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, Svazek 4Putnam, 1854 |
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Strana 6
... heard the whole Spanish monarchy disposed of , and all the line of Bourbon provided for , in less than a quarter of an hour . " The " GRECIAN " in Devereux Court derived its name from a Greek named Constantine , who introduced , from ...
... heard the whole Spanish monarchy disposed of , and all the line of Bourbon provided for , in less than a quarter of an hour . " The " GRECIAN " in Devereux Court derived its name from a Greek named Constantine , who introduced , from ...
Strana 15
... heard him prove , that diligence makes more lasting acqui- sitions than valour , and that sloth has ruined more nations than the sword . He abounds in several frugal maxims , amongst which the greatest favourite is , " A penny saved is ...
... heard him prove , that diligence makes more lasting acqui- sitions than valour , and that sloth has ruined more nations than the sword . He abounds in several frugal maxims , amongst which the greatest favourite is , " A penny saved is ...
Strana 16
... heard him often lament , that in a profession where merit is placed in so conspicuous a view , impudence should get the better of modesty . When he has talked to this purpose , I never heard him make a sour expression , but frankly ...
... heard him often lament , that in a profession where merit is placed in so conspicuous a view , impudence should get the better of modesty . When he has talked to this purpose , I never heard him make a sour expression , but frankly ...
Strana 19
... heard concerning the decay of public credit , with the methods of restoring it , and which , in my opinion , have always been defective , because they have always been made with an eye to separate interests , and party principles . The ...
... heard concerning the decay of public credit , with the methods of restoring it , and which , in my opinion , have always been defective , because they have always been made with an eye to separate interests , and party principles . The ...
Strana 20
... heard . She was likewise ( as I afterwards found ) a greater valetudinarian than any I had ever met with , even in her own sex , and subject to such momen- tary consumptions , that , in the twinkling of an eye , she would fall away from ...
... heard . She was likewise ( as I afterwards found ) a greater valetudinarian than any I had ever met with , even in her own sex , and subject to such momen- tary consumptions , that , in the twinkling of an eye , she would fall away from ...
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Strana 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. —
Strana 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.
Strana 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.
Strana 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.
Strana 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.
Strana 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.
Strana 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,...
Strana 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.
Strana 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.
Strana 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...