The Works of Joseph Addison: Including the Whole Contents of Bp. Hurd's Edition, with Letters and Other Pieces Not Found in Any Previous Collection; and Macaulay's Essay on His Life and Works, Band 4Putnam, 1854 |
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... means of estimating his philosophical depth , but what are afforded by the results of his thoughts on the particu- lar topics which he has occasion to allude to , and by some of his incidental comments on the scientific merits of ...
... means of estimating his philosophical depth , but what are afforded by the results of his thoughts on the particu- lar topics which he has occasion to allude to , and by some of his incidental comments on the scientific merits of ...
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... means I have made myself a speculative statesman , soldier , merchant , and artizan , without ever meddling with any ... mean time , when I consider how much I have seen , read , and heard , I begin to blame my own taciturnity ; and ...
... means I have made myself a speculative statesman , soldier , merchant , and artizan , without ever meddling with any ... mean time , when I consider how much I have seen , read , and heard , I begin to blame my own taciturnity ; and ...
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... mean an account of my name , my age , and my lodgings . I must confess , I would gratify my reader in any thing that is reasonable ; but as for these three particulars , though I am sensible they might tend very much to the ...
... mean an account of my name , my age , and my lodgings . I must confess , I would gratify my reader in any thing that is reasonable ; but as for these three particulars , though I am sensible they might tend very much to the ...
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... means I perceived the sparrows were to act the part of singing birds in a delightful grove ; though , upon a nearer inquiry , I found the sparrows put the same trick upon the audience , that Sir Martin Mar - all ' prac- tised upon his ...
... means I perceived the sparrows were to act the part of singing birds in a delightful grove ; though , upon a nearer inquiry , I found the sparrows put the same trick upon the audience , that Sir Martin Mar - all ' prac- tised upon his ...
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... means cleared the place of those little noxious animals . Before I dismiss this paper , I must inform my reader , that I 1 There was a play entered on the books of the stationer's company by Thomas Payner , Feb. 8 , 1604. " The History ...
... means cleared the place of those little noxious animals . Before I dismiss this paper , I must inform my reader , that I 1 There was a play entered on the books of the stationer's company by Thomas Payner , Feb. 8 , 1604. " The History ...
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Seite 382 - ... fountains, or resting on beds of flowers: and could hear a confused harmony of singing birds, falling waters, human voices, and musical instruments. — Gladness grew in me upon the discovery of so delightful a scene. I wished for the wings of an eagle, that I might fly away to those happy seats; but the genius told me there was no passage to them, except through the gates of death that I saw opening every moment upon the bridge. —
Seite 48 - Shine not in vain ; nor think, though men were none, That heaven would want spectators, God want praise : Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep : All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night.
Seite 83 - When I read the several dates of the tombs, of some that died yesterday, and some six hundred years ago, I consider that great day when we shall all of us be contemporaries, and make our appearance together.
Seite 12 - It is said he keeps himself a bachelor by reason he was crossed in love by a perverse beautiful widow of the next county to him.
Seite 381 - I could discover nothing in it; but the other appeared to me a vast ocean planted with innumerable islands, that were covered with fruits and flowers, and interwoven with a thousand little shining seas that ran among them.
Seite 379 - The genius smiled upon me with a look of compassion and affability that familiarized him to my imagination, and at once dispelled all the fears and apprehensions with which I approached him. He lifted me from the ground, and taking me by the hand, Mirza, said he, I have heard thee in thy soliloquies ; follow me.
Seite 381 - I observed some with scimitars in their hands, and others with urinals, who ran to and fro upon the bridge, thrusting several persons on trap-doors which did not seem to lie in their way, and which they might have escaped, had they not been thus forced upon them. "The genius, seeing me indulge myself in this melancholy prospect, told me I had dwelt long enough upon it. ' Take thine eyes off the bridge,' said he, ' and tell me if thou yet seest anything thou dost not comprehend.' Upon looking up,...
Seite 2 - I HAVE observed that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure, till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or a fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor, with other particulars of the like nature, that conduce very much to the right understanding of an author.
Seite 220 - The stout Earl of Northumberland, A vow to God did make, His pleasure in the Scottish woods Three summer's days to take; The chiefest harts in Chevy-Chase To kill and bear away.
Seite 13 - ... 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...