The Works of Joseph Addison: Including the Whole Contents of Bp. Hurd's Edition, with Letters and Other Pieces Not Found in Any Previous Collection, Volume 5Putnam, 1854 |
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... circumstances of his behaviour and conversation ; or because , as we have before ob- served , the same temper of mind which inclines us to a desire of fame , naturally betrays us into such slips and unwarinesses as are not incident to ...
... circumstances of his behaviour and conversation ; or because , as we have before ob- served , the same temper of mind which inclines us to a desire of fame , naturally betrays us into such slips and unwarinesses as are not incident to ...
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... circumstance in Cæsar's character which gives me a greater idea of him , than a saying which Cicero tells us he frequently made use of in private conversation , ' That he was satisfied with his share of life and fame . ' Se satis vel ad ...
... circumstance in Cæsar's character which gives me a greater idea of him , than a saying which Cicero tells us he frequently made use of in private conversation , ' That he was satisfied with his share of life and fame . ' Se satis vel ad ...
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... circumstances , for the due exercise of it . A state of poverty obscures all the virtues of liberality and munificence . The patience and forti- tude of a martyr or confessor lie concealed in the flourishing times of Christianity . Some ...
... circumstances , for the due exercise of it . A state of poverty obscures all the virtues of liberality and munificence . The patience and forti- tude of a martyr or confessor lie concealed in the flourishing times of Christianity . Some ...
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... circumstances , that I have taken as much pleasure in reading the contents of his books , as in the best invented story I ever met with . It is possible , that the traditions on which the Iliad and Æneid were built , had more circumstances ...
... circumstances , that I have taken as much pleasure in reading the contents of his books , as in the best invented story I ever met with . It is possible , that the traditions on which the Iliad and Æneid were built , had more circumstances ...
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... circumstances in that divine work . We find in the mock - heroic poems , particularly in the Dispensary and the Lutrin , ' several allegorical persons of this nature , which are very beautiful in those compositions , and may , perhaps ...
... circumstances in that divine work . We find in the mock - heroic poems , particularly in the Dispensary and the Lutrin , ' several allegorical persons of this nature , which are very beautiful in those compositions , and may , perhaps ...
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action Adam Adam and Eve Addison admired Æneid agreeable allegory ancient angels appear Aristotle beautiful behold character chearfulness circumstances colours consider creation critics death delight described discourse divine DRYDEN earth endeavoured English entertainment Enville epic poem fable fallen angels fame fancy filled give happy head heart heaven Homer ideas Iliad imagination infernal Jupiter kind ladies likewise live look mankind manner Menippus Milton mind Mohocks nature never night noble observed occasion Ovid paper Paradise Lost particular passage passions perfection persons piece pleased pleasure poem poet poetry proper raise reader reason received represented ROSCOMMON Satan says secret sentiments shew sight Sir Roger soul Spectator speech spirit sublime take notice Tatler tells Thammuz thee thing thou thought tion told verse VIRG Virgil virtue whole words writing
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Page 467 - Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses. He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. Then are they glad because they be quiet ; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.
Page 435 - I have set the Lord always before me: Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: My flesh also shall rest in hope. For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell ; l Neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. Thou wilt show me the path of life: In thy presence is fulness of joy ; At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
Page 58 - OF man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heavenly Muse...
Page 92 - Awake, My fairest, my espoused, my latest found, Heaven's last best gift, my ever new delight ! Awake : the morning shines, and the fresh field Calls us; we lose the prime, to mark how spring Our tended plants, how blows the citron grove, What drops the myrrh, and what the balmy reed, How nature paints her colours, how the bee Sits on the bloom extracting liquid sweet.
Page 142 - And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer, and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.
Page 40 - Adam the goodliest man of men since born His sons, the fairest of her daughters Eve.
Page 155 - Our lingering parents, and to the eastern gate Led them direct, and down the cliff as fast To the subjected plain; then disappear'd. They, looking back...
Page 146 - So many grateful altars I would rear Of grassy turf, and pile up every stone Of lustre from the brook, in memory, Or monument to ages ; and thereon Offer sweet-smelling gums, and fruits, and flowers.
Page 134 - Some say, he bid his angels turn askance The poles of earth, twice ten degrees and more, From the sun's axle ; they with labour push'd Oblique the centric globe.
Page 92 - My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. For, lo, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone ; The flowers appear on the earth ; The time of the singing of birds is come, And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land ; The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, And the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.