The works of ... Joseph Addison, collected by mr. Tickell, Volumen51804 |
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... observe well the Toga on such a reverse , and asks you whether you can in conscience believe the sleeve of it to be ... observations have been made on spiders , lobsters , and 4 DIALOGUES ON MEDALS .
... observe well the Toga on such a reverse , and asks you whether you can in conscience believe the sleeve of it to be ... observations have been made on spiders , lobsters , and 4 DIALOGUES ON MEDALS .
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Joseph Addison Thomas Tickell. observations have been made on spiders , lobsters , and cockle - shells ? yet the very naming of them is almost sufficient to turn them into raillery . It is no wonder therefore that the science of medals ...
Joseph Addison Thomas Tickell. observations have been made on spiders , lobsters , and cockle - shells ? yet the very naming of them is almost sufficient to turn them into raillery . It is no wonder therefore that the science of medals ...
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... observed all the nicety of proportion in the figures of the different orders that compose the buildings on the best preserved medals . You here see the copies of such ports and triumphal arches as there are not the least traces of in ...
... observed all the nicety of proportion in the figures of the different orders that compose the buildings on the best preserved medals . You here see the copies of such ports and triumphal arches as there are not the least traces of in ...
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... observed , ' says he , speaking of the natural propension that all men have to numbers and harmony , that my barber has often combed my head in dactyls and spondees , that is with two short strokes and a long one , or with two long ones ...
... observed , ' says he , speaking of the natural propension that all men have to numbers and harmony , that my barber has often combed my head in dactyls and spondees , that is with two short strokes and a long one , or with two long ones ...
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... observe that not only the virtues , and the like imaginary persons , but all the heathen divinities appear generally in the same dress among the poets that they wear in medals . I must confess , I believe both the one and the other took ...
... observe that not only the virtues , and the like imaginary persons , but all the heathen divinities appear generally in the same dress among the poets that they wear in medals . I must confess , I believe both the one and the other took ...
Términos y frases comunes
ancient antiquities Antoninus Pius appear arms atque beautiful Cæsar Campania canton of Berne Christianity church Claudian Commodus CREECH disciples DRYDEN duke emperor enemy famous fancy figure formerly France French Georgic give grotto hand head heathen honour inhabitants inscription Irenæus Italy Julius Cæsar kind king lake learned lived look Lucius Verus marble Marcus Aurelius medals mentioned Mevania miracles modern mountains multitude Naples nation nature noble observed occasion old coins old Roman Ovid Pagan palace particular persons pieces pillars present prince quæ reason reign religion represented republic rise river rocks Rome ruins S. C. Reverse Saviour Saviour's history says Cynthio says Eugenius says Philander seen side Silius Italicus Spanish monarchy stands statues suppose take notice temple thou thought Tiberius tion town Trajan verse VIRG Virgil whole
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Página 439 - Whosoever . therefore shall confess Me before men, him will I confess also before My Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny Me before men, him will I also deny before My Father which is in heaven.
Página 2 - Statesman, yet friend to truth ; of soul sincere, In action faithful, and in honour clear ; Who broke no promise, serv'd no private end, Who ga'in'd no title, and who lost no friend ; Ennobled by himself, by all approv'd, And prais'd, unenvied, by the Muse he lov'd.
Página 32 - The man resolv'd, and steady to his trust, Inflexible to ill, and obstinately just, May the rude rabble's insolence despise, Their senseless clamours and tumultuous cries : The tyrant's fierceness he beguiles. And the stern brow, and the harsh voice defies, And with superior greatness smiles.
Página 258 - Bajan mole, Rais'd on the seas, the surges to control — At once comes tumbling down the rocky wall; Prone to the deep, the stones disjointed fall Of the vast pile; the scatter'd ocean flies; Black sands...
Página 95 - For they that led us away captive, required of us then a song, and melody in our heaviness : Sing us one of the songs of Sion. 4 How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a strange land?
Página 190 - ... this nation. The English and French, who always use the same words in verse as in ordinary conversation, are forced to raise their language with metaphors and figures, or, by the pompousness of the whole phrase, to wear off any littleness that appears in the particular parts that compose it. This makes our blank verse, where there is no rhyme to support the expression, extremely difficult to...
Página 452 - Georgics; where we receive more strong and lively ideas of things from his words, than we could have done from the objects themselves; and find our imaginations more affected by his descriptions, than they would have been by the very sight of what he describes.
Página 303 - When a man sees the prodigious pains and expence that our fore- fathers have been at in these barbarous buildings, one cannot but fancy to himself what miracles of architecture they would have left us, had they only been instructed in the right way...
Página 153 - Vain fool, and coward!" said the lofty maid, " Caught in the train, which thou thyself hast laid ! On others practise thy Ligurian arts : Thin stratagems, and tricks of little hearts, Are lost on me: nor shalt thou safe retire, With vaunting lies to thy fallacious sire.
Página 71 - The coat of arms by proud Mezentius worn, Now on a naked snag in triumph borne, Was hung on high, and glitter'd from afar, A trophy sacred to the God of War. Above his arms, fix'd on the leafless wood, Appear'd his plumy crest, besmear'd with blood...