The Miscellaneous Works of Joseph Addison, Volume 1D. A. Talboys, 1840 - Medals, Ancient |
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Page 16
... steeds o'erturn'd lay foaming on the ground : So crown'd with laurels now , where'er you go , Around you blooming joys and peaceful blessings flow . A TRANSLATION OF ALL VIRGIL'S FOURTH GEORGIC , EXCEPT THE 16 TO THE KING .
... steeds o'erturn'd lay foaming on the ground : So crown'd with laurels now , where'er you go , Around you blooming joys and peaceful blessings flow . A TRANSLATION OF ALL VIRGIL'S FOURTH GEORGIC , EXCEPT THE 16 TO THE KING .
Page 66
... steed Where'er his friends retire , or foes succeed ; Those he supports , these drives to sudden flight , And turns the various fortune of the fight . Forbear , great man , renown'd in arms , forbear To brave the thickest terrors of the ...
... steed Where'er his friends retire , or foes succeed ; Those he supports , these drives to sudden flight , And turns the various fortune of the fight . Forbear , great man , renown'd in arms , forbear To brave the thickest terrors of the ...
Page 71
... steeds with wounds transfix'd , Floating in gore , with their dead masters mix'd , Midst heaps of spears and standards driv'n around , Lie in the Danube's bloody whirlpools drown'd . Troops of bold youths , born on the distant Soane ...
... steeds with wounds transfix'd , Floating in gore , with their dead masters mix'd , Midst heaps of spears and standards driv'n around , Lie in the Danube's bloody whirlpools drown'd . Troops of bold youths , born on the distant Soane ...
Page 93
... steeds climb up the first ascent with pain : " And when the middle firmament they gain , " If downward from the heavens my head I bow , " And see the earth and ocean hang below , " Ev'n I am seiz'd with horror and affright , " And my ...
... steeds climb up the first ascent with pain : " And when the middle firmament they gain , " If downward from the heavens my head I bow , " And see the earth and ocean hang below , " Ev'n I am seiz'd with horror and affright , " And my ...
Page 94
... steeds , when from their nostrils flows " The scorching fire , that in their entrails glows . " Ev'n I their headstrong fury scarce restrain , " When they grow warm and restive to the rein . " Let not my son a fatal gift require , " But ...
... steeds , when from their nostrils flows " The scorching fire , that in their entrails glows . " Ev'n I their headstrong fury scarce restrain , " When they grow warm and restive to the rein . " Let not my son a fatal gift require , " But ...
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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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