The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 1H. G. Bohn, 1854 - 8 pages |
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... nature , a great knowledge of letters and things ; of which several books published by him are ample testimonies ... natural wildness of wit.
... nature , a great knowledge of letters and things ; of which several books published by him are ample testimonies ... natural wildness of wit.
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... nature ; to soften insolence , to soothe affliction , and to subdue our minds to the dispensations of Providence . " 1 Upon the death of the late queen , the Lords Justices , in whom the administration was lodged , appointed him their ...
... nature ; to soften insolence , to soothe affliction , and to subdue our minds to the dispensations of Providence . " 1 Upon the death of the late queen , the Lords Justices , in whom the administration was lodged , appointed him their ...
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... nature of the bee . While Cæsar , towering to divinity , The frighted Indians with his thunder awed , And claimed their homage , and commenced a god ; I flourished all the while in arts of peace , Retired and sheltered in inglorious ...
... nature of the bee . While Cæsar , towering to divinity , The frighted Indians with his thunder awed , And claimed their homage , and commenced a god ; I flourished all the while in arts of peace , Retired and sheltered in inglorious ...
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... nature had formed him to manage Anacreon's lute , and not Pindar's lyre . 2 I wonder what these laws could be . Nobody understood the critic's nicest laws better than Milton , or observed them with more respect . The observation might ...
... nature had formed him to manage Anacreon's lute , and not Pindar's lyre . 2 I wonder what these laws could be . Nobody understood the critic's nicest laws better than Milton , or observed them with more respect . The observation might ...
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... nature , and the charms of art , While proud oppression in her valleys reigns , And tyranny usurps her happy plains ? The poor inhabitant beholds in vain The reddening orange and the swelling grain : Joyless he sees the growing oils and ...
... nature , and the charms of art , While proud oppression in her valleys reigns , And tyranny usurps her happy plains ? The poor inhabitant beholds in vain The reddening orange and the swelling grain : Joyless he sees the growing oils and ...
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