The Miscellaneous Works of Joseph Addison, Volume 1D. A. Talboys, 1840 - Medals, Ancient |
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... beauties of the Romans known , And England boasts of riches not her own ; Thy lines have heighten'd Virgil's majesty , And Horace wonders at himself in thee . Thou teachest Persius to inform our isle In smoother numbers , and a clearer ...
... beauties of the Romans known , And England boasts of riches not her own ; Thy lines have heighten'd Virgil's majesty , And Horace wonders at himself in thee . Thou teachest Persius to inform our isle In smoother numbers , and a clearer ...
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... alexandrines , which Dryden's laziness , by the favour of his exuberant genius , had introduced , were esteemed , when this translation was made , not blemishes , but beauties . " A TRANSLATION OF ALL VIRGIL'S FOURTH GEORGIC , EXCEPT THE.
... alexandrines , which Dryden's laziness , by the favour of his exuberant genius , had introduced , were esteemed , when this translation was made , not blemishes , but beauties . " A TRANSLATION OF ALL VIRGIL'S FOURTH GEORGIC , EXCEPT THE.
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... beauties known , And show their verses ' worth , though not my own . 1 The initials H. S. have generally been considered to refer to the famous Dr. Henry Sacheverell , whose story and trial are well known . Whether , however , it was to ...
... beauties known , And show their verses ' worth , though not my own . 1 The initials H. S. have generally been considered to refer to the famous Dr. Henry Sacheverell , whose story and trial are well known . Whether , however , it was to ...
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... beauties of thy verse with blame ; Thy fault is only wit in its excess , But wit like thine in any shape will please . What muse but thine can equal hints inspire , And fit the deep - mouth'd Pindar to thy lyre ? Pindar , whom others in ...
... beauties of thy verse with blame ; Thy fault is only wit in its excess , But wit like thine in any shape will please . What muse but thine can equal hints inspire , And fit the deep - mouth'd Pindar to thy lyre ? Pindar , whom others in ...
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... beauties kindle love . Thy verse , harmonious bard , and flattʼring song , Can make the vanquish❜d great , the coward strong ; Thy verse can show ev'n Cromwell's innocence , And compliment the storms that bore him hence . Oh had thy ...
... beauties kindle love . Thy verse , harmonious bard , and flattʼring song , Can make the vanquish❜d great , the coward strong ; Thy verse can show ev'n Cromwell's innocence , And compliment the storms that bore him hence . Oh had thy ...
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Addison advanc'd Æneid æther amidst appear arms atque beauties bees behold blood breast bright Britannia's British Cadmus chariot charms circum cloth lettered cries CYCNUS death divine earth Edition English Ev'n ev'ry eyes Fain fate fcap fear fields fight fire fix'd flames flow'ry foolscap foolscap 8vo fury Gaul Georgic give goddess Godfrey Kneller gods grace Greek heat heaven hero Hesiod hive honour immortal J. C. LOUDON JOHN FAREY join'd Jove kindled labours Latin light limbs look lord lord Halifax maid Metamorphoses mighty moral mountains muse nature neighb'ring numbers nunc nymph o'er Ovid Ovid's Metamorphoses Pentheus Phaeton pleas'd poem poet poetry praise Quæ rage rais'd reader rise round shade shining shore sight skies sound steeds stood story streams tell thee thou thought thunder Tiresias toils tow'ring trembling turns verse view'd Virgil voice Whilst whole winds woods youth
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Page xii - He might well rejoice at the death of that which he could not have killed. Every reader of every party, since personal malice is past and the papers which once inflamed the nation are read only as effusions of wit, must wish for more of the Whig Examiners ; for on no occasion was the genius of Addison more vigorously exerted, and on none did the superiority of his powers more evidently appear.
Page 46 - 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; for here the Muse so oft her harp has strung, that not a mountain rears its head unsung, renown'd in verse each shady thicket grows, and every stream in heavenly numbers flows.
Page 37 - I'll try to make their several beauties known, And show their verses worth tho' not my own. .Long had our dull forefathers slept supine, Nor felt the raptures of the tuneful Nine, Till Chaucer first, a merry bard, arose, And many a story told in rhyme and prose. But age has rusted what the poet writ, Worn out his language, and obscured his wit; In vain he jests in his unpolished strain, And tries to make his readers laugh in vain.
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| Title | The Miscellaneous Works of Joseph Addison, Volume 1 The Miscellaneous Works of Joseph Addison, Joseph Addison |
| Author | Joseph Addison |
| Publisher | D. A. Talboys, 1840 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 12 Feb 2008 |
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