The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 1Bell & Daldy, 1885 |
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... meet with any willing and competent substitute . His own extensive collection of books and MSS . , which no one else was likely to use so well , his knowledge of the depositories of literary stores , and his general acquaintance with ...
... meet with any willing and competent substitute . His own extensive collection of books and MSS . , which no one else was likely to use so well , his knowledge of the depositories of literary stores , and his general acquaintance with ...
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... 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 to the ...
... 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 to the ...
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... meet , And boldly challenge out the foe to fight : At last , when all the heavens are warm and fair , They rush together out , and join ; the air Swarms thick , and echoes with the humming war . All in a firm round cluster mix , and ...
... meet , And boldly challenge out the foe to fight : At last , when all the heavens are warm and fair , They rush together out , and join ; the air Swarms thick , and echoes with the humming war . All in a firm round cluster mix , and ...
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... meet each other , mingling blaze with blaze . Polished in courts , and hardened in the field , Renowned for conquest , and in council skilled , Their courage dwells not in a troubled flood Of mounting spirits , and fermenting blood ...
... meet each other , mingling blaze with blaze . Polished in courts , and hardened in the field , Renowned for conquest , and in council skilled , Their courage dwells not in a troubled flood Of mounting spirits , and fermenting blood ...
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... meet their doom , New to the field , and heroes in the bloom ! The illustrious youths , that left their native shore To march where Britons never marched before , ( Oh fatal love of fame ! oh glorious heat , Only destructive to the ...
... meet their doom , New to the field , and heroes in the bloom ! The illustrious youths , that left their native shore To march where Britons never marched before , ( Oh fatal love of fame ! oh glorious heat , Only destructive to the ...
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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.