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. Tickell |
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VELLU M. Admit him immediately , BU T L E R. I wish he ben't a jesuit ; but he
says he's nothing but a conjurer . V E L L U M. He says right he is no more than a
conjurer . Bring him in , and withdraw . ( Exit Butlet . And fourthly , as I was saying
...
VELLU M. Admit him immediately , BU T L E R. I wish he ben't a jesuit ; but he
says he's nothing but a conjurer . V E L L U M. He says right he is no more than a
conjurer . Bring him in , and withdraw . ( Exit Butlet . And fourthly , as I was saying
...
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V E L L UM . ' [ After having took'd an Sir George tbro ' bis spectacles . ) It is his
face , every lineament ! Sir GEORGE . Well , now I have put off the conjurer and
the ofit man , I can talk to thee more at my ease . V E L L U M. Believe me , my
good ...
V E L L UM . ' [ After having took'd an Sir George tbro ' bis spectacles . ) It is his
face , every lineament ! Sir GEORGE . Well , now I have put off the conjurer and
the ofit man , I can talk to thee more at my ease . V E L L U M. Believe me , my
good ...
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VELLU M. Grief is two - fold . Sir GEORG E. This blockhead is as methodical as
ever bat I know he's honeft : ( Afdt . V E L L U M. There is a real grief , and there is
a methodical grief ; She was drown'd in tears till such time as the tailor had made
...
VELLU M. Grief is two - fold . Sir GEORG E. This blockhead is as methodical as
ever bat I know he's honeft : ( Afdt . V E L L U M. There is a real grief , and there is
a methodical grief ; She was drown'd in tears till such time as the tailor had made
...
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V E L L U M. Several have made their overtures . Sir GEORG E. Several !
V E L L U M. But she has rejected all . Sir G E O R G E. There thou reviv'ft membut
what means Tinsel Are his vifits acceptable ? V E L L U M. He is young Sir
GEORGE .
V E L L U M. Several have made their overtures . Sir GEORG E. Several !
V E L L U M. But she has rejected all . Sir G E O R G E. There thou reviv'ft membut
what means Tinsel Are his vifits acceptable ? V E L L U M. He is young Sir
GEORGE .
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V E L L U M. I am going to lay my accounts before my Lady , and I will endeavour
to prevail upon her Ho - nour to admit the trial of your art . Sir GEORGE .. I have
scarce heard of any of these stories that did not arise from a love - intrigué ...
V E L L U M. I am going to lay my accounts before my Lady , and I will endeavour
to prevail upon her Ho - nour to admit the trial of your art . Sir GEORGE .. I have
scarce heard of any of these stories that did not arise from a love - intrigué ...
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Page 154 - Here will I hold. If there's a power above us — And that there is, all nature cries aloud Through all her works — He must delight in virtue; And that which He delights in must be happy.
Page 155 - ... there is all Nature cries aloud Through all her works). He must delight in virtue ; And that which He delights in must be happy. But when ? or where ? This world was made for Caesar — I'm weary of conjectures — this must end them.
Page 154 - Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality ? Or whence this secret dread and inward horror Of falling into...
Page 92 - Which of the two to chuse, slavery or death ! No, let us rise at once, gird on our swords, And, at the head of our remaining troops, Attack the foe, break through the thick array Of his throng'd legions, and charge home upon him. Perhaps some arm, more lucky than the rest, May reach his heart, and free the world from bondage.
Page 137 - Imaginary ills, and fancy'd tortures ? I hear the sound of feet ! they march this way ! Let us retire, and try if we can drown Each softer thought in sense of present danger. When love once pleads admission to our hearts (In spite of all the virtue we can boast) The woman that deliberates is lost.
Page 150 - How beautiful is death, when earn'd by virtue ! Who would not be that youth ? what pity is it That we can die but once to serve our country...
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Page 132 - Remember, O my friends, the laws, the rights, The generous plan of power deliver'd down, From age to age, by your renown'd forefathers, (So dearly bought, the price of so much blood) O let it never perish in your hands ! But piously transmit it to your children.
Page 153 - There the brave youth, with love of virtue fired, Who greatly in his country's cause expired, Shall know he conquered. The firm patriot there, (Who made the welfare of mankind his care) Though still, by faction, vice, and fortune crost, Shall find the generous labor was not lost.
Page 125 - Thus o'er the dying lamp th' unsteady flame Hangs quivering on a point, leaps off by fits, And falls again, as loth to quit its hold. — Thou must not go, my soul still hovers o'er thee, And can't get loose.
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| Title | 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. Tickell 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. Tickell, Joseph Addison |
| Author | Joseph Addison |
| Publisher | T. Walker, 1773 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 21 sept. 2006 |
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