The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 1Bell & Daldy, 1885 |
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Page vi
... present and the early pages of the fifth . The remainder , nearly one - third of the whole , is additional , for the most part transcribed from manuscripts in public depositories and private collections , or gleaned from rare or ...
... present and the early pages of the fifth . The remainder , nearly one - third of the whole , is additional , for the most part transcribed from manuscripts in public depositories and private collections , or gleaned from rare or ...
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... present year were then counted as the last three of the old , and conventionally written thus : January 1 , 1699-1700 , or March 24 , 1717-18 . The historical year commenced , as at present , on the 1st of January ( the Circumcision ) ...
... present year were then counted as the last three of the old , and conventionally written thus : January 1 , 1699-1700 , or March 24 , 1717-18 . The historical year commenced , as at present , on the 1st of January ( the Circumcision ) ...
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Joseph Addison Richard Hurd, Henry George Bohn. present volumes , it has happened , in more than one instance , that duplicate copies of official papers were found to vary 11 days in their respective dates , according as the writer ...
Joseph Addison Richard Hurd, Henry George Bohn. present volumes , it has happened , in more than one instance , that duplicate copies of official papers were found to vary 11 days in their respective dates , according as the writer ...
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... present was originally intended as a mere reprint , the same deficiency had well nigh occurred : but the publisher has the satisfac- tion of remedying this omission , by giving them at the end of the work , with directions to the binder ...
... present was originally intended as a mere reprint , the same deficiency had well nigh occurred : but the publisher has the satisfac- tion of remedying this omission , by giving them at the end of the work , with directions to the binder ...
Page xiv
... Present State of the War , " iv . 340 . 36 Returned M. P. for Lostwithiel , but " not duly elected , " v . 425 . Writes Letters from Sandy - End ( near Fulham ) to Earl of War . wick , v . 386-7 . - -- 37 - 38 39 40 1713 Mar. 12 41 ...
... Present State of the War , " iv . 340 . 36 Returned M. P. for Lostwithiel , but " not duly elected , " v . 425 . Writes Letters from Sandy - End ( near Fulham ) to Earl of War . wick , v . 386-7 . - -- 37 - 38 39 40 1713 Mar. 12 41 ...
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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.