The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 1Bell & Daldy, 1885 |
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Page ix
... Lives of the Poets ; and Miss Aikin's Memoir , -that it seemed to the publisher unnecessary to add any to that given by Tickell in the original edition of his Works , and adopted by Hurd . The present volumes comprehend all the ...
... Lives of the Poets ; and Miss Aikin's Memoir , -that it seemed to the publisher unnecessary to add any to that given by Tickell in the original edition of his Works , and adopted by Hurd . The present volumes comprehend all the ...
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... live ; and ( oh ! too high The price for knowledge ) taught us how to die . Thou hill , whose brow the antique structures grace , Reared by bold chiefs of Warwick's noble race , Why , once so loved , whene'er thy bower appears , O'er my ...
... live ; and ( oh ! too high The price for knowledge ) taught us how to die . Thou hill , whose brow the antique structures grace , Reared by bold chiefs of Warwick's noble race , Why , once so loved , whene'er thy bower appears , O'er my ...
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... lives intrusted to thy care . Or if no milder thought can calm thy mind , Behold the great avenger of mankind , See mighty Nassau through the battle ride , And see thy subjects gasping by his side : Fain would the pious prince refuse ...
... lives intrusted to thy care . Or if no milder thought can calm thy mind , Behold the great avenger of mankind , See mighty Nassau through the battle ride , And see thy subjects gasping by his side : Fain would the pious prince refuse ...
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... live In hollow rocks , or make a tree their hive . Point all their chinky lodgings round with mud , And leaves most thinly on your work be strowed ; But let no baleful yew - tree flourish near , Nor rotten marshes send out steams of ...
... live In hollow rocks , or make a tree their hive . Point all their chinky lodgings round with mud , And leaves most thinly on your work be strowed ; But let no baleful yew - tree flourish near , Nor rotten marshes send out steams of ...
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... But when both kings are settled in their hive , Mark him who looks the worst , and lest he live Idle at home in ease and luxury , The lazy monarch must be do med to die ; So let the royal insect rule alone , And reign 12 ADDISON'S WORKS .
... But when both kings are settled in their hive , Mark him who looks the worst , and lest he live Idle at home in ease and luxury , The lazy monarch must be do med to die ; So let the royal insect rule alone , And reign 12 ADDISON'S WORKS .
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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.