Selections from the Writings of Joseph AddisonGinn, 1905 - 346 páginas |
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... pleased . He was an Under - Secretary of State for a time ; he was in Parliament ; he was Chief Secretary to the Marquis of Wharton , 1 For Addison's verse before 1698 , Latin and English , see Bibliog . raphy , pp . xlv - xlvii . 2 See ...
... pleased . He was an Under - Secretary of State for a time ; he was in Parliament ; he was Chief Secretary to the Marquis of Wharton , 1 For Addison's verse before 1698 , Latin and English , see Bibliog . raphy , pp . xlv - xlvii . 2 See ...
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... reading , and garnish his conversation . Ned is indeed a true English Reader , incapable of relishing the great and masterly strokes of this art ; but wonderfully pleased with the little Gothick ornaments of epi- grammatical 42 THE TATLER.
... reading , and garnish his conversation . Ned is indeed a true English Reader , incapable of relishing the great and masterly strokes of this art ; but wonderfully pleased with the little Gothick ornaments of epi- grammatical 42 THE TATLER.
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Joseph Addison Barrett Wendell, Chester Noyes Greenough. wonderfully pleased with the little Gothick ornaments of epi- grammatical Conceits , Turns , Points , and Quibbles , which are so frequent in the most admired of our English Poets ...
Joseph Addison Barrett Wendell, Chester Noyes Greenough. wonderfully pleased with the little Gothick ornaments of epi- grammatical Conceits , Turns , Points , and Quibbles , which are so frequent in the most admired of our English Poets ...
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... pleased ; pro- vided I continued to combat with criminals in a body , and to assault the vice without hurting the person . This debate , which was held for the good of mankind , put me in mind of that which the Roman Triumvirate were ...
... pleased ; pro- vided I continued to combat with criminals in a body , and to assault the vice without hurting the person . This debate , which was held for the good of mankind , put me in mind of that which the Roman Triumvirate were ...
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... pleased with such a mixt kind of furniture , as seemed very suitable to both the Lady and the Scholar , and did not know at first whether I should fancy my self in a Grotto , or in a Library . 10 15 20 25 30 Upon my looking into the ...
... pleased with such a mixt kind of furniture , as seemed very suitable to both the Lady and the Scholar , and did not know at first whether I should fancy my self in a Grotto , or in a Library . 10 15 20 25 30 Upon my looking into the ...
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Página 74 - It was said of Socrates, that he brought Philosophy down from Heaven, to inhabit among Men; and I shall be ambitious to have it said of me, that I have brought Philosophy out of Closets and Libraries, Schools and Colleges, to dwell in Clubs and Assemblies, at Tea-Tables and in CoffeeHouses.
Página 167 - Cast thy eyes eastward, said he, and tell me what thou seest. I see, said I, a huge valley, and a prodigious tide of water rolling through it. The valley that thou seest, said he, is the vale of misery ; and the tide of water that thou seest, is part of the great tide of eternity. What is the reason...
Página 25 - Here will I hold. If there's a power above us (And that there is, all Nature cries aloud Through all her works), he must delight in virtue ; And that which he delights in must be happy.
Página 61 - His tenants grow rich, his servants look satisfied, all the young women profess love to him, and the young men are glad of his company.
Página 333 - cries Partridge, with a contemptuous sneer, "why I could act as well as he myself. I am sure, if I had seen a ghost, I should have looked in the very same manner, and done just as he did.
Página 64 - He is very ready at that sort of discourse with which men usually entertain women. He has all his life dressed very well, and remembers habits as others do men. He can smile when one speaks to him, and laughs easily. He knows the history of every mode...
Página 26 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
Página 61 - But being ill-used by the above-mentioned widow, he was very serious for a year and a half ; and though, his temper being naturally jovial, he at last got over it, he grew careless of himself, and never dressed afterwards. He continues to wear a coat and doublet of the same cut that were in fashion at the time of his repulse...
Página 169 - Look no more, said he, on man in the first stage of his existence, in his setting out for eternity; but cast thine eye on that thick mist into which the tide bears the several generations of mortals that fall into it.
Página 58 - Thus I live in the world rather as a spectator of mankind than as one of the species...