The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 1Bell & Daldy, 1885 |
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... Virgil's Fourth Georgic , except the story of Aristæus A Song for St. Cecilia's Day at Oxford An Account of the Greatest English Poets . • A Letter from Italy to the Right Honourable Charles Lord Halifax , in the year 1701 The same ...
... Virgil's Fourth Georgic , except the story of Aristæus A Song for St. Cecilia's Day at Oxford An Account of the Greatest English Poets . • A Letter from Italy to the Right Honourable Charles Lord Halifax , in the year 1701 The same ...
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... Virgil , of which Mr. Dryden makes very honourable mention , in the postscript to his own trans- lation of all Virgil's works ; wherein I have often wondered that he did not at the same time acknowledge his obligation to Mr. Addison ...
... Virgil , of which Mr. Dryden makes very honourable mention , in the postscript to his own trans- lation of all Virgil's works ; wherein I have often wondered that he did not at the same time acknowledge his obligation to Mr. Addison ...
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... Virgil , which had been by him com- municated to his friend . The assistance he occasionally gave him afterwards in the course of the paper , did not a little contribute to advance its reputation ; and , upon the change of the ministry ...
... Virgil , which had been by him com- municated to his friend . The assistance he occasionally gave him afterwards in the course of the paper , did not a little contribute to advance its reputation ; and , upon the change of the ministry ...
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... Virgil's majesty , And Horace wonders at himself in thee . It would not be fair to criticise our author's poetry , especially the poetry of his younger days , very exactly . He was not a poet born : or , he had not studied , with ...
... Virgil's majesty , And Horace wonders at himself in thee . It would not be fair to criticise our author's poetry , especially the poetry of his younger days , very exactly . He was not a poet born : or , he had not studied , with ...
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... Virgil raised his voice , and sung the man Who , driven by stress of fate , such dangers bore On stormy seas and a disastrous shore , Before he settled in the promised earth , And gave the empire of the world its birth . Troy long had ...
... Virgil raised his voice , and sung the man Who , driven by stress of fate , such dangers bore On stormy seas and a disastrous shore , Before he settled in the promised earth , And gave the empire of the world its birth . Troy long had ...
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Page 182 - Tis not a set of features, or complexion, The tincture of a skin, that I admire: Beauty soon grows familiar to the lover, Fades in his eye, and palls upon the sense.
Page 49 - The victor's shouts and dying groans confound, The dreadful burst of cannon rend the skies, And all the thunder of the battle rise. "Twas then great Marlborough's mighty soul was proved, That, in the shock of charging hosts unmoved, Amidst confusion, horror, and despair, Examined all the dreadful scenes of war ; In peaceful thought the field of death surveyed, To fainting squadrons sent the timely aid, Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage.
Page xvii - To strew fresh laurels, let the task be mine, A frequent pilgrim at thy sacred shrine ; Mine with true sighs thy absence to bemoan, And grave with faithful epitaphs thy stone.