The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 1H. G. Bohn, 1854 - 8 pages |
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Page iv
... mention , in the postscript to his own trans- lation of all Virgil's works ; wherein I have often wondered that he did not at the same time acknowledge his obligation to Mr. Addison , for giving him the Essay upon the Georgics ...
... mention , in the postscript to his own trans- lation of all Virgil's works ; wherein I have often wondered that he did not at the same time acknowledge his obligation to Mr. Addison , for giving him the Essay upon the Georgics ...
Page 122
... in age , beguiled With pleasing stories her false foster - child . Much did she talk of love , and when she came To mention to the nymph her lover's name , Fetching a sigh , and holding down her head , 122 ADDISON'S WORKS .
... in age , beguiled With pleasing stories her false foster - child . Much did she talk of love , and when she came To mention to the nymph her lover's name , Fetching a sigh , and holding down her head , 122 ADDISON'S WORKS .
Page 143
... mention them only to frighten Phaeton from the undertaking . But though this may answer for what Phoebus says in his first speech , it can- not for what is said in this , where he is actually giving directions for his journey , and ...
... mention them only to frighten Phaeton from the undertaking . But though this may answer for what Phoebus says in his first speech , it can- not for what is said in this , where he is actually giving directions for his journey , and ...
Page 156
... mention of it would have been . It is in the second Georgic , where he tells us what trees will bear grafting on each other . Et sæpe alterius ramos impune videmus Vertere in alterius , mutatamque insita mala Ferre pyrum , et prunis ...
... mention of it would have been . It is in the second Georgic , where he tells us what trees will bear grafting on each other . Et sæpe alterius ramos impune videmus Vertere in alterius , mutatamque insita mala Ferre pyrum , et prunis ...
Page 160
... mentioning among his chief pleasures , the coolness of his shades and rivers , vales and grottos , which a more northern poet would have omitted for the description of a sunny hill , and fire - side . The third Georgic seems to be the ...
... mentioning among his chief pleasures , the coolness of his shades and rivers , vales and grottos , which a more northern poet would have omitted for the description of a sunny hill , and fire - side . The third Georgic seems to be the ...
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