariff . 205 239 VOLUME THE FOURTH . Remarks on several parts of Italy . POEMS ON SEVERAL ...
... poets ..... 53 The present state of the war , and the necessity of an augmentation considered ...... The late trial and conviction of count Tariff . 205 239 VOLUME THE FOURTH . Remarks on several parts of Italy . POEMS ON SEVERAL ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
abodes Addison Æneid æther amidst appear arms arva atque beauties behold blest blood Boeotia breast bright Cadmus chariot charms circum cœlum cries Cyclops CYCNUS earth eyes face fain fate fear fields fire fix'd flames flew flow'ry fuci fury gaz'd Georgic give goddess gods hand heaven hero Hesiod hinc huntress igne immortal ingens irarum join'd Jove Juno kindle labours light limbs look Lucretius maid metallo mighty mœnia muse Narcissus nature neighb'ring numbers nunc nymph o'er omne Ovid Ovid's Pentheus Phaeton pleas'd pleasure poem poet poetry precepts Quæ Quis rage reader rise round Sæpe sese shade shining shore sight skies sound steeds stood story streams Strymona superbit survey'd tamen tell terga thee thou thunder Tiresias Tmolus toils tongue turba turns umbris verse vestigia view'd Virgil voice Whilst whole winds woods words youth
Popular passages
Page 46 - 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 ii - Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison...
Page xii - He might well rejoice at the death of that which he could not have killed. Every reader of every party, since personal malice is past and the papers which once inflamed the nation are read only as effusions of wit, must wish for more of the Whig Examiners ; for on no occasion was the genius of Addison more vigorously exerted, and on none did the superiority of his powers more evidently appear.
Page xvi - It is not uncommon for those who have grown wise by the labour of others to add a little of their own, and overlook their masters. Addison is now despised by some who perhaps would never have seen his defects but by the lights which he afforded them.
Page 174 - 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; judgment, on the contrary, lies quite on the other side, in separating carefully one from another ideas wherein can be found the least difference, thereby to avoid being misled by similitude and by affinity to take one thing for another.
Page 81 - 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 70 - If to the fight his active soul is bent, The fate of Europe turns on its event. What distant land, what region can afford An action worthy his victorious sword; Where will he next the flying Gaul defeat, To make the series of his toils...
Page 95 - And all the waste of heaven before 'em lay. They spring together out, and swiftly bear The flying youth through clouds and yielding air; With wingy speed outstrip the eastern wind, And leave the breezes of the morn behind. The youth was light, nor could he fill the seat, Or poise the chariot with its wonted weight : But as at sea th...
Page 62 - Rise up in hideous views, the guilt of war, Whilst here the vine o'er hills of ruin climbs, Industrious to conceal great Bourbon's crimes. At length the fame of England's hero drew Eugenio to the glorious interview. Great souls by instinct to each other turn, Demand alliance, and in friendship burn ; A sudden friendship, while with stretch'd-out rays They meet each other, mingling blaze with blaze.
Page 49 - Eas*d of her load subjection grows more light. And poverty looks cheerful in thy sight ; Thou mak'st the gloomy face of nature gay, Giv'st beauty to the sun, and pleasure to the day.