The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 3G. Bell, 1882 |
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Page 147
... noble simplicity of behaviour , and were strangers to those little embellishments which are so fashionable in our present conversation . And it is very re- markable , that notwithstanding we fall short at present of the ancients in ...
... noble simplicity of behaviour , and were strangers to those little embellishments which are so fashionable in our present conversation . And it is very re- markable , that notwithstanding we fall short at present of the ancients in ...
Page 161
... noble and triumphant merit often breaks through and dissipates these little spots and sullies in its reputation ; but if by a mistaken pursuit after fame , or through human infirmity , any false step be made in the more momentous ...
... noble and triumphant merit often breaks through and dissipates these little spots and sullies in its reputation ; but if by a mistaken pursuit after fame , or through human infirmity , any false step be made in the more momentous ...
Page 278
... noble hints in Scripture . -Thus with ten wounds The river - dragon tamed at length submits To let his sojourners depart , and oft Humbles his stubborn heart , but still as ice More hardened after thaw : till in his rage Pursuing whom ...
... noble hints in Scripture . -Thus with ten wounds The river - dragon tamed at length submits To let his sojourners depart , and oft Humbles his stubborn heart , but still as ice More hardened after thaw : till in his rage Pursuing whom ...
Contents
Use of MottosLove of Latin among the Common PeopleSignature Letters | 1 |
Letter on BashfulnessReflections on Modesty 225 Discretion and Cunning | 109 |
Letter on the Lovers Leap 229 Fragment of Sappho | 115 |
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