The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, a New Ed., with Notes: PoemsT. Cadell and W. Davies, 1811 |
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... coins . The book itself was begun to be cast into form at Vienna , as ap- pears from a letter to Mr. Stepney , then minister at that court , dated in November , 1702 . Sometime before the date of this letter , Mr. Addison had designed ...
... coins . The book itself was begun to be cast into form at Vienna , as ap- pears from a letter to Mr. Stepney , then minister at that court , dated in November , 1702 . Sometime before the date of this letter , Mr. Addison had designed ...
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... bright round of titles graced , And stampt on British coins shall live , To richest ores the value give , Or , wrought within the curious mould , Shape and adorn the running gold . a To bear this form , the genial sun Has.
... bright round of titles graced , And stampt on British coins shall live , To richest ores the value give , Or , wrought within the curious mould , Shape and adorn the running gold . a To bear this form , the genial sun Has.
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... coin . A narrow orb each crowded conquest keeps ; Beneath her palm here sad Judæa weeps ; Now scantier limits the proud arch confine , And scarce are seen the prostrate Nile and Rhine : A small Euphrates thro ' the piece is roll'd ; And ...
... coin . A narrow orb each crowded conquest keeps ; Beneath her palm here sad Judæa weeps ; Now scantier limits the proud arch confine , And scarce are seen the prostrate Nile and Rhine : A small Euphrates thro ' the piece is roll'd ; And ...
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... coin of gold , and after having well weighed the figures and inscription , tells you very gravely , if it were brass , it would be invaluable . Another falls a ringing a Pes- cennius Niger , and judiciously distinguishes the sound of it ...
... coin of gold , and after having well weighed the figures and inscription , tells you very gravely , if it were brass , it would be invaluable . Another falls a ringing a Pes- cennius Niger , and judiciously distinguishes the sound of it ...
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... coin . " We first perceive a distinction between two things , and then conclude this not to be that . The word distinguishes is here used by Mr. A. as if it implied an act of the mind , which is consequent to distinguishing . The word ...
... coin . " We first perceive a distinction between two things , and then conclude this not to be that . The word distinguishes is here used by Mr. A. as if it implied an act of the mind , which is consequent to distinguishing . The word ...
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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
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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.