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. köideLippincott, 1883 |
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Page xvi
... lady , of overrating Addison's classical at- tainments . In one department of learning , indeed , his proficiency was such as it is hardly possible to overrate . His knowledge of the Latin poets , from Lucretius and Catullus down to ...
... lady , of overrating Addison's classical at- tainments . In one department of learning , indeed , his proficiency was such as it is hardly possible to overrate . His knowledge of the Latin poets , from Lucretius and Catullus down to ...
Page xxviii
... lady had given her heart to Cæsar . The rejected lover determined to destroy himself He appeared seated in his library , a dagger in his hand , a Plutarch and a Tasso before him ; and in this position he pronounced a soliloquy before he ...
... lady had given her heart to Cæsar . The rejected lover determined to destroy himself He appeared seated in his library , a dagger in his hand , a Plutarch and a Tasso before him ; and in this position he pronounced a soliloquy before he ...
Page xlii
... Lady Q - p - t - s , are excellent specimens of this innocent mischief . Such were Addison's talents for conversation . But his rare gifts were not exhibited to crowds or to strangers . As soon as he entered a large company , as soon as ...
... Lady Q - p - t - s , are excellent specimens of this innocent mischief . Such were Addison's talents for conversation . But his rare gifts were not exhibited to crowds or to strangers . As soon as he entered a large company , as soon as ...
Page xlv
... ladies assembled . The fiddles are 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 ...
... ladies assembled . The fiddles are 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 ...
Page liii
... lady ; and that , while his political friends were all powerful , and while his own fortunes were rising , he had been , in the phrase of the romances which were then fashionable , permitted to hope . But Mr. Addison , the ingenious ...
... lady ; and that , while his political friends were all powerful , and while his own fortunes were rising , he had been , in the phrase of the romances which were then fashionable , permitted to hope . But Mr. Addison , the ingenious ...
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ABIGAL Addison admire Æneid appear arms beauty behold blood Boileau BUTLER Cæsar Cato Cato's charms COACHMAN conjurer dear death DECIUS dost thou drum English ev'ry eyes fame FANTOME fate father fear friends GARDENER genius give gods grace GRIDELINE grief hand hast hear heart heaven honour Jove JUBA KING LADY Lancelot Addison Latin live look Lord Lord Halifax lov'd LUCIA LUCIUS maid MARCIA MARCUS Marlborough mighty muse never numbers Numidian nymph o'er Ovid passion Pentheus pleasure poem poet Pope PORTIUS praise prince Prithee QUEEN rage rise Roman Rome Rosamond SCENE SEMPRONIUS shade shine SIR GEORGE Sir Richard Steele SIR TRUSTY soul speak Spectator Steele story sword SYPHAX Tatler tears tell thee thing thought thousand thunder Tickell TINSEL tories turn VELLUM verse Virgil virtue Voltaire whig Whilst words wou'd writing young youth
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Page 199 - 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 411 - Rome fall a moment ere her time ? No, let us draw her term of freedom out In its full length, and spin it to the last, So shall we gain still one day's liberty: And let me perish, but, in Cato's judgment, A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
Page 203 - What though, in solemn silence, all Move round the dark terrestrial ball ; What though no real voice nor sound Amid their radiant orbs be found; In reason's ear they all rejoice, And utter forth a glorious voice, For ever singing as they shine, The hand that made us is divine.
Page 199 - THE Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's care ; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye ; My noon-day walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.
Page 204 - How are thy Servants blest |"OW are Thy servants blest, O Lord ! How sure is their defence ! Eternal wisdom is their guide, Their help Omnipotence.
Page 454 - ... 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.
Page 203 - 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 lv - The plan of the Spectator must be allowed to be both original and eminently happy. Every valuable essay in the series may be read with pleasure separately ; yet the five or six hundred essays form a whole, and a whole which has the interest of a novel. It must be remembered, too, that at that time no novel, giving a lively and powerful picture of the common life and manners of England, had appeared. Richardson was working as a compositor. Fielding was robbing birds
Page lv - We have not the least doubt that if Addison had written a novel on an extensive plan, it would have been superior to any that we possess. As it is, he is entitled to be considered not only as the greatest of the English essayists, but as the forerunner of the greatest English novelists.
Page xix - He is taller, by almost the breadth of my nail, than any of his court ; which alone is enough to strike an awe into the beholders.