The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison: With the Exception of His Numbers of the Spectator, Volym 5–6W. Durell & Company, 1811 |
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... seen in Italy . I could not but smile to read the so- lemn protestation of the poet in the first page , where he declares that he believes neither in the Fates , Dei- ties , or Destinies : and that if he has made use of the words , it ...
... seen in Italy . I could not but smile to read the so- lemn protestation of the poet in the first page , where he declares that he believes neither in the Fates , Dei- ties , or Destinies : and that if he has made use of the words , it ...
Sida 9
... seen , in alabaster , Gordianus Africanus the elder , Eliogabalus , Galien the elder , and the younger Pu pienus . I have put Agrippa among the emperors , because he is generally ranged so in sets of medals , as some that follow among ...
... seen , in alabaster , Gordianus Africanus the elder , Eliogabalus , Galien the elder , and the younger Pu pienus . I have put Agrippa among the emperors , because he is generally ranged so in sets of medals , as some that follow among ...
Sida 10
... seen two or three antique busts of Alexander in the same air and posture , and am apt to think the sculptor had in his thoughts the conqueror's weeping for new worlds , or some other the like circumstance of his history . There is also ...
... seen two or three antique busts of Alexander in the same air and posture , and am apt to think the sculptor had in his thoughts the conqueror's weeping for new worlds , or some other the like circumstance of his history . There is also ...
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... seen me naked , and expos'd to view ; All these I frankly own without denying : But where has this Praxiteles been prying ? There is another Venus in the same circle , that would make a good figure any where else . There are among the ...
... seen me naked , and expos'd to view ; All these I frankly own without denying : But where has this Praxiteles been prying ? There is another Venus in the same circle , that would make a good figure any where else . There are among the ...
Sida 19
... seen as well as any thing of that nature in Italy . The theatre is , I think , the most spacious of any I ever saw , and at the same time so admirably well contrived , that from the very depth of the stage the lowest sound may be heard ...
... seen as well as any thing of that nature in Italy . The theatre is , I think , the most spacious of any I ever saw , and at the same time so admirably well contrived , that from the very depth of the stage the lowest sound may be heard ...
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ABIGAIL arms atque beauty behold blood bright BUTLER Cæsar canton of Berne cantons Cato Cato's charms Christianity church COACHMAN conjurer death DECIUS dost thou drum emperor Ev'n ev'ry eyes Fantome fate father fear friends GARDENER Gaul Georgic give goddess gods GRIDELINE grief hand hast hear heart heaven Hesiod honour Irenæus Jove JUBA king LADY lake learned live look lov'd Lucia LUCIUS maid Marcia Marcus mighty mountains muse numbers Numidian nymph o'er Ovid Pagan passion Pentheus poet Portius prince Prithee QUEEN rage religion rise river Roman Roman senate Rome Rosamond Saviour Saviour's history SCENE SEMPRONIUS shine sight SIR GEORGE SIR TRUSTY soul Spanish monarchy speak stand Switzerland sword SYPHAX tears tell thee thing thought thousand TINSEL tion Tirol town VELLUM verse view'd virgin virtue Whilst whole winds youth САТО
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Sida 128 - Whosoever . therefore shall confess Me before men, him will I confess also before My Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny Me before men, him will I also deny before My Father which is in heaven.
Sida 62 - 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...
Sida 157 - ... 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.
Sida 213 - Inspired repulsed 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...
Sida 189 - For wheresoe'er I turn my ravish'd eyes, Gay gilded scenes and shining prospects rise, Poetic fields encompass me around, And still I seem to tread on classic ground...
Sida 269 - The man resolv'd and steady to his trust, Inflexible to ill, and obstinately just, May the rude rabble's insolence despise, Their senseless clamours, and tumultuous cries : The tyrant's fierceness he beguiles, And the stern brow, and the harsh voice defies, And with superior greatness smiles.
Sida 90 - Tis not in mortals to command success, But we'll do more, Sempronius; we'll deserve it.
Sida 197 - With all the gifts that heav'n and earth impart, The smiles of nature, and the charms of art, While proud oppression in her valleys reigns, And tyranny usurps her happy plains...
Sida 111 - Would he save Cato, bid him spare his country. Tell your dictator this: and tell him, Cato Disdains a life which he has power to offer.
Sida 184 - Messiah's outspread banner shines, How does the chariot rattle in his lines! What sounds of brazen wheels, what thunder, scare, And stun the reader with the din of war! With fear my spirits and my blood retire, To see the seraphs sunk in clouds of fire; But when, with eager steps, from hence I rise, And view the first gay scenes of Paradise, What tongue, what words of rapture, can express A vision so profuse of pleasantness!