The Miscellaneous Works: In Verse and Prose, of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq; in Three Volumes. With Some Account of the Life and Writings of the Author. By Mr. TickellT. Walker, 1773 |
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Página xiii
... beauties , and aim at fomething better than perfection . If Mr. Addifon's example and precepts be the occafion , that there now begins to be a great demand for correctnefs , we may juftly attribute it to his being firft fashioned . by ...
... beauties , and aim at fomething better than perfection . If Mr. Addifon's example and precepts be the occafion , that there now begins to be a great demand for correctnefs , we may juftly attribute it to his being firft fashioned . by ...
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... beauties of the Romans known , And England boafts of riches not her own ; Thy lines have heighten'd Virgil's majesty , And Horace wonders at himself in thee . Thou teacheft Perfius to inform our isle In smoother numbers , and a clearer ...
... beauties of the Romans known , And England boafts of riches not her own ; Thy lines have heighten'd Virgil's majesty , And Horace wonders at himself in thee . Thou teacheft Perfius to inform our isle In smoother numbers , and a clearer ...
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... beauties known , And show their verfes worth , tho ' not my own . Long had our dull forefathers slept fupine , Nor felt the raptures of the tuneful nine ; ' Till Chaucer firft , a merry bard , arose , And many a story told in rhime ...
... beauties known , And show their verfes worth , tho ' not my own . Long had our dull forefathers slept fupine , Nor felt the raptures of the tuneful nine ; ' Till Chaucer firft , a merry bard , arose , And many a story told in rhime ...
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... Th ' unnumber'd beauties of thy verfe with blame Thy fault is only wit in its excess : But wit like thine in any fhape will pleasé . } What What Mufe but thine can equal hints infpire , And 32 POEMS on feveral OCCASIONS .
... Th ' unnumber'd beauties of thy verfe with blame Thy fault is only wit in its excess : But wit like thine in any fhape will pleasé . } What What Mufe but thine can equal hints infpire , And 32 POEMS on feveral OCCASIONS .
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... beauties in my verse shou'd shine , And Virgil's Italy fhou'd yield to mine ! See how the golden groves around me smile , That fhun the coaft of Britain's ftormy ifle , Or when tranfplanted and preferv'd with care , Curfe the cold clime ...
... beauties in my verse shou'd shine , And Virgil's Italy fhou'd yield to mine ! See how the golden groves around me smile , That fhun the coaft of Britain's ftormy ifle , Or when tranfplanted and preferv'd with care , Curfe the cold clime ...
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Addifon æther arms atque BAROMETRI beauties bleft breaſt bright Britiſh Cadmus caft conqueft courſe cries Cyclops Cycnus defcribe defcription defign diftant ev'ry eyes faid fame fate fatire fays fecret feven fhade fhall fhining fhore fhould fhow fide fight fire firft firſt fkies flain fome fong foul fpeech ftand ftill ftorms ftory ftream ftrength fubject fuch Gaul Georgic goddeſs Gods heav'n himſelf hoft increaſe Jove juſt laft laſt loft maid metallo mighty moſt Mufe Muſe muſt neighb'ring numbers Nunc nymph o'er Ovid Ovid's Pentheus penult Phaeton pleaſe pleaſure poem Poet Quæ rage raiſe reft rife rifu riſe round ſcarce ſee ſhade ſhall ſhe ſhow Sir Richard Steele ſkies ſky ſmoke ſpread ſpring ſtand ſtate ſtood ſuch thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand thunder transform'd turba verfe verſe view'd Virgil Whilft whofe winds woods youth
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Página xxxvi - There taught us how to live; and (oh! too high The price for knowledge) taught us how to die.
Página xxxv - Or dost thou warn poor mortals left behind, A task well suited to thy gentle mind? Oh ! if sometimes thy spotless form descend : To me, thy aid, thou guardian genius, lend ! When rage misguides me, or when fear alarms, When pain distresses, or when pleasure charms, In silent whisperings purer thoughts impart, And turn from ill, a frail and feeble heart ; Lead through the paths thy virtue trod before, Till bliss shall join, nor death can part us more.
Página 47 - And the fat olive swell with floods of oil : We envy not the warmer clime, that lies In ten degrees of more indulgent skies...
Página 240 - Nor mix the toils of hunting with her ease. But oft would bathe her in the...
Página xxxv - From world to world, unweary'd does he fly; Or curious trace the long laborious maze Of heaven's decrees, where wond'ring angels gaze?
Página 225 - Ah wretched me ! I now begin too late To find out all the long perplex'd deceit ; It is myself I love, myself I see ; The gay delusion is a part of me. I kindle up the fires by which I burn, And my own beauties from the well return. Whom...
Página 31 - What found of brazen wheels, what thunder, fcare, And ftun the reader with the din of war! With fear my fpirits and my blood retire, To fee the feraphs funk in clouds of fire ; But when, with eager fteps, from hence I...
Página 51 - I've already troubled you too long, Nor dare attempt a more advent'rous song. My humble verse demands a softer theme, A painted mea,dow, or a purling stream ; Unfit for heroes; whom immortal lays, And lines like Virgil's, or like yours, should praise.
Página 209 - The point still buried in the marrow lay. And now his rage, increasing with his pain, Reddens his eyes, and beats in every vein ; Churn'd in his teeth the foamy venom rose, Whilst from his mouth a blast of vapours flows, Such as th' infernal Stygian waters cast ; The plants around him wither in the blast.
Página 212 - Long did he live within his new abodes, Ally'd by marriage to the deathless Gods; And, in a fruitful wife's embraces old, A long increase of children's children told: But no frail man, however great or high, Can be concluded blest before he die.