The Works of Joseph Addison: Dialogues on medals. Travels. Essay on Virgil's Georgics. Discourse on ancient and modern learning. Of the Christian religion. Letters. Political writingsG.P. Putnam & Company, 1853 - English literature |
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... tion usually possessed by men of literature and research : the one rudi- mental , which is generally received from instructors ; the other the know- ledge a learner obtains by his own labor . We may therefore conclude that Addison ...
... tion usually possessed by men of literature and research : the one rudi- mental , which is generally received from instructors ; the other the know- ledge a learner obtains by his own labor . We may therefore conclude that Addison ...
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... tion of medals has given us a chronicle of the kings of Syria . For this too is an advantage medals have over books , that they tell their story much quicker , and sum up a whole volume in twenty or thirty reverses . They are , indeed ...
... tion of medals has given us a chronicle of the kings of Syria . For this too is an advantage medals have over books , that they tell their story much quicker , and sum up a whole volume in twenty or thirty reverses . They are , indeed ...
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... tion teaches us that the whole design must refer to the golden age , which it lively represents , if we suppose the circle that en- compasses Time , or if you please Jupiter , signifies the finishing of the great year ; and that the ...
... tion teaches us that the whole design must refer to the golden age , which it lively represents , if we suppose the circle that en- compasses Time , or if you please Jupiter , signifies the finishing of the great year ; and that the ...
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... We find the same device to express the same thought in several of the poets : as in Horace , when he speaks of the modera a a Second series , fig . 1 . tion to be used in a flowing fortune , and 54 DIALOGUES ON MEDALS .
... We find the same device to express the same thought in several of the poets : as in Horace , when he speaks of the modera a a Second series , fig . 1 . tion to be used in a flowing fortune , and 54 DIALOGUES ON MEDALS .
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Joseph Addison George Washington Greene. tion to be used in a flowing fortune , and in Ovid , when he reflects on his past happiness . Rebus angustis animosus atque Fortis appare : sapienter idem Contrahes vento nimiùm secundo Turgida ...
Joseph Addison George Washington Greene. tion to be used in a flowing fortune , and in Ovid , when he reflects on his past happiness . Rebus angustis animosus atque Fortis appare : sapienter idem Contrahes vento nimiùm secundo Turgida ...
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Addison Æneid ancient antiquities Antoninus Pius appear beautiful believe Cæsar Campania canton of Berne Christianity church Claudian coins DRYDEN Duke emperor fancy figure formerly France French Genoa Georgic give grotto hands heathen honor inhabitants inscription Irenæus Italians Italy Julius Cæsar kind king lake learned letter lived look Lord Lord Halifax Lordship Lucius Verus marble Marcus Aurelius medals mentioned Mevania miracles modern mountains multitude Naples nation nature noble observed occasion old Roman Ovid Pagan palace particular passage passed persons piece pillars pleasure poem poets present prince probably quæ reason religion republic rise river rocks Rome ruins Saviour Saviour's history says Cynthio says Eugenius says Philander seen side Silius Italicus SIR-I stands statues Stepney suppose tell temple thing thought Tiberius tion town Trajan verse VIRG Virgil whole writing
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Page 443 - Whosoever . therefore shall confess Me before men, him will I confess also before My Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny Me before men, him will I also deny before My Father which is in heaven.
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Page 3 - Some felt the silent stroke of mouldering age, Some hostile fury, some religious rage : Barbarian blindness, Christian zeal conspire, And Papal piety, and Gothic fire. Perhaps, by its own ruins...
Page 38 - 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.
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Page 624 - • HUDIBUAS has defined Nonsense ( as COWLET does Wit) by negatives. NONSENSE (says he) is that which is neither true nor false. These two great properties of Nonsense, which are always essential to it, give it such a peculiar advantage over all other writings, that it is incapable of being either answered or contradicted. It stands upon its own basis like a rock of adamant, secured by its natural situation against all conquests or attacks.
Page 513 - I am in your neighbourhood. The business of this is to invite you to a concert of music, which I have found out in a neighbouring wood.
Page 265 - Rais'd on the seas, the surges to control — At once comes tumbling down the rocky wall; Prone to the deep, the stones disjointed fall Of the vast pile; the scatter'd ocean...
Page 532 - I can any way contribute to the forwarding of them, you cannot lay greater obligation upon me than by employing me in such an office. As I have an ambition of having it known that you are my friend, I shall be very proud of showing it by this or any other instance. I question not but your translation will enrich our tongue, and do honour to our country...