The Miscellaneous Works: In Verse and Prose, of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq; in Three Volumes. With Some Account of the Life and Writings of the Author. By Mr. TickellT. Walker, 1773 |
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Page xxxvi
... were given ; And faints , who taught , and led , the way to heav'n . Ne'er to these chambers where the mighty reft , Since their foundation , came a nobler guest , Nor Nor e'er was to the bowers of bliss convey'd A [ xxxvi ]
... were given ; And faints , who taught , and led , the way to heav'n . Ne'er to these chambers where the mighty reft , Since their foundation , came a nobler guest , Nor Nor e'er was to the bowers of bliss convey'd A [ xxxvi ]
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... heav'n defign'd To curb the proud oppreffors of mankind , To bind the tyrants of the earth with laws , And fight in every injur'd nation's cause , The world's great patriots ; they for juftice call , And as they favour , kingdoms rife ...
... heav'n defign'd To curb the proud oppreffors of mankind , To bind the tyrants of the earth with laws , And fight in every injur'd nation's cause , The world's great patriots ; they for juftice call , And as they favour , kingdoms rife ...
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... heav'n with ashes , and the earth with smoke : Here crags of broken rocks are twirl'd on high , Here molten ftones and fcatter'd cinders fly : Its fury reaches the remoteft coast , And ftrows the Afiatic fhore with duft . Now does the ...
... heav'n with ashes , and the earth with smoke : Here crags of broken rocks are twirl'd on high , Here molten ftones and fcatter'd cinders fly : Its fury reaches the remoteft coast , And ftrows the Afiatic fhore with duft . Now does the ...
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... heav'n's propitious gales attend thee home ! Come , and let longing crowds behold that look , Which fuch confufion and amazement ftrook Through Gallic hofts : but , oh ! let us descry Mirth in thy brow , and pleasure in thy eye ; Let ...
... heav'n's propitious gales attend thee home ! Come , and let longing crowds behold that look , Which fuch confufion and amazement ftrook Through Gallic hofts : but , oh ! let us descry Mirth in thy brow , and pleasure in thy eye ; Let ...
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... heav'n ; When e'er their balmy sweets you mean to feize , And take the liquid labours of the bees , Spurt draughts of water from your mouth , and drive A loathfome cloud of fmoke amidst their hive . Twice in the year their flow'ry toils ...
... heav'n ; When e'er their balmy sweets you mean to feize , And take the liquid labours of the bees , Spurt draughts of water from your mouth , and drive A loathfome cloud of fmoke amidst their hive . Twice in the year their flow'ry toils ...
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Page xxxvi - There taught us how to live; and (oh! too high The price for knowledge) taught us how to die.
Page xxxv - Or dost thou warn poor mortals left behind, A task well suited to thy gentle mind? Oh ! if sometimes thy spotless form descend : To me, thy aid, thou guardian genius, lend ! When rage misguides me, or when fear alarms, When pain distresses, or when pleasure charms, In silent whisperings purer thoughts impart, And turn from ill, a frail and feeble heart ; Lead through the paths thy virtue trod before, Till bliss shall join, nor death can part us more.
Page 47 - And the fat olive swell with floods of oil : We envy not the warmer clime, that lies In ten degrees of more indulgent skies...
Page 240 - Nor mix the toils of hunting with her ease. But oft would bathe her in the...
Page xxxv - From world to world, unweary'd does he fly; Or curious trace the long laborious maze Of heaven's decrees, where wond'ring angels gaze?
Page 225 - Ah wretched me ! I now begin too late To find out all the long perplex'd deceit ; It is myself I love, myself I see ; The gay delusion is a part of me. I kindle up the fires by which I burn, And my own beauties from the well return. Whom...
Page 31 - What found of brazen wheels, what thunder, fcare, And ftun the reader with the din of war! With fear my fpirits and my blood retire, To fee the feraphs funk in clouds of fire ; But when, with eager fteps, from hence I...
Page 51 - I've already troubled you too long, Nor dare attempt a more advent'rous song. My humble verse demands a softer theme, A painted mea,dow, or a purling stream ; Unfit for heroes; whom immortal lays, And lines like Virgil's, or like yours, should praise.
Page 209 - The point still buried in the marrow lay. And now his rage, increasing with his pain, Reddens his eyes, and beats in every vein ; Churn'd in his teeth the foamy venom rose, Whilst from his mouth a blast of vapours flows, Such as th' infernal Stygian waters cast ; The plants around him wither in the blast.
Page 212 - Long did he live within his new abodes, Ally'd by marriage to the deathless Gods; And, in a fruitful wife's embraces old, A long increase of children's children told: But no frail man, however great or high, Can be concluded blest before he die.