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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Page 64
... greatest part of the mountain made up of bodily deformities . Observing one advancing towards the heap with a larger cargo than ordinary upon his back , I found , upon his near approach , that it was only a natural hump , which he ...
... greatest part of the mountain made up of bodily deformities . Observing one advancing towards the heap with a larger cargo than ordinary upon his back , I found , upon his near approach , that it was only a natural hump , which he ...
Page 87
... greatest quantity of liquor , and knocks down the rest of the company . I was the other day with honest Will . Funnel , the West Saxon , who was reckoning up how much liquor had passed through him in the last twenty years of his life ...
... greatest quantity of liquor , and knocks down the rest of the company . I was the other day with honest Will . Funnel , the West Saxon , who was reckoning up how much liquor had passed through him in the last twenty years of his life ...
Page 94
... greatest of Beings ; and perceives within himself such real sensations of his presence , as are more delightful than any thing that can be met with in the conversation of his creatures . Even in the hour of death , he considers the ...
... greatest of Beings ; and perceives within himself such real sensations of his presence , as are more delightful than any thing that can be met with in the conversation of his creatures . Even in the hour of death , he considers the ...
Page 99
... greatest blessings a man can enjoy in this world ; and if in the present life his happiness arises from the subdu- ing of his desires , it will arise in the next from the gratification of them . No. 575. MONDAY , AUGUST 2 . -Nec morti ...
... greatest blessings a man can enjoy in this world ; and if in the present life his happiness arises from the subdu- ing of his desires , it will arise in the next from the gratification of them . No. 575. MONDAY , AUGUST 2 . -Nec morti ...
Page 100
... greatest part of this busy species fall short even of that age ! How would he be lost in horror and admiration , when he should know that this set of creatures , who lay out all their endeavours for this life , which scarce deserves the ...
... greatest part of this busy species fall short even of that age ! How would he be lost in horror and admiration , when he should know that this set of creatures , who lay out all their endeavours for this life , which scarce deserves the ...
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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.