The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volumen2T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1811 |
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... king . The officer who showed me the palace told me , with a great deal of gravity , that his master and the king of France , amidst all the confu- sions of Europe , had ever been good friends and allies . The palace has handsome ...
... king . The officer who showed me the palace told me , with a great deal of gravity , that his master and the king of France , amidst all the confu- sions of Europe , had ever been good friends and allies . The palace has handsome ...
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... king of France sent his orders to suppress them , telling the republic at the same time , that he knew very well how many they had occasion for . This little fleet serves only to fetch them wine and corn , and to give their ladies an ...
... king of France sent his orders to suppress them , telling the republic at the same time , that he knew very well how many they had occasion for . This little fleet serves only to fetch them wine and corn , and to give their ladies an ...
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... King James the first could not procure , though he proffered for it three thousand Spanish pistoles . It consists of designings in mecha- nism and engineering : I was shown in it a sketch of bombs and mortars , as they are now used ...
... King James the first could not procure , though he proffered for it three thousand Spanish pistoles . It consists of designings in mecha- nism and engineering : I was shown in it a sketch of bombs and mortars , as they are now used ...
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... king of France . The Savoyards , notwithstanding the present inclinations of their court , cannot forbear resenting the infinite mischiefs he did them in the last war . The Mi- lanese and Neapolitans remember the many insults he has ...
... king of France . The Savoyards , notwithstanding the present inclinations of their court , cannot forbear resenting the infinite mischiefs he did them in the last war . The Mi- lanese and Neapolitans remember the many insults he has ...
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... kings , or in the palaces of princes : you have the water for your dwell- ing , a clear transparent element , brighter than crystal ; you can see from its deepest bottom every thing that passes on its surface ; you have the eyes of a ...
... kings , or in the palaces of princes : you have the water for your dwell- ing , a clear transparent element , brighter than crystal ; you can see from its deepest bottom every thing that passes on its surface ; you have the eyes of a ...
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Página 280 - When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glist'ring with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers ; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening mild ; then silent night With this her solemn bird and this fair moon, And these the gems of heaven, her starry train...
Página 279 - With thee conversing I forget all time ; All seasons and their change, all please alike. Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds...
Página 392 - As one who, long in populous city pent, Where houses thick and sewers annoy the air, Forth issuing on a summer's morn, to breathe Among the pleasant villages and farms Adjoin'd, from each thing met conceives delight ; The smell of grain, or tedded grass, or kine, Or dairy, each rural sight, each rural sound...
Página 280 - Others apart sat on a hill retir'd, In thoughts more elevate, and reason'd high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate; Fix'd fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute, And found no end, in wandering mazes lost.
Página 280 - But neither breath of Morn when she ascends With charm of earliest birds ; nor rising sun On this delightful land ; nor herb, fruit, flower, Glistering with dew ; nor fragrance, after showers ; Nor grateful evening mild ; nor silent Night, With this her solemn bird, nor walk by moon, Or glittering star-light, without thee is sweet.
Página 472 - Besides my innumerable sins, I confess before thee, that I am debtor to thee for the gracious talent of thy gifts and graces, which I have neither put into a napkin, nor put it, as I ought, to exchangers, where it might have made best profit, but misspent it in things for which I was least fit : so I may truly say, my soul hath been a stranger in the course of my pilgrimage. Be merciful unto me, O Lord, for my Saviour's sake, and receive me into thy bosom, or guide me in thy ways.
Página 273 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long...
Página 79 - Within a long recess there lies a bay : An island shades it from the rolling sea, And forms a port secure for ships to ride : Broke by the jutting land on either side, In double streams the briny waters glide, Betwixt two rows of rocks : a sylvan scene Appears above, and groves for ever green : A grot is form'd beneath, with mossy seats, To rest the Nereids, and exclude the heats.
Página 289 - tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Página 441 - If he be deigned the honour to sit down. Soon as the tarts appear, Sir Crape, withdraw ! Those dainties are not for a spiritual maw ; Observe your distance, and be sure to stand Hard by the cistern with your cap in hand; There for diversion you may pick your teeth, Till the kind voider* comes for your relief.