The works of ... Joseph Addison, collected by mr. Tickell, Band 51804 |
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... believe the sleeve of it to be of the true Roman cut . " I must confess , says Philander , the knowledge of medals has most of those disadvantages that can ren- der a science ridiculous , to such as are not well versed in it . Nothing ...
... believe the sleeve of it to be of the true Roman cut . " I must confess , says Philander , the knowledge of medals has most of those disadvantages that can ren- der a science ridiculous , to such as are not well versed in it . Nothing ...
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... believe surprises all beginners as well as myself . We are apt to think your medallists a lit- tle fantastical in the different prices they set upon their coins , without any regard to the ancient value or the metal of which they are ...
... believe surprises all beginners as well as myself . We are apt to think your medallists a lit- tle fantastical in the different prices they set upon their coins , without any regard to the ancient value or the metal of which they are ...
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... believe that hereafter the whole learned world will be divided upon the make of a modern pair of breeches ? And yet , says Eugenius , the critics have fallen as foul upon each other for matters of the same moment . But as to this point ...
... believe that hereafter the whole learned world will be divided upon the make of a modern pair of breeches ? And yet , says Eugenius , the critics have fallen as foul upon each other for matters of the same moment . But as to this point ...
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... believe both the one and the other took the mode from the ancient Greek statuaries . It will not perhaps be an improper transition to pass from the heathen gods to the several monsters of an- tiquity , as chimeras , gorgons , sphinxes ...
... believe both the one and the other took the mode from the ancient Greek statuaries . It will not perhaps be an improper transition to pass from the heathen gods to the several monsters of an- tiquity , as chimeras , gorgons , sphinxes ...
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... believe we shall find that it is not the only piece of antique sculpture that this poet has copied out in his descriptions . -cum totis exurgens ardua pennis Ipsa duci sacras Victoria panderet ædes , Et palma viridi gaudens , et amicta ...
... believe we shall find that it is not the only piece of antique sculpture that this poet has copied out in his descriptions . -cum totis exurgens ardua pennis Ipsa duci sacras Victoria panderet ædes , Et palma viridi gaudens , et amicta ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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?
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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...