The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, a New Ed., with Notes: PoemsT. Cadell and W. Davies, 1811 |
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... scenes of it to Mr. Addison . His next step in his fortune , was to the post of Se- cretary under the late Marquis of Wharton , who was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in the year 1709 . As I have proposed to touch but very lightly ...
... scenes of it to Mr. Addison . His next step in his fortune , was to the post of Se- cretary under the late Marquis of Wharton , who was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in the year 1709 . As I have proposed to touch but very lightly ...
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... scene confine his hallow'd rage . See ! see , he upward springs , and tow'ring high Spurns the dull province of ... scenes of Paradise ; What tongue , what words of rapture can express A vision so profuse of pleasantness . " Oh had the ...
... scene confine his hallow'd rage . See ! see , he upward springs , and tow'ring high Spurns the dull province of ... scenes of Paradise ; What tongue , what words of rapture can express A vision so profuse of pleasantness . " Oh had the ...
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... scenes of death and horror had we view'd , And how had Boyne's wide current reek'd in blood ! Or , if Maria's charms thou would'st rehearse , In smoother numbers and a softer verse ; Thy pen had well describ'd her graceful air , And ...
... scenes of death and horror had we view'd , And how had Boyne's wide current reek'd in blood ! Or , if Maria's charms thou would'st rehearse , In smoother numbers and a softer verse ; Thy pen had well describ'd her graceful air , And ...
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... Scene auree , liete , e chiare viste inalzansi , Attornianmi Poetiche Campagne , Parmi ognor di calcar classico suolo ; Sì sovente ivi Musa accordò l'Arpa , Che non cantato niun colle sorgevi , Celebre in versi ivi ogni pianta cresce ...
... Scene auree , liete , e chiare viste inalzansi , Attornianmi Poetiche Campagne , Parmi ognor di calcar classico suolo ; Sì sovente ivi Musa accordò l'Arpa , Che non cantato niun colle sorgevi , Celebre in versi ivi ogni pianta cresce ...
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... scenes and shining prospects rise , Poetick fields encompass me around , And still I seem to tread on classic ground ; For here the muse so oft her harp has strung , That not a mountain rears its head unsung , Renown'd in verse each ...
... scenes and shining prospects rise , Poetick fields encompass me around , And still I seem to tread on classic ground ; For here the muse so oft her harp has strung , That not a mountain rears its head unsung , Renown'd in verse each ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Addison Æneid ancient appear arms atque beauty behold blest blood breast bright Cæsar Cato Cato's charms Claudian Commodus CREECH death DECIUS DRYDEN emperor ev'ry eyes fancy fate father fear figure fire flame friends Georgic give goddess gods grace GRIDELINE grief hand head heart heaven Hesiod honour immortal Jove joys JUBA Julius Cæsar KING look LUCIA LUCIUS maid MARCIA Marcus medals mighty muse nature numbers Numidian nunc nymph o'er old coins Ovid passion Pentheus Phaëton Pharsalia poem poetry poets PORTIUS prince quæ QUEEN rage rise Roman Roman senate Rome ROSAMOND round S. C. Reverse says Cynthio says Eugenius says Philander SCENE SEMPRONIUS shade shine sight Silius Italicus SIR TRUSTY skies soul stand sword SYPHAX tears tell thee thou thought thunder tibi toils Trajan turn verse view'd VIRG Virgil virtue Whilst winds youth
Pasajes populares
Página 43 - Profuse of bliss, and pregnant with delight! Eternal pleasures in thy presence reign, And smiling plenty leads thy wanton train; Eas'd of her load, subjection grows more light, And poverty looks cheerful in thy sight: Thou mak'st the gloomy face of nature gay, Giv'st beauty to the sun, and pleasure to the day.
Página 211 - TO wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius and to mend the heart, To make mankind in conscious virtue bold, Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold...
Página 221 - Tis not in mortals to command success, But well do more, Sempronius; we'll deserve it.
Página 45 - I bridle in my struggling Muse with pain, That longs to launch into a nobler strain.
Página 60 - Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage. So when an angel by divine command With rising tempests shakes a guilty land, Such as of late o'er pale Britannia...
Página 183 - For, wit lying most in the assemblage of ideas, and putting those together with quickness and variety wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity, thereby to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy...
Página 55 - Here shattered walls, like broken rocks, from far Rise up in hideous views, the guilt of war, Whilst here the vine o'er hills of ruin climbs, Industrious to conceal great Bourbon's crimes, At length the fame of England's hero drew, Eugenio to the glorious interview. Great souls by instinct to each other turn, Demand alliance, and in friendship burn; A sudden friendship, while with stretched-out rays They meet each other, mingling blaze with blaze.
Página 287 - It must be so — Plato, thou reasonest well — Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality ? Or whence this secret dread, and inward horror, Of falling into naught ? Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us; 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man.
Página 304 - Th' assembled deities survey'd. Great Pan, who wont to chase the fair, And lov'd the spreading oak, was there ; Old Saturn too, with upcast eyes, Beheld his abdicated skies ; And mighty Mars, for war renown'd, In adamantine armour frown'd ; By him the childless goddess rose, Minerva, studious to compose Her twisted threads ; the web she strung. And o'er a loom of marble hung : Thetis, the troubled ocean's queen Match'd with a mortal, next was seen, Reclining on a funeral urn, Her short-liv'd darling...
Página 37 - Mincio draw his watery store, Through the long windings of a fruitful shore, And hoary Albula's infected tide O'er the warm bed of smoking sulphur glide.