The British Poets: Including Translations ...C. Whittingham, 1822 |
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Pagina 22
... virtues , was to fall before a tyrant . The fact is certain ; the motives we must guess . " Addison was , I believe , sufficiently disposed to bar all avenues against all danger . When Pope brought him the prologue , which is properly ...
... virtues , was to fall before a tyrant . The fact is certain ; the motives we must guess . " Addison was , I believe , sufficiently disposed to bar all avenues against all danger . When Pope brought him the prologue , which is properly ...
Pagina 30
... virtue in the sentiments , or elegance in the language . He engaged in a nobler work , a Defence of the Christian Religion , of which part was published after his death ; and he designed to have made a new poetical version of the Psalms ...
... virtue in the sentiments , or elegance in the language . He engaged in a nobler work , a Defence of the Christian Religion , of which part was published after his death ; and he designed to have made a new poetical version of the Psalms ...
Pagina 35
... virtue it is a sufficient testimony , that the resentment of party has transmitted no charge of any crime . He was not one of those who are praised only after death ; for his merit was so generally ac- knowledged , that Swift , having ...
... virtue it is a sufficient testimony , that the resentment of party has transmitted no charge of any crime . He was not one of those who are praised only after death ; for his merit was so generally ac- knowledged , that Swift , having ...
Pagina 40
... virtue , do no more than praise it . Yet it is reason- able to believe that Addison's professions and prac- tice were at no great variance , since amidst that storm of faction in which most of his life was passed , though his station ...
... virtue , do no more than praise it . Yet it is reason- able to believe that Addison's professions and prac- tice were at no great variance , since amidst that storm of faction in which most of his life was passed , though his station ...
Pagina 48
... virtue suffer , and vice triumph : for not only Cato is vanquished by Cæsar , but the treachery and perfidiousness of Syphax prevail over the honest simplicity and the credulity of Juba ; and the sly subtlety and dissimu- lation of ...
... virtue suffer , and vice triumph : for not only Cato is vanquished by Cæsar , but the treachery and perfidiousness of Syphax prevail over the honest simplicity and the credulity of Juba ; and the sly subtlety and dissimu- lation of ...
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Parole e frasi comuni
Addison admired ÆNeid Aëre æther amidst ancient apple arms atque behold Blenheim bless'd blood boast Britannia's British Britons Cato charms Chevy Chase Cider Danube death delight dire dreadful eyes fame fate fear fields fierce fight fire flow force friends fruits fuci Gallic Gaul genius Georgics gods grace ground hand heart Heaven hero hive immortal ingens JOSEPH ADDISON Juba juice kings labours Lord lord Halifax Marlborough mighty mœnia Muse native numbers nunc o'er omne Ovid Philips pleased poem poet poetical poetry Pope praise prince quæ rage reader reign rise scenes Sempronius shades shine shore sing smiles soil song soul sound Spectator Splendid Shilling Steele storms streams superbit sweet sword Syphax taste Tatler thee thou thought Thrice throne thunder Tickell tion toils turba verse vestigia Virgil virtue Whig Whilst winds wine wings write
Brani popolari
Pagina 105 - Soon as the evening shades prevail, The Moon takes up the wondrous tale; And nightly, to the listening Earth, Repeats the story of her birth : Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets, in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Pagina 106 - When all Thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view, I'm lost In wonder, love, and praise.
Pagina 107 - In midst of dangers, fears, and death, Thy goodness I'll adore, And praise thee for thy mercies past, And humbly hope for more. My life, if thou preserv'st my life, Thy sacrifice shall be ; And death, if death must be my doom, Shall join my soul to thee.
Pagina 106 - HOW are thy servants blest, O Lord, How sure is their defence ! Eternal wisdom is their guide, Their help, omnipotence.
Pagina 30 - Button had been a servant in the Countess of Warwick's family, who, under the patronage of Addison, kept a coffee-house on the south side of Russell Street, about two doors from Covent Garden. Here it was that the wits of that time used to assemble.
Pagina 107 - O'erwhelm'd with guilt and fear, I see my Maker, face to face ; O, how shall I appear . 2 If yet, while pardon may be found, And mercy may be sought, My heart with inward horror shrinks, And trembles at the thought ; 3 When thou, O Lord, shalt stand disclosed In majesty severe, And sit in judgment on my soul, O, how shall I appear...
Pagina 85 - Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage. So when an angel, by divine command, With rising tempests shakes a guilty land (Such as of late o'er pale Britannia passed), Calm and serene he drives the furious blast; And pleased the Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.
Pagina 106 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart That tastes those gifts with joy.
Pagina 93 - Where western gales eternally reside, And all the Seasons lavish all their pride ; Blossoms, and fruits, and flowers, together rise, And the whole year in gay confusion lies.
Pagina 56 - All the enchantment of fancy and all the cogency of argument are employed to recommend to the reader his real interest, the care of pleasing the Author of his being.