The Miscellaneous Works of Joseph Addison, Volume 1D. A. Talboys, 1840 - Medals, Ancient |
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Page 107
... nymph he view'd , And felt the lovely charmer in his blood . The nymph nor spun , nor dress'd with artful pride ; Her vest was gather'd up , her hair was tied ; Now in her hand a slender spear she bore , Now a light quiver on her ...
... nymph he view'd , And felt the lovely charmer in his blood . The nymph nor spun , nor dress'd with artful pride ; Her vest was gather'd up , her hair was tied ; Now in her hand a slender spear she bore , Now a light quiver on her ...
Page 108
... nymphs that rov'd O'er Mænalus , amid the maiden throng , More favour'd once : but favour lasts not long . The sun now shone in all its strength , and drove The heated virgin panting to a grove ; The grove around a grateful shadow cast ...
... nymphs that rov'd O'er Mænalus , amid the maiden throng , More favour'd once : but favour lasts not long . The sun now shone in all its strength , and drove The heated virgin panting to a grove ; The grove around a grateful shadow cast ...
Page 109
... nymph ; the nymph began to fear A second fraud , a Jove disguis'd in her ; But , when she saw the sister nymphs , supprest Her rising fears , and mingled with the rest . How in the look does conscious guilt appear ! Slowly she mov'd ...
... nymph ; the nymph began to fear A second fraud , a Jove disguis'd in her ; But , when she saw the sister nymphs , supprest Her rising fears , and mingled with the rest . How in the look does conscious guilt appear ! Slowly she mov'd ...
Page 110
... nymph by force undress'd . The naked huntress all her shame reveal'd , 66 In vain her hands the pregnant womb conceal'd ; Begone ! " the goddess cries with stern disdain , 66 Begone ! nor dare the hallow'd stream to stain : " She fled ...
... nymph by force undress'd . The naked huntress all her shame reveal'd , 66 In vain her hands the pregnant womb conceal'd ; Begone ! " the goddess cries with stern disdain , 66 Begone ! nor dare the hallow'd stream to stain : " She fled ...
Page 112
... nymph a brutal form impress'd , " Jove to a goddess has transform'd the beast ; " This , this was all my weak revenge could do : " But let the god his chaste amours pursue , " And , as he acted after Io's rape , " Restore th ' adult ...
... nymph a brutal form impress'd , " Jove to a goddess has transform'd the beast ; " This , this was all my weak revenge could do : " But let the god his chaste amours pursue , " And , as he acted after Io's rape , " Restore th ' adult ...
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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.