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, Volume 4Putnam, 1854 |
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... seen : nay , to such a degree was my curiosity raised , that having read the controver sies of some great men concerning the antiquities of Egypt , I made a voyage to Grand Cairo , on purpose to take the measure of a pyramid ; and as ...
... seen : nay , to such a degree was my curiosity raised , that having read the controver sies of some great men concerning the antiquities of Egypt , I made a voyage to Grand Cairo , on purpose to take the measure of a pyramid ; and as ...
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... seen in most public places , though there are not above half a dozen of my select friends that know me ; of whom my next paper shall give a more particular account . There is no place of general resort , wherein I do not often make my ...
... seen in most public places , though there are not above half a dozen of my select friends that know me ; of whom my next paper shall give a more particular account . There is no place of general resort , wherein I do not often make my ...
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... seen at St. James's . " Swift , however , frequented the latter during his sojourn in London , : 710-13 ; till , fighting in the van of the tory ranks , he could no longer show his face there , and was obliged to relinquish the society ...
... seen at St. James's . " Swift , however , frequented the latter during his sojourn in London , : 710-13 ; till , fighting in the van of the tory ranks , he could no longer show his face there , and was obliged to relinquish the society ...
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... seen , read , and heard , I begin to blame my own taciturnity ; and since I have neither time nor inclination to communicate the fulness of my heart in speech , I am resolved to do it in writing , and to print myself out , if possible ...
... seen , read , and heard , I begin to blame my own taciturnity ; and since I have neither time nor inclination to communicate the fulness of my heart in speech , I am resolved to do it in writing , and to print myself out , if possible ...
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... seen ( even in a dream ) before that time . They came in two by two , though matched in the most dissociable manner , and mingled together in a kind of dance . It would be tedious to describe their habits and persons , for which reason ...
... seen ( even in a dream ) before that time . They came in two by two , though matched in the most dissociable manner , and mingled together in a kind of dance . It would be tedious to describe their habits and persons , for which reason ...
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Pagina 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. —
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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,...
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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...