The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 1Bell & Daldy, 1885 |
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Page v
... lay in her path , had escaped her , followed up by inquiry and research , led to a very different conclusion . The publisher therefore set himself energetically to work , and , by the help of literary friends and his.
... lay in her path , had escaped her , followed up by inquiry and research , led to a very different conclusion . The publisher therefore set himself energetically to work , and , by the help of literary friends and his.
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... friends and his own appliances , has succeeded in obtaining such an amount of unpublished letters ( including the originals of some of those hitherto printed from drafts ) as must surprise the literary public ; especially when it is ...
... friends and his own appliances , has succeeded in obtaining such an amount of unpublished letters ( including the originals of some of those hitherto printed from drafts ) as must surprise the literary public ; especially when it is ...
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... friendship , and therefore I thus publicly be- queath them to you , in return for the many valuable instances of ... friends , if possible , as sincere as yourself . When you have found such , they cannot wish you more true happiness ...
... friendship , and therefore I thus publicly be- queath them to you , in return for the many valuable instances of ... friends , if possible , as sincere as yourself . When you have found such , they cannot wish you more true happiness ...
Page xvii
... that court , dated in November , 1702 . Some time before the date of this letter , Mr. Addison had designed to return to England , when he received advice from his friends , that he was pitched upon to attend vi PREFACE .
... that court , dated in November , 1702 . Some time before the date of this letter , Mr. Addison had designed to return to England , when he received advice from his friends , that he was pitched upon to attend vi PREFACE .
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... friends , who were out of power at the beginning of her late Majesty's reign , he had leisure to make the tour of Germany in his way home . He remained for some time , after his return to England , without any public employment , which ...
... friends , who were out of power at the beginning of her late Majesty's reign , he had leisure to make the tour of Germany in his way home . He remained for some time , after his return to England , without any public employment , which ...
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Page 182 - Tis not a set of features, or complexion, The tincture of a skin, that I admire: Beauty soon grows familiar to the lover, Fades in his eye, and palls upon the sense.
Page 49 - The victor's shouts and dying groans confound, The dreadful burst of cannon rend the skies, And all the thunder of the battle rise. "Twas then great Marlborough's mighty soul was proved, That, in the shock of charging hosts unmoved, Amidst confusion, horror, and despair, Examined all the dreadful scenes of war ; In peaceful thought the field of death surveyed, To fainting squadrons sent the timely aid, Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage.
Page xvii - To strew fresh laurels, let the task be mine, A frequent pilgrim at thy sacred shrine ; Mine with true sighs thy absence to bemoan, And grave with faithful epitaphs thy stone.