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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... clearer ftile ; And Juvenal , inftructed in thy page , Edges his fatire , and improves his rage . Thy copy cafts a fairer light on all , And still out - fhines the bright original . Now Now Ovid boafts th ' advantage of thy fong , [ xlv ]
... clearer ftile ; And Juvenal , inftructed in thy page , Edges his fatire , and improves his rage . Thy copy cafts a fairer light on all , And still out - fhines the bright original . Now Now Ovid boafts th ' advantage of thy fong , [ xlv ]
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... light . Thus Etna , when in fierce eruptions broke , Fills heav'n with ashes , and the earth with smoke : Here crags of broken rocks are twirl'd on high , Here molten ftones and fcatter'd cinders fly : Its fury reaches the remoteft ...
... light . Thus Etna , when in fierce eruptions broke , Fills heav'n with ashes , and the earth with smoke : Here crags of broken rocks are twirl'd on high , Here molten ftones and fcatter'd cinders fly : Its fury reaches the remoteft ...
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... light . But ftop , my Muse , ' th ungrateful found forbear , MARIA's name ftill wounds each British ear : Each British heart MARIA ftill does wound , And tears burft out unbidden at the found ; MARIA MARIA fill our rifing mirth destroys ...
... light . But ftop , my Muse , ' th ungrateful found forbear , MARIA's name ftill wounds each British ear : Each British heart MARIA ftill does wound , And tears burft out unbidden at the found ; MARIA MARIA fill our rifing mirth destroys ...
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... light , ' The bees thro ' woods and forests take their flight . They rifle every flow'r , and lightly skim The cryftal brook , and fip the running stream : } } And thus they feed their young with ftrange delight . And knead the yielding ...
... light , ' The bees thro ' woods and forests take their flight . They rifle every flow'r , and lightly skim The cryftal brook , and fip the running stream : } } And thus they feed their young with ftrange delight . And knead the yielding ...
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... light is next affign'd To all the quarters , one to every wind Through thefe the glancing rays obliquely pierce : Hither they lead a bull that's young and fierce , When two - years growth of horn he proudly shows , And shakes the comely ...
... light is next affign'd To all the quarters , one to every wind Through thefe the glancing rays obliquely pierce : Hither they lead a bull that's young and fierce , When two - years growth of horn he proudly shows , And shakes the comely ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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.