Selections from the Writings of Joseph AddisonGinn, 1905 - 346 Seiten |
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... told him I believed several , but I could not possibly remember ; for that I had never read any but Dr. Trapp's.2 . Ay , " said he , " that is a curious piece indeed ! " I then acquainted him with the discovery made by Mr. Warburton 3 ...
... told him I believed several , but I could not possibly remember ; for that I had never read any but Dr. Trapp's.2 . Ay , " said he , " that is a curious piece indeed ! " I then acquainted him with the discovery made by Mr. Warburton 3 ...
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Joseph Addison Barrett Wendell, Chester Noyes Greenough. and told him , he had been the greatest man upon earth ; that he readily resigned up all the merit of his own works to him . Upon which , Addison gave him a gracious smile , and ...
Joseph Addison Barrett Wendell, Chester Noyes Greenough. and told him , he had been the greatest man upon earth ; that he readily resigned up all the merit of his own works to him . Upon which , Addison gave him a gracious smile , and ...
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... told to Mr. Garrick , that Addison was himself the author of this epilogue ; and that when it was actually printed with his name he came early in the morning before the copies were distributed , and ordered it to be given to Mr. E ...
... told to Mr. Garrick , that Addison was himself the author of this epilogue ; and that when it was actually printed with his name he came early in the morning before the copies were distributed , and ordered it to be given to Mr. E ...
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... told him , None that I heard of ; and asked him , Whether he had yet married his eldest daughter ? He told me , No. But pray , says he , tell me sincerely , What are your thoughts of the King of Sweden ? ( for though his wife and ...
... told him , None that I heard of ; and asked him , Whether he had yet married his eldest daughter ? He told me , No. But pray , says he , tell me sincerely , What are your thoughts of the King of Sweden ? ( for though his wife and ...
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... told us , with a seeming concern , that by some news he had lately read from Muscovy , it appeared to him that there was a storm gathering in the Black sea , which might in time do hurt to the Naval Forces of this nation . To this he ...
... told us , with a seeming concern , that by some news he had lately read from Muscovy , it appeared to him that there was a storm gathering in the Black sea , which might in time do hurt to the Naval Forces of this nation . To this he ...
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Seite 60 - 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.
Seite 153 - 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...
Seite 159 - A needless Alexandrine ends the song, That, like a wounded snake, drags its slow length along.
Seite 11 - 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.
Seite 47 - 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.
Seite 319 - 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.
Seite 50 - 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...
Seite 12 - 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.
Seite 47 - 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...
Seite 155 - 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.