The works of ... Joseph Addison, collected by mr. Tickell, Band 51804 |
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... face ; There , warriors frowning in historic brass . Then future ages with delight shall see , How Plato's , Bacon's , Newton's looks agree : Or in fair series laurel'd bards be shown , A Virgil there , and here an Addison , Then shall ...
... face ; There , warriors frowning in historic brass . Then future ages with delight shall see , How Plato's , Bacon's , Newton's looks agree : Or in fair series laurel'd bards be shown , A Virgil there , and here an Addison , Then shall ...
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... faces of the Antonines than of the Stuarts , and would rather chuse to count out a sum in sesterces than in pounds ster- ling . I have heard of one in Italy that used to swear by the head of Otho . Nothing can be pleasanter than to see ...
... faces of the Antonines than of the Stuarts , and would rather chuse to count out a sum in sesterces than in pounds ster- ling . I have heard of one in Italy that used to swear by the head of Otho . Nothing can be pleasanter than to see ...
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... faces of all the great persons of an- tiquity . A cabinet of medals is a collection of pictures in miniature . Juvenal ... face of a great man with the character that authors have given us of him , and to try if we can find out in his ...
... faces of all the great persons of an- tiquity . A cabinet of medals is a collection of pictures in miniature . Juvenal ... face of a great man with the character that authors have given us of him , and to try if we can find out in his ...
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... face that re- ceives all his reputation from the mint , and would never have been known in the world had there not been such things as medals . A man's memory finds sufficient employment on such as have really signalised themselves by ...
... face that re- ceives all his reputation from the mint , and would never have been known in the world had there not been such things as medals . A man's memory finds sufficient employment on such as have really signalised themselves by ...
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... face stamped upon their coins . But these were the wise ancients , who had more esteem for a Milo than a Homer , and ... faces of persons , we see on 8 DIALOGUES ON MEDALS .
... face stamped upon their coins . But these were the wise ancients , who had more esteem for a Milo than a Homer , and ... faces of persons , we see on 8 DIALOGUES ON MEDALS .
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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...