The Miscellaneous Works of Joseph Addison, Volume 1D. A. Talboys, 1840 - Medals, Ancient |
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... hive . Nor sheep nor goats must pasture near their stores , To trample under foot the springing flowers ; Nor frisking heifers bound about the place , Το spurn the dewdrops off , and bruise the rising grass : Nor must the lizard's ...
... hive . Nor sheep nor goats must pasture near their stores , To trample under foot the springing flowers ; Nor frisking heifers bound about the place , Το spurn the dewdrops off , and bruise the rising grass : Nor must the lizard's ...
Page 20
... hive , and sport it in the sun , Refreshing springs may tempt them from the heat , And shady coverts yield a cool retreat . Whether the neighb'ring water stands or runs , Lay twigs across , and bridge it o'er with stones ; That if rough ...
... hive , and sport it in the sun , Refreshing springs may tempt them from the heat , And shady coverts yield a cool retreat . Whether the neighb'ring water stands or runs , Lay twigs across , and bridge it o'er with stones ; That if rough ...
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... hive . Point all their chinky lodgings round with mud , And leaves must thinly on your work be strew'd ; But let no ... hives the fragrant juice ; On brazen vessels beat a tinkling sound , And shake the cymbals of the goddess round ...
... hive . Point all their chinky lodgings round with mud , And leaves must thinly on your work be strew'd ; But let no ... hives the fragrant juice ; On brazen vessels beat a tinkling sound , And shake the cymbals of the goddess round ...
Page 22
... hive , and call them to their arms ; All in a hurry spread their shiv'ring wings , And fit their claws , and point their angry stings : In crowds before the king's pavilion meet , And boldly challenge out the foe to fight : At last ...
... hive , and call them to their arms ; All in a hurry spread their shiv'ring wings , And fit their claws , and point their angry stings : In crowds before the king's pavilion meet , And boldly challenge out the foe to fight : At last ...
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... hive , and quit th ' unfinish'd comb ; Their airy ramblings are with ease confin'd ; Clip their king's wings , and if they stay behind No bold usurper dares invade their right , Nor sound a march , nor give the sign for flight . Let ...
... hive , and quit th ' unfinish'd comb ; Their airy ramblings are with ease confin'd ; Clip their king's wings , and if they stay behind No bold usurper dares invade their right , Nor sound a march , nor give the sign for flight . Let ...
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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.