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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... fhew you have the virtue to be mov'd . With boneft fcorn the firft fam'd Cato view'd Rome learning arts from Greece , whom she subdu'd : Our scene precariously subfifts too long On French translation , and Italian song . Dare to bave ...
... fhew you have the virtue to be mov'd . With boneft fcorn the firft fam'd Cato view'd Rome learning arts from Greece , whom she subdu'd : Our scene precariously subfifts too long On French translation , and Italian song . Dare to bave ...
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... fhew which way it turns . So much he fears The fad effects , that it would have on Marcus . MARCI A. He knows too well how eafily he's fired , And wou'd not plunge his brother in despair , But waits for happier times , and kinder ...
... fhew which way it turns . So much he fears The fad effects , that it would have on Marcus . MARCI A. He knows too well how eafily he's fired , And wou'd not plunge his brother in despair , But waits for happier times , and kinder ...
Page 97
... n's determination . Already have we fhewn our love to Rome , Now let us fhew fubmiffion to the gods . We took up arms , not to revenge ourselves , • VOL . II . F But a But free the commonwealth ; when this end fails , CAT O. 97.
... n's determination . Already have we fhewn our love to Rome , Now let us fhew fubmiffion to the gods . We took up arms , not to revenge ourselves , • VOL . II . F But a But free the commonwealth ; when this end fails , CAT O. 97.
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... me are infolent and vain : Prefumptuous man ! the gods take care of Cato , Wou'd C¿far fhew the greatness of his foul ? Bid him employ his care for these my friends , ¿ And And make good ufe of his ill - gotten pow'r 102 CATO .
... me are infolent and vain : Prefumptuous man ! the gods take care of Cato , Wou'd C¿far fhew the greatness of his foul ? Bid him employ his care for these my friends , ¿ And And make good ufe of his ill - gotten pow'r 102 CATO .
Page 124
... fhew His rage of love ; it preys upon his life ; He pines , he fickens , he defpairs , he dies : His paffions and his virtues lie confused , And mixt together in fo wild a tumult , That the whole man is quite disfigur'd in him . Heav'ns ...
... fhew His rage of love ; it preys upon his life ; He pines , he fickens , he defpairs , he dies : His paffions and his virtues lie confused , And mixt together in fo wild a tumult , That the whole man is quite disfigur'd in him . Heav'ns ...
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ABIGA ABIGA L Abigal Afide againſt aſk behold buſineſs BUTLER C¿far caft Cato Cato's cauſe charms COACHMAN Conjurer dear death DECIUS doft thou drum Duke of Anjou ev'ry Exit faid fame FANTOM E Fantome father fecond fecret fenate fenfe fervants fhall fhew fhould firft firſt fome foon forrow foul fpeak fpirit friends ftand ftill fubject fuch fuffer fure fword GARDINER ghoft give GRIDELINE grief hear heart heav'n himſelf houfe houſe huſband JUBA juft KING LADY laft laſt live loft LUCIA Lucius Madam mafter Marcia Marcus moft muft muſt myſelf Numidian o'er paffion perfon pleaſe pleaſure Portius Pr'ythee prefent Prince QUEEN reafon rife Rofamond Roman Rome ROSAMON ſay SCENE SEMPRONIUS ſhall ſhe Sir GEORGE Sir TRUSTY ſpeak ſtill ſuch Syphax tell thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thought thouſand TINSE TINSEL uſed VELLU virtue wou'd САТО
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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...
Page 305 - If it affirms any thing, you cannot lay hold of it ; or if it denies, you cannot confute it. In a word, there are greater depths and obscurities, greater intricacies and perplexities, in an elaborate and well-written piece of nonsense, than in the most abstruse and profound tract of school-divinity.
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.