The Miscellaneous Works of Joseph Addison, Volume 1D. A. Talboys, 1840 - Medals, Ancient |
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... fall of kings , Britain advanc'd , and Europe's peace restor❜d , By Somers ' counsels , and by Nassau's sword . To you , my lord , these daring thoughts belong , Who help'd to raise the subject of my song ; To you the hero of my verse ...
... fall of kings , Britain advanc'd , and Europe's peace restor❜d , By Somers ' counsels , and by Nassau's sword . To you , my lord , these daring thoughts belong , Who help'd to raise the subject of my song ; To you the hero of my verse ...
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... fall . Our British youth , unus'd to rough alarms , Careless of fame , and negligent of arms , Had long forgot to meditate the foe , And heard unwarm'd the martial trumpet blow ; But now , inspir'd by thee with fresh delight , Their ...
... fall . Our British youth , unus'd to rough alarms , Careless of fame , and negligent of arms , Had long forgot to meditate the foe , And heard unwarm'd the martial trumpet blow ; But now , inspir'd by thee with fresh delight , Their ...
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... falls On towns besieg'd , and thunders at thy walls ! Ask Villeroy , for Villeroy beheld The town surrender'd and ... falling towers ; With hissing streams of fire the air they streak , And hurl destruction round them where they break ...
... falls On towns besieg'd , and thunders at thy walls ! Ask Villeroy , for Villeroy beheld The town surrender'd and ... falling towers ; With hissing streams of fire the air they streak , And hurl destruction round them where they break ...
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... fall ; Whilst griping tongs turn round the glowing ball . With puffing bellows some the flames increase , And some in waters dip the hissing mass ; Their beaten anvils dreadfully resound , And Ætna shakes all o'er , and thunders under ...
... fall ; Whilst griping tongs turn round the glowing ball . With puffing bellows some the flames increase , And some in waters dip the hissing mass ; Their beaten anvils dreadfully resound , And Ætna shakes all o'er , and thunders under ...
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... fall thick on every side , ' Till his bruis'd bowels burst within the hide . When dead they leave him rotting on the ground , With branches , thyme , and cassia strew'd around . All this is done when first the western breeze Becalms the ...
... fall thick on every side , ' Till his bruis'd bowels burst within the hide . When dead they leave him rotting on the ground , With branches , thyme , and cassia strew'd around . All this is done when first the western breeze Becalms the ...
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Addison 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'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 Greek Language 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.