The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 1Bell & Daldy, 1885 |
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Page xvii
... side , and his honour on the other , to send it into the world without any dedication . The fame of this Tragedy soon spread through Europe , and it has not only been translated , but acted in most of the languages of Christendom . The ...
... side , and his honour on the other , to send it into the world without any dedication . The fame of this Tragedy soon spread through Europe , and it has not only been translated , but acted in most of the languages of Christendom . The ...
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... side : Fain would the pious prince refuse the alarm , Fain would he check the fury of his arm ; But when thy cruelties his thoughts engage , The hero kindles with becoming rage , Then countries stolen , and captives unrestored , Give ...
... side : Fain would the pious prince refuse the alarm , Fain would he check the fury of his arm ; But when thy cruelties his thoughts engage , The hero kindles with becoming rage , Then countries stolen , and captives unrestored , Give ...
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... side , Till his bruised bowels burst within the hide ; When dead , they leave him rotting on the ground , With branches , thyme and cassia , strowed around . All this is done , when first the western breeze © 2 POEMS ON SEVERAL ...
... side , Till his bruised bowels burst within the hide ; When dead , they leave him rotting on the ground , With branches , thyme and cassia , strowed around . All this is done , when first the western breeze © 2 POEMS ON SEVERAL ...
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... side the fruitful carcass pours grown , Its swarming brood , as thick as summer showers , Or flights of arrows from the Parthian bows , When twanging strings first shoot ' em on the foes Thus have I sung the nature of the bee . While ...
... side the fruitful carcass pours grown , Its swarming brood , as thick as summer showers , Or flights of arrows from the Parthian bows , When twanging strings first shoot ' em on the foes Thus have I sung the nature of the bee . While ...
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... cave ; A dungeon wide and horrible , the walls On all sides furred with mouldy damps , and hung With clots of ropy gore , and human limbs , His dire repast : himself of mighty size , Hoarse POEMS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS . 39.
... cave ; A dungeon wide and horrible , the walls On all sides furred with mouldy damps , and hung With clots of ropy gore , and human limbs , His dire repast : himself of mighty size , Hoarse POEMS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS . 39.
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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.