The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 1Bell & Daldy, 1885 |
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... Poets ' Corner . - Such mark of national respect was due to the unsullied statesman , to the accomplished scholar , to the master of pure English eloquence , to the consummate painter of life and manners . It was due , above all , to ...
... Poets ' Corner . - Such mark of national respect was due to the unsullied statesman , to the accomplished scholar , to the master of pure English eloquence , to the consummate painter of life and manners . It was due , above all , to ...
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... 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 materials for a Life ...
... 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 materials for a Life ...
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... Poem to His Majesty Translations of all 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 ...
... Poem to His Majesty Translations of all 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 ...
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... POETS Dialogue I. II . III . 253 255 273 338 · Three Sets of Medals , illustrated by the Ancient Poets in the foregoing Dialogues 353 REMARKS ON SEVERAL PARTS OF ITALY , IN THE YEARS 1701 , 1702 , 1703 1. PORTRAIT • LIST OF ...
... POETS Dialogue I. II . III . 253 255 273 338 · Three Sets of Medals , illustrated by the Ancient Poets in the foregoing Dialogues 353 REMARKS ON SEVERAL PARTS OF ITALY , IN THE YEARS 1701 , 1702 , 1703 1. PORTRAIT • LIST OF ...
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... Poem to King William , " i . 3 , vi . 547 . Engaged in translating Herodotus , v . 318-321 . 1697 1698 1699 · 27 Writes his poem " on the Peace of Ryswick , " i . 233 , vi . 549 , and Latin Letter to Montague , i . 233 , v . 321 . 1693 ...
... Poem to King William , " i . 3 , vi . 547 . Engaged in translating Herodotus , v . 318-321 . 1697 1698 1699 · 27 Writes his poem " on the Peace of Ryswick , " i . 233 , vi . 549 , and Latin Letter to Montague , i . 233 , v . 321 . 1693 ...
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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.