The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 1Bell & Daldy, 1885 |
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Page xvii
... reasons for his choosing that life , proved the chief obstacles to it . These qualities , by which the priesthood is so much adorned , represented the duties of it as too weighty for him ; and rendered him still the more worthy of that ...
... reasons for his choosing that life , proved the chief obstacles to it . These qualities , by which the priesthood is so much adorned , represented the duties of it as too weighty for him ; and rendered him still the more worthy of that ...
Page xvii
... reason Sir Richard Steele , in compliance with the re- quest of his deceased friend , delivered to him by the editor , was pleased to mark with his own hand those Tatlers which are inserted in this edition , and even to point out ...
... reason Sir Richard Steele , in compliance with the re- quest of his deceased friend , delivered to him by the editor , was pleased to mark with his own hand those Tatlers which are inserted in this edition , and even to point out ...
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... reason is , that few singular nouns term- inate in s , and most plural nouns do . Worser , the second comparative of bad , has not the same authority to plead as lesser ; and is not , I think , of equal use . - Our grammarians do not ...
... reason is , that few singular nouns term- inate in s , and most plural nouns do . Worser , the second comparative of bad , has not the same authority to plead as lesser ; and is not , I think , of equal use . - Our grammarians do not ...
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... , as Pope calls them , are never to have a place in our verse : the rule is they should not be coupled with the verb . " The reason is obvious . So crowned with laurels now , where'er you go , POEMS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS . 9.
... , as Pope calls them , are never to have a place in our verse : the rule is they should not be coupled with the verb . " The reason is obvious . So crowned with laurels now , where'er you go , POEMS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS . 9.
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... reason is , that it takes the expression out of the tameness of prose , and pleases by its novelty , more than it disgusts by its irregularity and whatever pleases in this degree , is poetical . Because , invited by the timbrel's sound ...
... reason is , that it takes the expression out of the tameness of prose , and pleases by its novelty , more than it disgusts by its irregularity and whatever pleases in this degree , is poetical . Because , invited by the timbrel's sound ...
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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.