The Miscellaneous Works of Joseph Addison, Volume 1D. A. Talboys, 1840 - Medals, Ancient |
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Page 55
... limbs His dire repast : himself of mighty size , Hoarse in his voice , and in his visage grim , Intractable , that riots on the flesh Of mortal men , and swills the vital blood . Him did I see snatch up with horrid grasp Two sprawling ...
... limbs His dire repast : himself of mighty size , Hoarse in his voice , and in his visage grim , Intractable , that riots on the flesh Of mortal men , and swills the vital blood . Him did I see snatch up with horrid grasp Two sprawling ...
Page 104
... limbs , but could not move ; Lampetia would have help'd her , but she found Herself withheld , and rooted to the ground : A third in wild affliction , as she grieves , Would rend her hair , but fills her hand with leaves ; One sees her ...
... limbs , but could not move ; Lampetia would have help'd her , but she found Herself withheld , and rooted to the ground : A third in wild affliction , as she grieves , Would rend her hair , but fills her hand with leaves ; One sees her ...
Page 118
... limb my kindred shape prevails : " Why did the god this fatal gift impart , " And with prophetic raptures swell my heart ! " What new desires are these ? I long to pace " O'er flow'ry meadows , and to feed on grass ; " I hasten to a ...
... limb my kindred shape prevails : " Why did the god this fatal gift impart , " And with prophetic raptures swell my heart ! " What new desires are these ? I long to pace " O'er flow'ry meadows , and to feed on grass ; " I hasten to a ...
Page 125
... limb to limb proceeds ; So does the chillness to each vital part Spread by degrees , and creeps into her heart ; Till hard'ning everywhere , and speechless grown , She sits unmov'd , and freezes to a stone ; But still her envious hue ...
... limb to limb proceeds ; So does the chillness to each vital part Spread by degrees , and creeps into her heart ; Till hard'ning everywhere , and speechless grown , She sits unmov'd , and freezes to a stone ; But still her envious hue ...
Page 133
... limb by limb appears By just degrees ; till all the man arise , And in his full proportion strikes the eyes . Cadmus surpris'd , and startled at the sight Of his new foes , prepar'd himself for fight : When one cried out , " Forbear ...
... limb by limb appears By just degrees ; till all the man arise , And in his full proportion strikes the eyes . Cadmus surpris'd , and startled at the sight Of his new foes , prepar'd himself for fight : When one cried out , " Forbear ...
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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.