The Works of Joseph Addison: Including the Whole Contents of Bp. Hurd's Edition, with Letters and Other Pieces Not Found in Any Previous Collection; and Macaulay's Essay on His Life and Works, Nide 4Putnam, 1854 |
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... sometimes I am seen thrusting my head into a round of politicians at Will's , and listening with great attention to the narratives that are made in those little circular audiences . Some- A half century's contention respecting the exact ...
... sometimes I am seen thrusting my head into a round of politicians at Will's , and listening with great attention to the narratives that are made in those little circular audiences . Some- A half century's contention respecting the exact ...
Sivu 5
... sometimes join the little committee of politics in the inner room , as one who comes there to hear and improve . escape of overboiling party zeal ; and the hot blood , roused in public rooms to quarrelling pitch , was too often cooled ...
... sometimes join the little committee of politics in the inner room , as one who comes there to hear and improve . escape of overboiling party zeal ; and the hot blood , roused in public rooms to quarrelling pitch , was too often cooled ...
Sivu 6
... sometimes pass for a Jew in the assembly of stockjobbers at Jonathan's : in short , wherever I see cherished . Up to that time all his letters were addressed to the St. James's coffee - house , and those from Mrs. Johnston ( Stella ) ...
... sometimes pass for a Jew in the assembly of stockjobbers at Jonathan's : in short , wherever I see cherished . Up to that time all his letters were addressed to the St. James's coffee - house , and those from Mrs. Johnston ( Stella ) ...
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... sometimes suffer from them . I am credibly informed , that there was once a design of casting into an opera the story of Whittington ' and his cat , and that in order to do it , there had been got together a great quantity of mice ; but ...
... sometimes suffer from them . I am credibly informed , that there was once a design of casting into an opera the story of Whittington ' and his cat , and that in order to do it , there had been got together a great quantity of mice ; but ...
Sivu 56
... sometimes live in town , not to enjoy it so properly , as to grow weary of it , that they may renew in themselves the relish of a country life . By this means they are happy in each other , beloved by their children , adored by their ...
... sometimes live in town , not to enjoy it so properly , as to grow weary of it , that they may renew in themselves the relish of a country life . By this means they are happy in each other , beloved by their children , adored by their ...
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Sivu 382 - ... fountains, or resting on beds of flowers: and could hear a confused harmony of singing birds, falling waters, human voices, and musical instruments. — Gladness grew in me upon the discovery of so delightful a scene. I wished for the wings of an eagle, that I might fly away to those happy seats; but the genius told me there was no passage to them, except through the gates of death that I saw opening every moment upon the bridge. —
Sivu 48 - Shine not in vain ; nor think, though men were none, That heaven would want spectators, God want praise : Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep : All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night.
Sivu 83 - When I read the several dates of the tombs, of some that died yesterday, and some six hundred years ago, I consider that great day when we shall all of us be contemporaries, and make our appearance together.
Sivu 12 - It is said he keeps himself a bachelor by reason he was crossed in love by a perverse beautiful widow of the next county to him.
Sivu 381 - I could discover nothing in it; but the other appeared to me a vast ocean planted with innumerable islands, that were covered with fruits and flowers, and interwoven with a thousand little shining seas that ran among them.
Sivu 379 - The genius smiled upon me with a look of compassion and affability that familiarized him to my imagination, and at once dispelled all the fears and apprehensions with which I approached him. He lifted me from the ground, and taking me by the hand, Mirza, said he, I have heard thee in thy soliloquies ; follow me.
Sivu 381 - I observed some with scimitars in their hands, and others with urinals, who ran to and fro upon the bridge, thrusting several persons on trap-doors which did not seem to lie in their way, and which they might have escaped, had they not been thus forced upon them. "The genius, seeing me indulge myself in this melancholy prospect, told me I had dwelt long enough upon it. ' Take thine eyes off the bridge,' said he, ' and tell me if thou yet seest anything thou dost not comprehend.' Upon looking up,...
Sivu 2 - I HAVE observed that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure, till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or a fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor, with other particulars of the like nature, that conduce very much to the right understanding of an author.
Sivu 220 - The stout Earl of Northumberland, A vow to God did make, His pleasure in the Scottish woods Three summer's days to take; The chiefest harts in Chevy-Chase To kill and bear away.
Sivu 13 - ... his tenants grow rich, his servants look satisfied, all the young women profess love to him, and the young men are glad of his company...