Select Essays of Addison: Together with Macaulay's Essay on Addison's Life and WritingsAllyn and Bacon, 1893 - 320 páginas |
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... figures neither divert by distortion nor amaze by aggravation . He copies life with so much fidelity that he can be hardly said to invent ; yet his exhibitions have an air so original that it is difficult to suppose them not merely the ...
... figures neither divert by distortion nor amaze by aggravation . He copies life with so much fidelity that he can be hardly said to invent ; yet his exhibitions have an air so original that it is difficult to suppose them not merely the ...
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... figure were he not a rich man ) he calls the sea the British Common . He is acquainted with commerce in all its parts , and will tell you that it is a stupid and barbarous way to extend dominion by arms , for true power is to be got by ...
... figure were he not a rich man ) he calls the sea the British Common . He is acquainted with commerce in all its parts , and will tell you that it is a stupid and barbarous way to extend dominion by arms , for true power is to be got by ...
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... figure and delivery , as well as with the discourses he pronounced , that I think I never passed any time more to my satisfaction . A sermon repeated after this manner is like the composition of a poet in the mouth of a graceful actor ...
... figure and delivery , as well as with the discourses he pronounced , that I think I never passed any time more to my satisfaction . A sermon repeated after this manner is like the composition of a poet in the mouth of a graceful actor ...
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... figure resembled my friend Sir Roger ; and looking at the butler , who stood by me , for an account of it , he informed me that the person in the livery was a servant of Sir Roger's , who stood on the shore while his master was swimming ...
... figure resembled my friend Sir Roger ; and looking at the butler , who stood by me , for an account of it , he informed me that the person in the livery was a servant of Sir Roger's , who stood on the shore while his master was swimming ...
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... figure in the eye of the village . A country fellow distinguishes himself as much in the churchyard , as a citizen does upon the Change , the whole parish politics being generally discussed in that place either after sermon or before ...
... figure in the eye of the village . A country fellow distinguishes himself as much in the churchyard , as a citizen does upon the Change , the whole parish politics being generally discussed in that place either after sermon or before ...
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acquainted Acts of Parliament Addison Æneid afterwards Ambrose Philips appeared audience beautiful called church coffee-house consider conversation court Coverley critics dæmon death delight discourse dress endeavor enemies English entertained essays fancy Freeport friend Sir Roger genius gentleman give hand head hear heard heart Hilpa honest honor humor Isaac Bickerstaff kind king Knight lady learned letter lion live look mankind manner master mind morning nature never observed occasion ordinary paper particular party passed passion person pleased pleasure poet Pope reader reason republic of letters Roger de Coverley Roger hearing servants Shalum short side Sir Andrew Sir Richard Baker soul Spanish monarchy Spectator take notice Tatler tell thing thou thought tion Tirzah told Tory town Virgil virtue walk Westminster Abbey Whig whole widow Wimble words writing young