The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, a New Ed., with Notes, Volumen2T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1811 |
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... where , they meet with very few of your well - wishers at Paris or at Rome . And I could not but observe , when I passed through most of the Protestant governments in Europe , that their hopes or fears for the common.
... where , they meet with very few of your well - wishers at Paris or at Rome . And I could not but observe , when I passed through most of the Protestant governments in Europe , that their hopes or fears for the common.
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... passed : Mr. Ray is to be valued for his obser- vations on the natural productions of the place . Mon- sieur Misson has wrote a more correct account of Italy in general than any before him , as he particularly ex- cels in the plan of ...
... passed : Mr. Ray is to be valued for his obser- vations on the natural productions of the place . Mon- sieur Misson has wrote a more correct account of Italy in general than any before him , as he particularly ex- cels in the plan of ...
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... passed through the country . The most obvious reason is certainly the great difference that there is in the humours and manners of the two nations , which always works more in the meaner sort , who are not able to vanquish the ...
... passed through the country . The most obvious reason is certainly the great difference that there is in the humours and manners of the two nations , which always works more in the meaner sort , who are not able to vanquish the ...
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... passed by it , that it brought into my mind Virgil's noble description of it . Adde lacus tantos , te Lari maxime , teque Fluctibus et fremitu assurgens , Benace , marino . Here vex'd by winter storms Benacus raves , Confus'd with ...
... passed by it , that it brought into my mind Virgil's noble description of it . Adde lacus tantos , te Lari maxime , teque Fluctibus et fremitu assurgens , Benace , marino . Here vex'd by winter storms Benacus raves , Confus'd with ...
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... passed through it , were extremely apprehensive of seeing Lombardy the seat of war , which must have made miserable havoc among their plantations ; for it is not here as in the corn fields of Flanders , where the whole product of the ...
... passed through it , were extremely apprehensive of seeing Lombardy the seat of war , which must have made miserable havoc among their plantations ; for it is not here as in the corn fields of Flanders , where the whole product of the ...
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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 - 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 mis-spent 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 unto 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 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 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 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 400 - But to consider this subject in its most ridiculous lights, advertisements are of great use to the vulgar. First of all as they are instruments of ambition. A man that is by no means big enough for the gazette may easily creep into the advertisements, by which means we often see an apothecary in the same paper of news with a plenipotentiary, or a running footman with an ambassador.