The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 1Bell & Daldy, 1885 |
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... youth . And here , I think , I shall stick ; for such useful sense , in so charming words , find not elsewhere . His taste is so pure , and his Virgilian prose ( as Dr. Young styles it ) so exquisite , that I have but now found out , at ...
... youth . And here , I think , I shall stick ; for such useful sense , in so charming words , find not elsewhere . His taste is so pure , and his Virgilian prose ( as Dr. Young styles it ) so exquisite , that I have but now found out , at ...
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... youth , but is seldom or never hit by those who would learn it too late . He first distinguished himself by his Latin compositions , published in the Musa Anglicana , and was admired as one of the best authors since the Augustan age ...
... youth , but is seldom or never hit by those who would learn it too late . He first distinguished himself by his Latin compositions , published in the Musa Anglicana , and was admired as one of the best authors since the Augustan age ...
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... youth is kindled in thy breast ; Thou mak'st the beauties of the Romans known , And England boasts of riches not her own ; Thy lines have heighten'd Virgil's majesty , And Horace wonders at himself in thee . It would not be fair to ...
... youth is kindled in thy breast ; Thou mak'st the beauties of the Romans known , And England boasts of riches not her own ; Thy lines have heighten'd Virgil's majesty , And Horace wonders at himself in thee . It would not be fair to ...
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... youth , unused to rough alarms , Careless of fame , and negligent of arms , Had long forgot to meditate the foe , And heard unwarmed the martial trumpet blow ; But now , inspired by thee , with fresh delight , Their swords they brandish ...
... youth , unused to rough alarms , Careless of fame , and negligent of arms , Had long forgot to meditate the foe , And heard unwarmed the martial trumpet blow ; But now , inspired by thee , with fresh delight , Their swords they brandish ...
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... youth , led by their princes , shun The crowded hive and sport it in the sun , Refreshing springs may tempt them from the heat , And shady coverts yield a cool retreat . Whether the neighbouring water stands or runs , Lay twigs across ...
... youth , led by their princes , shun The crowded hive and sport it in the sun , Refreshing springs may tempt them from the heat , And shady coverts yield a cool retreat . Whether the neighbouring water stands or runs , Lay twigs across ...
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Addison ancient antiquities Antoninus Pius appear arms atque beautiful behold Cæsar Cato Cato's charms Claudian Commodus death DRYDEN emperor Ev'n eyes fame fancy fate father fear figure fire friends Gaul Georgic give goddess gods grace grief hand head heart heaven Hesiod honour inscription Italy Jove JUBA Julius Cæsar kind king live look Lucia maid Marcia Marcus Marcus Aurelius medals mighty mountains muse Naples nature numbers Numidian nymph o'er old coins Ovid Pentheus poem poetry poets Portius prince quæ QUEEN rage rise river Roman Rome Rosamond round S. C. Reverse says Cynthio says Eugenius says Philander SCENE Sempronius shade shine sight Silius Italicus SIR TR soul stands streams SYPH Syphax tears tell thee thou thought town Trajan turn verse VIRG Virgil virtue vols Whilst whole winds youth
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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.