Selections from the Writings of Joseph AddisonGinn, 1905 - 346 Seiten |
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... Political Upholsterer 158. Tom Folio 163. Ned Softly 249. The Adventures of a Shilling 254. Frozen Words THE SPECTATOR . No .. Character of the Spectator . 2. * The Members of the Club 5. The Opera . 7. Popular Superstitions 10. The ...
... Political Upholsterer 158. Tom Folio 163. Ned Softly 249. The Adventures of a Shilling 254. Frozen Words THE SPECTATOR . No .. Character of the Spectator . 2. * The Members of the Club 5. The Opera . 7. Popular Superstitions 10. The ...
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... political fortune . From that time forth , when the Whigs were in power , he had pretty much what places he wanted ; and when they were out he seems to have been provided with money enough to live , on the whole , as he pleased . He was ...
... political fortune . From that time forth , when the Whigs were in power , he had pretty much what places he wanted ; and when they were out he seems to have been provided with money enough to live , on the whole , as he pleased . He was ...
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... political writing , of which the interest , if any , is merely historical . The writings which have made his name permanent in English literature were wholly different from those yet mentioned . Origi- In April , 1709 , Steele began to ...
... political writing , of which the interest , if any , is merely historical . The writings which have made his name permanent in English literature were wholly different from those yet mentioned . Origi- In April , 1709 , Steele began to ...
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... political reasons , it nowadays seems very dull . In 1714 the Spectator1 was revived for a few months . Addi- son's subsequent writings are generally similar in character to those which have already been named . In August , 1716 , he ...
... political reasons , it nowadays seems very dull . In 1714 the Spectator1 was revived for a few months . Addi- son's subsequent writings are generally similar in character to those which have already been named . In August , 1716 , he ...
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... Works , London , 1814 , IV , 467 ff . Compare Tom Folio's allusion to the matter , in the Tatler , 158 ( p . 39 , below ) . L and told him , he had been the greatest man INTRODUCTION xix The Political Upholsterer Tom Folio.
... Works , London , 1814 , IV , 467 ff . Compare Tom Folio's allusion to the matter , in the Tatler , 158 ( p . 39 , below ) . L and told him , he had been the greatest man INTRODUCTION xix The Political Upholsterer Tom Folio.
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Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 58 - Thus I live in the world rather as a spectator of mankind than as one of the species...