The Works of Joseph Addison: Including the Whole Contents of Bp. Hurd's Edition, with Letters and Other Pieces Not Found in Any Previous Collection; and Macaulay's Essay on His Life and Works, 1. köideG.P. Putnam & Company, 1853 |
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Page xxviii
... play on the death of Cato was performed . Cato , it seems , was in love with a daughter of Scipio . The lady had given her heart to C¿sar . The rejected lover determined to destroy himself He appeared seated in his library , a dagger in ...
... play on the death of Cato was performed . Cato , it seems , was in love with a daughter of Scipio . The lady had given her heart to C¿sar . The rejected lover determined to destroy himself He appeared seated in his library , a dagger in ...
Page xxxvi
... play innocent , while he With dire impetuous sway deals fatal blows Among the flying Gauls . In Gallic blood He dyes his reeking sword , and strews the ground With headless ranks . What can they do ? Or how Withstand his wide ...
... play innocent , while he With dire impetuous sway deals fatal blows Among the flying Gauls . In Gallic blood He dyes his reeking sword , and strews the ground With headless ranks . What can they do ? Or how Withstand his wide ...
Page xlii
... play ended , till the clock of St. Paul's in Covent- Garden struck four . Yet , even at such a table , he was not seen to the best advantage . To enjoy his conversation in the highest perfection , it was necessary to be alone with him ...
... play ended , till the clock of St. Paul's in Covent- Garden struck four . Yet , even at such a table , he was not seen to the best advantage . To enjoy his conversation in the highest perfection , it was necessary to be alone with him ...
Page xliv
... plays , and , though by no means rich , lent him large sums of money . One of these loans appears , from a letter dated in August , 1708 , to have amounted to a thousand pounds . These pecuniary transactions proba- bly led to frequent ...
... plays , and , though by no means rich , lent him large sums of money . One of these loans appears , from a letter dated in August , 1708 , to have amounted to a thousand pounds . These pecuniary transactions proba- bly led to frequent ...
Page xlv
... playing . The table is groaning under Champagne , Burgundy , and pyramids of sweetmeats . Is it strange that a man whose kindness is thus abused , should send sheriff's officers to reclaim what is due to him ? Tickell was a young man ...
... playing . The table is groaning under Champagne , Burgundy , and pyramids of sweetmeats . Is it strange that a man whose kindness is thus abused , should send sheriff's officers to reclaim what is due to him ? Tickell was a young man ...
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ABIGAL Addison admire ¯neid appear arms beauties behold blood Boileau BUTLER C¿sar Cato Cato's charms COACHMAN conjurer Danube death dost drum Dryden English ev'ry eyes fame FANTOME fate fear friends GARDENER genius Georgics give goddess gods grace GRIDELINE grief hand hast hear heart heaven Jove JUBA KING LADY Lancelot Addison Latin live look Lord Lord Halifax lov'd LUCIA maid MARCIA Marlborough mighty muse never numbers nymph o'er Ovid passion Pentheus pleasure poem poet poetry Pope PORTIUS praise prince QUEEN rage rise Roman Rome Rosamond SCENE SEMPRONIUS shade shine SIR GEORGE Sir Richard Steele SIR TRUSTY soul speak Spectator Steele story streams Swift SYPHAX taste Tatler tears tell thee thing thou thought thousand thunder Tickell TINSEL tories turn VELLUM verse view'd Virgil virtue Voltaire whig Whilst wou'd writing young youth
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Page 209 - And nightly to the list'ning earth Repeats the story of her birth : Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Page 205 - Though in the paths of death I tread, With gloomy horrors overspread, My steadfast heart shall fear no ill, For Thou, O Lord, art with me still : Thy friendly crook shall give me aid, And guide me through the dreadful shade.
Page 193 - Inspir'd repuls'd battalions to engage, ^ And taught the doubtful battle where to rage. So when an angel by divine command With rising tempests shakes a guilty land, Such as of late o'er pale Britannia past, Calm and serene he drives the furious blast ; And, pleas'd th' Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the storm.
Page 392 - To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart, To make mankind, in conscious virtue bold, Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold...
Page 211 - In midst of dangers, fears, and death, Thy goodness I'll adore, And praise thee for thy mercies past, And humbly hope for more. My life, if thou preserv'st my life, Thy sacrifice shall be ; And death, if death must be my doom, Shall join my soul to thee.
Page 138 - For, wit lying most in the assemblage of ideas, and putting those together with quickness and variety wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity, thereby to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy...
Page 206 - When all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys; Transported with the view, I'm lost In wonder, love, and praise.
Page 401 - Tis not in mortals to command success, But we'll do more, Sempronius ; we'll deserve it [Exit.
Page 207 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ, Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.
Page 206 - Thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view, I'm lost In wonder, love, and praise. O, how shall words with equal warmth The gratitude declare, That glows within my ravish'd heart ! But Thou canst read it there. Thy providence my life sustain'd, And all my wants redrest, When in the silent womb I lay, And hung upon the breast.