The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 1Bell & Daldy, 1885 |
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Page xvii
... fancy . The generality of our old English poets abound in forced conceits and affected phrases ; and even those who are said to come the nearest to exactness , are but too often fond of unnatural beauties , and aim at something better ...
... fancy . The generality of our old English poets abound in forced conceits and affected phrases ; and even those who are said to come the nearest to exactness , are but too often fond of unnatural beauties , and aim at something better ...
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... fancy , meets my waking eyes . If business calls , or crowded courts invite , Th ' unblemished statesman seems to strike my sight ; If in the stage I seek to soothe my care , I meet his soul , which breathes in Cato there : If pensive ...
... fancy , meets my waking eyes . If business calls , or crowded courts invite , Th ' unblemished statesman seems to strike my sight ; If in the stage I seek to soothe my care , I meet his soul , which breathes in Cato there : If pensive ...
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... fancy led , pursued Through pathless fields , and unfrequented floods , To dens of dragons and enchanted woods . But now the mystic tale , that pleased of yore , Can charm an understanding age no more ; The long - spun allegories ...
... fancy led , pursued Through pathless fields , and unfrequented floods , To dens of dragons and enchanted woods . But now the mystic tale , that pleased of yore , Can charm an understanding age no more ; The long - spun allegories ...
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... fancy's unexhausted store Has given already much , and promised more . Congreve shall still preserve thy fame alive , And Dryden's muse shall in his friend survive . I'm tired with rhyming , and would fain give o'er , But justice still ...
... fancy's unexhausted store Has given already much , and promised more . Congreve shall still preserve thy fame alive , And Dryden's muse shall in his friend survive . I'm tired with rhyming , and would fain give o'er , But justice still ...
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... fancy , and brightened his expression . Mr. Pope used to speak very favourably of this poem . De Fiumi Re , che sovra i pian scorrendo , A Letter from Italy to the Right Honourable Charles Lord Halifax, in the year 1701.
... fancy , and brightened his expression . Mr. Pope used to speak very favourably of this poem . De Fiumi Re , che sovra i pian scorrendo , A Letter from Italy to the Right Honourable Charles Lord Halifax, in the year 1701.
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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.