The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 1Bell & Daldy, 1885 |
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Page xvi
... honour and happiness of being under your pro- tection ; and , as he will very much stand in need of it , I cannot wish him better , than that he may continue to deserve the favour and countenance of such a patron . I have no time to lay ...
... honour and happiness of being under your pro- tection ; and , as he will very much stand in need of it , I cannot wish him better , than that he may continue to deserve the favour and countenance of such a patron . I have no time to lay ...
Page xvii
... honour of so exquisite a piece of criticism should hereafter be trans- ferred to a wrong author , I have taken care to insert it in this collection of his works . Of some other copies of verses , printed in the Miscellanies , thile he ...
... honour of so exquisite a piece of criticism should hereafter be trans- ferred to a wrong author , I have taken care to insert it in this collection of his works . Of some other copies of verses , printed in the Miscellanies , thile he ...
Page xvii
... honour , which they made him decline . It is happy that this very circum- stance has since turned so much to the advantage of virtue and religion , in the cause of which he has bestowed his labours the more successfully , as they were ...
... honour , which they made him decline . It is happy that this very circum- stance has since turned so much to the advantage of virtue and religion , in the cause of which he has bestowed his labours the more successfully , as they were ...
Page xvii
... honour of the most ap- plauded pieces in that collection . But as that acknowledg- ment was delivered only in general terms , without directing the public to the several papers , Mr. Addison , who was con- tent with the praise arising ...
... honour of the most ap- plauded pieces in that collection . But as that acknowledg- ment was delivered only in general terms , without directing the public to the several papers , Mr. Addison , who was con- tent with the praise arising ...
Page xvii
... honour on the other , to send it into the world without any dedication . The fame of this Tragedy soon spread through Europe , and it has not only been translated , but acted in most of the languages of Christendom . The translation of ...
... honour on the other , to send it into the world without any dedication . The fame of this Tragedy soon spread through Europe , and it has not only been translated , but acted in most of the languages of Christendom . The translation of ...
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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.