The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 1H. G. Bohn, 1854 - 8 pages |
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... grace , Reared by bold chiefs of Warwick's noble race , Why , once so loved , whene'er thy bower appears , O'er my dim eye - balls glance the sudden tears ? How sweet were once thy prospects , fresh and fair , Thy sloping walks , and ...
... grace , Reared by bold chiefs of Warwick's noble race , Why , once so loved , whene'er thy bower appears , O'er my dim eye - balls glance the sudden tears ? How sweet were once thy prospects , fresh and fair , Thy sloping walks , and ...
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... grace the coats their forefathers won ! Our arms would then triumphantly advance , Nor Henry be the last that conquered France . What might not England hope , if such abroad Purchased their country's honour with their blood : When such ...
... grace the coats their forefathers won ! Our arms would then triumphantly advance , Nor Henry be the last that conquered France . What might not England hope , if such abroad Purchased their country's honour with their blood : When such ...
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... grace , but not the energy , of Virgil's manner . late Translator of the Georgics * has succeeded much better . The versi- fication ( except only the bad rhymes ) may be excused ; for the frequent triplets and Alexandrines ( which ...
... grace , but not the energy , of Virgil's manner . late Translator of the Georgics * has succeeded much better . The versi- fication ( except only the bad rhymes ) may be excused ; for the frequent triplets and Alexandrines ( which ...
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... grace , And writhes the bellying cucumber along the twisted grass ; Nor would I pass the soft Acanthus o'er , Ivy nor myrtle - trees that love the shore ; Nor daffodils , that late from earth's slow womb Unrumple POEMS ON SEVERAL ...
... grace , And writhes the bellying cucumber along the twisted grass ; Nor would I pass the soft Acanthus o'er , Ivy nor myrtle - trees that love the shore ; Nor daffodils , that late from earth's slow womb Unrumple POEMS ON SEVERAL ...
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... grace , From every voice the tuneful accents fly , In soaring trebles now it rises high , And now it sinks , and dwells upon the base . Cecilia's name through all the notes we sing , The work of every skilful tongue , The sound of every ...
... grace , From every voice the tuneful accents fly , In soaring trebles now it rises high , And now it sinks , and dwells upon the base . Cecilia's name through all the notes we sing , The work of every skilful tongue , The sound of every ...
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Addison Æneid ancient antiquities Antoninus Pius appear arms atque beautiful Cæsar Campania Cato Cato's charms church Claudian coins Commodus death DRYDEN emperor eyes fancy fate fear figure fire friends Gaul Georgic give goddess gods grace grief hand head heart heaven honour inscription Italy Jove JUBA Julius Cæsar kind king lake look Lucia Lucius Verus marble Marcia Marcus Marcus Aurelius medals mighty mountains muse Naples nature nymph o'er old Roman Ovid Pentheus poets Portius prince quæ QUEEN rage rise river rocks Rome round ruins S. C. Reverse says Cynthio says Eugenius says Philander SCENE Sempronius shade shine side sight Silius Italicus SIR TR soul stands statues SYPH Syphax tears tell Teverone thee thou thought town Trajan turn verse VIRG Virgil virtue Whilst whole winds youth