The works of ... Joseph Addison, collected by mr. Tickell, 2. köide1804 |
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... piece have been already so well received . The reader will find in it that pathetic simplicity which is so peculiar to him , and so suitable to the Ode he has here trans- lated . This Ode in the Greek ( besides those beau- ties observed ...
... piece have been already so well received . The reader will find in it that pathetic simplicity which is so peculiar to him , and so suitable to the Ode he has here trans- lated . This Ode in the Greek ( besides those beau- ties observed ...
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... appears to have been a piece of those records which were kept in the little temple of Apollo , that stood upon the promontory of Leucate . The reader will find it to be a summary account of several 12 NO . 227 . SPECTATOR .
... appears to have been a piece of those records which were kept in the little temple of Apollo , that stood upon the promontory of Leucate . The reader will find it to be a summary account of several 12 NO . 227 . SPECTATOR .
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... piece of those records that is preserved in the temple of Apollo upon the promontory of Leucate : It is a short his- tory of the lover's leap , and is inscribed , " An ac- count of persons , male and female , who offered up their vows ...
... piece of those records that is preserved in the temple of Apollo upon the promontory of Leucate : It is a short his- tory of the lover's leap , and is inscribed , " An ac- count of persons , male and female , who offered up their vows ...
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... piece of timber that stands in his way with exceeding vehe- mence after which he composes himself in his former posture , till such time as something new sets him again at work . It has been observed , his blow is so well timed , that ...
... piece of timber that stands in his way with exceeding vehe- mence after which he composes himself in his former posture , till such time as something new sets him again at work . It has been observed , his blow is so well timed , that ...
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... piece cut in two equal parts , and preserved by the distant lovers , is of more sovereign virtue than the former . But since opinions are divided in this particular , why may not the same persons make use of both ? The figure of a heart ...
... piece cut in two equal parts , and preserved by the distant lovers , is of more sovereign virtue than the former . But since opinions are divided in this particular , why may not the same persons make use of both ? The figure of a heart ...
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Page 62 - Tis not enough no harshness gives offence, The sound must seem an echo to the sense : Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar : When Ajax strives some rock's vast- weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow ; Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Page 183 - Loses discountenanced, and like folly shows : 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 147 - O thou that, with surpassing glory crowned, Look'st from thy sole dominion like the god Of this new World — at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminished heads — to thee I call, But with no friendly voice, and add thy name, 0 Sun, to tell thee how I hate thy beams, That bring to my remembrance from what state 1 fell, how glorious once above thy sphere, Till pride and worse ambition threw me down, Warring in Heaven against Heaven's matchless King ! Ah, wherefore?
Page 473 - I have set the Lord always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. 'Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.
Page 463 - What though, in solemn silence, all Move round the dark terrestrial ball; What though no real voice nor sound Amid their radiant orbs be found; In reason's ear they all rejoice, And utter forth a glorious voice, For ever singing as they shine, The hand that made us is divine.
Page 140 - Almighty ceased, but all The multitude of angels, with a shout Loud as from numbers without number, sweet As from blest voices, uttering joy, heaven rung With jubilee, and loud hosannas filled The eternal regions...
Page 504 - They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end.
Page 332 - Try me, good king, but let me have a lawful trial ; and let not my sworn enemies sit as my accusers and judges ; yea, let me receive an open trial, (for my truth shall fear no open shame...
Page 194 - And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
Page 190 - But fondly overcome with female charm. Earth trembled from her entrails, as again In pangs ; and Nature gave a second groan ; Sky lour'd ; and, muttering thunder, some sad drops Wept at completing of the mortal sin Original...