The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 3Vernor and Hood; John Walker; Cuthell and Martin; W.J. and J. Richardson; Longman and Rees; R. Lea; and J. and A. Arch. ; T. Maiden, printer, Sherbourn-Lane, 1804 |
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... fall in with the direction of the graver sort , to retain in their service , by some small encou ragement , as great a number as they can of super- numerary and insignificant fellows , which they use like whifflers , and commonly call ...
... fall in with the direction of the graver sort , to retain in their service , by some small encou ragement , as great a number as they can of super- numerary and insignificant fellows , which they use like whifflers , and commonly call ...
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... fall upon my estate without bettering some part of it , and contributing to the products of the season . You know it has been hitherto my opinion of life , that it is thrown away when it is not some way useful to others . But when I am ...
... fall upon my estate without bettering some part of it , and contributing to the products of the season . You know it has been hitherto my opinion of life , that it is thrown away when it is not some way useful to others . But when I am ...
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... to such a degree , that nothing but an invincible reso- lution and perseverance could have prevented me from falling back to my monosyllables . I afterwards made several essays towards speaking ; and that 54 No. 556 . SPECTATOR .
... to such a degree , that nothing but an invincible reso- lution and perseverance could have prevented me from falling back to my monosyllables . I afterwards made several essays towards speaking ; and that 54 No. 556 . SPECTATOR .
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... falls in my way ... No. 557. MONDAY , JUNE 21 . Quippe domum timet ambiguam , Tyriosque bilingues . VIRG . " THERE is nothing ( says Plato ) so delightful as the hearing or speaking of truth . " For this reason , there is no ...
... falls in my way ... No. 557. MONDAY , JUNE 21 . Quippe domum timet ambiguam , Tyriosque bilingues . VIRG . " THERE is nothing ( says Plato ) so delightful as the hearing or speaking of truth . " For this reason , there is no ...
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... falling to work , than he sent word to desire me to give over , for that he would have no such doings in his house . I had not been long in this nation , before I was told by one , for whom I had asked a certain favour from the chief of ...
... falling to work , than he sent word to desire me to give over , for that he would have no such doings in his house . I had not been long in this nation , before I was told by one , for whom I had asked a certain favour from the chief of ...
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Page 80 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him : but he knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Page 221 - ... With this her solemn bird, and this fair moon, And these the gems of Heaven her starry train : But neither breath of Morn when she ascends With charm of earliest birds ; nor rising sun On this delightful land ; nor herb, fruit, flower, Glistering with dew ; nor fragrance, after showers ; Nor grateful evening mild ; nor silent Night, With this her solemn bird, nor walk by moon, Or glittering star-light, without thee is sweet.
Page 221 - With thee conversing I forget all time ; All seasons and their change, all please alike. Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds...
Page 214 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long...
Page 2 - Knowing that you was my old master's good friend, I could not forbear sending you the melancholy news of his death, which has afflicted the whole country, as well as his poor servants, who loved him, I may say, better than we did our lives. I am afraid he caught his death the last county-sessions, where he would go to see justice done to a poor widow woman, and her fatherless children, that had been wronged by a neighbouring gentleman ; for you know, sir, my good master was always the poor man's...
Page 231 - Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Page 196 - Authority and reason on her wait, As one intended first, not after made Occasionally ; and, to consummate all, Greatness of mind and nobleness their seat Build in her loveliest, and create an awe About her, as a guard angelic placed.
Page 64 - I did not question came loaded with his crimes; but upon searching into his bundle I found that instead of throwing his guilt from him, he had only laid down his memory.
Page 458 - Thy creatures have been my books, but thy Scriptures much more. I have sought thee in the courts, fields, and gardens, but I have found thee in thy temples.
Page 79 - ... material or immaterial, and as intimately present to it as that being is to itself. It would be an imperfection in him, were he able to remove out of one place into another, or to withdraw himself from any thing he has created, or from any part of that space which is diffused and spread abroad to infinity.