The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 1Bell & Daldy, 1885 |
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Page ix
... better than procure Mr. Macaulay's masterly and entertaining Essay on the Life and Writings of Addison , ' originally published as a Review of Miss Aikin's Memoir ( Ed . Rev. , July , 1843 ) , and lately republished ( though without the ...
... better than procure Mr. Macaulay's masterly and entertaining Essay on the Life and Writings of Addison , ' originally published as a Review of Miss Aikin's Memoir ( Ed . Rev. , July , 1843 ) , and lately republished ( though without the ...
Page xvi
... better , than that he may continue to deserve the favour and countenance of such a patron . I have no time to lay out in forming such compliments , as would but ill suit that familiarity between us , which was once my greatest pleasure ...
... better , than that he may continue to deserve the favour and countenance of such a patron . I have no time to lay out in forming such compliments , as would but ill suit that familiarity between us , which was once my greatest pleasure ...
Page xvii
... better than perfection . If Mr. Addison's example and pre- cepts be the occasion that there now begins to be a great demand for correctness , we may justly attribute it to his being first fashioned by the ancient models , and ...
... better than perfection . If Mr. Addison's example and pre- cepts be the occasion that there now begins to be a great demand for correctness , we may justly attribute it to his being first fashioned by the ancient models , and ...
Page xvii
... better , than from the book of Travels he dedicated to his Lordship at his return . It is not hard to conceive , why that performance was at first but in- differently relished by the bulk of readers ; who expected an account , in a ...
... better , than from the book of Travels he dedicated to his Lordship at his return . It is not hard to conceive , why that performance was at first but in- differently relished by the bulk of readers ; who expected an account , in a ...
Page xvii
... better to add these translations , such as they are , than to let the work come out unintelligible to those who do not possess the learned lan- guages . The scheme for the Treatise upon the Christian Religion was formed by the author ...
... better to add these translations , such as they are , than to let the work come out unintelligible to those who do not possess the learned lan- guages . The scheme for the Treatise upon the Christian Religion was formed by the author ...
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Page 182 - Tis not a set of features, or complexion, The tincture of a skin, that I admire: Beauty soon grows familiar to the lover, Fades in his eye, and palls upon the sense.
Page 49 - The victor's shouts and dying groans confound, The dreadful burst of cannon rend the skies, And all the thunder of the battle rise. "Twas then great Marlborough's mighty soul was proved, That, in the shock of charging hosts unmoved, Amidst confusion, horror, and despair, Examined all the dreadful scenes of war ; In peaceful thought the field of death surveyed, To fainting squadrons sent the timely aid, Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage.
Page xvii - To strew fresh laurels, let the task be mine, A frequent pilgrim at thy sacred shrine ; Mine with true sighs thy absence to bemoan, And grave with faithful epitaphs thy stone.