The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volumen3T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1811 |
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... believe will give the reader as good an entertainment as any that I am able to furnish him with , and therefore shall make no apology for them . TO THE SPECTATOR , & c . " SIR , I AM one of the directors of the society for the re ...
... believe will give the reader as good an entertainment as any that I am able to furnish him with , and therefore shall make no apology for them . TO THE SPECTATOR , & c . " SIR , I AM one of the directors of the society for the re ...
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... believe , as many wise and good men have done , that there are such phantoms and apparitions as those I have been speaking of , let us endeavour to establish to ourselves an interest in Him who holds the reins of the whole creation in ...
... believe , as many wise and good men have done , that there are such phantoms and apparitions as those I have been speaking of , let us endeavour to establish to ourselves an interest in Him who holds the reins of the whole creation in ...
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... believe any the most comic genius can censure him for talking upon such a subject at such a time . This passage , I think , evidently glances upon Aristophanes , who writ a comedy on purpose to ridi- cule the discourses of that divine ...
... believe any the most comic genius can censure him for talking upon such a subject at such a time . This passage , I think , evidently glances upon Aristophanes , who writ a comedy on purpose to ridi- cule the discourses of that divine ...
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... believe you can shew me any precedent for your behaviour in that particular . My good friend Sir Roger de Coverley , who had said nothing all this while , began his speech with a pish ! and told us , that he wondered to see so many men ...
... believe you can shew me any precedent for your behaviour in that particular . My good friend Sir Roger de Coverley , who had said nothing all this while , began his speech with a pish ! and told us , that he wondered to see so many men ...
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... believe they are talking humour ; and when they have drawn together a scheme of absurd inconsistent ideas , they are not able to read it over to themselves without laughing . These poor gentlemen endeavour to gain themselves the ...
... believe they are talking humour ; and when they have drawn together a scheme of absurd inconsistent ideas , they are not able to read it over to themselves without laughing . These poor gentlemen endeavour to gain themselves the ...
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Página 105 - What may this mean, That thou, dead corse, again in complete steel, Revisit'st thus the glimpses of the moon, Making night hideous, and we fools of nature So horridly to shake our disposition With thoughts beyond the reaches of our souls?
Página 69 - I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow; when I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.
Página 39 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep : All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night. How often from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive each to other's note, Singing their great Creator...
Página 373 - The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: And I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Página 8 - It is said, he keeps himself a bachelor by reason he was crossed in love by a perverse beautiful widow of the next county to him.
Página 324 - Examine now, said he, this sea that is bounded with darkness at both ends, and tell me what thou discoverest in it. I see a bridge, said I, standing in the midst of the tide.
Página 327 - The Genius making me no answer, I turned about to address myself to him a second time, but I found that he had left me ; I then turned again to the vision which I had been so long contemplating; but instead of the rolling tide, the arched bridge, and the happy islands, I saw nothing but the long hollow valley of Bagdat, with oxen, sheep, and camels grazing upon the sides of it.
Página 323 - I had ever heard. They put me in mind of those heavenly airs that are played to the departed souls of good men upon their first arrival in Paradise, to wear out the impressions of the last agonies, and qualify them for the pleasures of that happy place.
Página 6 - I never espoused any party with violence, and am resolved to observe an exact neutrality between the Whigs and Tories, unless I shall be forced to declare myself by the hostilities of either side. In short, I have acted in all the parts of my life as a looker-on, which is the character I intend to preserve in this paper.
Página 334 - Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong ; Was every thing by starts, and nothing long ; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon : Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.