The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 1Bell & Daldy, 1885 |
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... force Would clear the ramparts , and repel their course ; They break through all , for William leads the way , Where fires rage most , and loudest engines play . Namure's late terrors and destruction show What William , warmed with just ...
... force Would clear the ramparts , and repel their course ; They break through all , for William leads the way , Where fires rage most , and loudest engines play . Namure's late terrors and destruction show What William , warmed with just ...
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... Give strength to every blow , and edge his sword . Behold with what resistless force he falls On towns besieged , and thunders at thy walls ! Ask Villeroy ; for Villeroy beheld The town surrendered , POEMS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS .
... Give strength to every blow , and edge his sword . Behold with what resistless force he falls On towns besieged , and thunders at thy walls ! Ask Villeroy ; for Villeroy beheld The town surrendered , POEMS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS .
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... force to every word , and recommend our prayers . When time itself shall be no more , And all things in confusion hurled , Music shall then exert its power , And sound survive the ruins of the world : Then saints and angels shall In one ...
... force to every word , and recommend our prayers . When time itself shall be no more , And all things in confusion hurled , Music shall then exert its power , And sound survive the ruins of the world : Then saints and angels shall In one ...
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... force has shown , And softened into flesh the rugged stone . In solemn silence , a majestic band , Heroes , and gods , and Roman consuls stand ; Stern tyrants , whom their cruelties renown , And emperors in Parian marble frown ; While ...
... force has shown , And softened into flesh the rugged stone . In solemn silence , a majestic band , Heroes , and gods , and Roman consuls stand ; Stern tyrants , whom their cruelties renown , And emperors in Parian marble frown ; While ...
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... without the numbers or the force of that great poet . From earth and heaven ; all nature stood disclosed : The same translated into Italian by Salvini Milton's Style imitated in a translation of a story out of third Æneid.
... without the numbers or the force of that great poet . From earth and heaven ; all nature stood disclosed : The same translated into Italian by Salvini Milton's Style imitated in a translation of a story out of third Æneid.
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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.