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 xv
... prince and in such a minister , may justly excite amaze- ment ; and which had done more than even the prosecution of the bishops to alienate the Church of England from the throne . A presi- dent , duly elected , had been violently ...
... prince and in such a minister , may justly excite amaze- ment ; and which had done more than even the prosecution of the bishops to alienate the Church of England from the throne . A presi- dent , duly elected , had been violently ...
Page xxii
... prince of Abyssinia , in the art of flying , ascended an eminence , waved his wings , sprang into the air , and instantly dropped into the lake . But it is added that the wings which were unable to support him through the sky , bore him ...
... prince of Abyssinia , in the art of flying , ascended an eminence , waved his wings , sprang into the air , and instantly dropped into the lake . But it is added that the wings which were unable to support him through the sky , bore him ...
Page xxiv
... prince . No book appeared that had not an air of sanctity . Racine , who was just dead , had passed the close of his life in writing sacred dramas ; and Dacier was seeking for the Athanasian mysteries of Plato . Addison described this ...
... prince . No book appeared that had not an air of sanctity . Racine , who was just dead , had passed the close of his life in writing sacred dramas ; and Dacier was seeking for the Athanasian mysteries of Plato . Addison described this ...
Page xxxix
... prince of Hanover , and was accompanied on this honorable mission by Addison , who had just been made under - secretary of state . The secretary of state under whom Addison first served was Sir Charles Hedges , a tory . But Hedges was ...
... prince of Hanover , and was accompanied on this honorable mission by Addison , who had just been made under - secretary of state . The secretary of state under whom Addison first served was Sir Charles Hedges , a tory . But Hedges was ...
Page xlvii
... prince who calls in a powerful neighbor to his aid . I was undone by my auxiliary . When I had once called him in . I could not subsist without dependence on him . " " The paper , " he says elsewhere , was advanced indeed . It was ...
... prince who calls in a powerful neighbor to his aid . I was undone by my auxiliary . When I had once called him in . I could not subsist without dependence on him . " " The paper , " he says elsewhere , was advanced indeed . It was ...
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ABIGAL Addison admire Æneid appear arms beauties behold blood Boileau BUTLER Cæsar 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.