The Works of Joseph Addison: Including the Whole Contents of Bp. Hurd's Edition, with Letters and Other Pieces Not Found in Any Previous Collection; and Macaulay's Essay on His Life and WorksJ. B. Lippincott & Company, 1880 |
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... Head - dresses , 99 257 94. Subject continued - Pursuit of Knowledge , · The Chief Point of Honour in Men and Women - Duel- · 262 267 • · 101 • ling , Uncertainty of Fame - Specimen of a History of the Reign of Anne I. , · 271 · 275 ...
... Head - dresses , 99 257 94. Subject continued - Pursuit of Knowledge , · The Chief Point of Honour in Men and Women - Duel- · 262 267 • · 101 • ling , Uncertainty of Fame - Specimen of a History of the Reign of Anne I. , · 271 · 275 ...
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... head into a round of politicians at Will's , and listening with great attention to the narratives that are made in those little circular audiences . Some- A half century's contention respecting the exact admeasurement of the Great ...
... head into a round of politicians at Will's , and listening with great attention to the narratives that are made in those little circular audiences . Some- A half century's contention respecting the exact admeasurement of the Great ...
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... head - quarters . It stood at the end of Pall Mall - of which it commanded a perspective view - near to , if not upon , the site of what is now No. 87 St. James's - street , and close to Ozinda's chocolate house . These were the great ...
... head - quarters . It stood at the end of Pall Mall - of which it commanded a perspective view - near to , if not upon , the site of what is now No. 87 St. James's - street , and close to Ozinda's chocolate house . These were the great ...
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... head of a character , I ex- amine every syllable , every letter of it , that it may not bear any resem- blance to one that is real . " In another place : " I would not make my- self merry with a piece of pasteboard that is invested with ...
... head of a character , I ex- amine every syllable , every letter of it , that it may not bear any resem- blance to one that is real . " In another place : " I would not make my- self merry with a piece of pasteboard that is invested with ...
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... head of his troop in the park . In all these important relations , he has ever about the same time received a kind glance or a blow of a fan from some celebrated beauty , mother of the present Lord such - a - one . you speak of a young ...
... head of his troop in the park . In all these important relations , he has ever about the same time received a kind glance or a blow of a fan from some celebrated beauty , mother of the present Lord such - a - one . you speak of a young ...
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Página 82 - 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 48 - 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 435 - I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me : and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Página 305 - As Sir Roger is landlord to the whole congregation, he keeps them in very good order, and will suffer nobody to sleep in it besides himself ; for if by chance he has been surprised into a short nap at sermon, upon recovering out of it he stands up and looks about him, and if he sees any body else nodding, either wakes them himself, or sends his servants to them.
Página 290 - I think never happened above once or twice at most, they appeal to me. At his first settling with me I made him a present of all the good sermons which have been printed in English, and only begged of him that every Sunday he would pronounce one of them in the pulpit. Accordingly he has digested them into such a series that they follow one another naturally, and make a continued system of practical divinity.
Página 379 - The genius smiled upon me with a look of compassion and affability that familiarized him to my imagination, and at once dispelled all the fears and apprehensions with which I approached him. He lifted me from the ground, and taking me by the hand, Mirza, said he, I have heard thee in thy soliloquies ; follow me.
Página 381 - I observed some with scimitars in their hands, and others with urinals, who ran to and fro upon the bridge, thrusting several persons on trap-doors which did not seem to lie in their way, and which they might have escaped, had they not been thus forced upon them. "The genius, seeing me indulge myself in this melancholy prospect, told me I had dwelt long enough upon it. ' Take thine eyes off the bridge,' said he, ' and tell me if thou yet seest anything thou dost not comprehend.' Upon looking up,...
Página 12 - 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 6 - Cocoa-tree, and in the theatres both of Drury-lane and the Haymarket. I have been taken for a merchant upon the Exchange for above these ten years, and sometimes pass for a Jew in the assembly of stockjobbers at Jonathan's.
Página 435 - If I did despise the cause of my man-servant or of my maid-servant when they contended with me ; what then shall I do when God riseth up ? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him...