The Works of the Right Honorable Joseph Addison, Volume 5William Durell & Company, 1811 |
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Page 8
... seen in Italy . I could not but smile to read the so- lemn protestation of the poet in the first page , where he declares that he believes neither in the Fates , Dei- ties , or Destinies and that if he has made use of the words , it is ...
... seen in Italy . I could not but smile to read the so- lemn protestation of the poet in the first page , where he declares that he believes neither in the Fates , Dei- ties , or Destinies and that if he has made use of the words , it is ...
Page 9
... seen , in alabaster , Gordianus Africanus the elder , Eliogabalus , Galien the elder , and the younger Pu- pienus . I have put Agrippa among the emperors , because he is generally ranged so in sets of medals , as some that follow among ...
... seen , in alabaster , Gordianus Africanus the elder , Eliogabalus , Galien the elder , and the younger Pu- pienus . I have put Agrippa among the emperors , because he is generally ranged so in sets of medals , as some that follow among ...
Page 10
... seen two or three antique busts of Alexander in the same air and posture , and am apt to think the sculptor had in his thoughts the conqueror's weeping for new worlds , or some other the like circumstance of his history . There is also ...
... seen two or three antique busts of Alexander in the same air and posture , and am apt to think the sculptor had in his thoughts the conqueror's weeping for new worlds , or some other the like circumstance of his history . There is also ...
Page 14
... seen me naked , and expos'd to view ; All these I frankly own without denying : But where has this Praxiteles been prying ? There is another Venus in the same circle , that would make a good figure any where else . There are among the ...
... seen me naked , and expos'd to view ; All these I frankly own without denying : But where has this Praxiteles been prying ? There is another Venus in the same circle , that would make a good figure any where else . There are among the ...
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... seen as well as any thing of that nature in Italy . The theatre is , I think , the most spacious of any I ever saw , and at the same time so admirably well contrived , that from the very depth of the stage the lowest sound may be heard ...
... seen as well as any thing of that nature in Italy . The theatre is , I think , the most spacious of any I ever saw , and at the same time so admirably well contrived , that from the very depth of the stage the lowest sound may be heard ...
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