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, Volume 4G.P. Putnam & Company, 1854 |
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... gentleman commonly asked , not where he re but which coffee - house he frequented ? No decently attired idler w cluded , provided he laid down his penny at the bar ; but this he seldom do without struggling through the crowd of beaux ...
... gentleman commonly asked , not where he re but which coffee - house he frequented ? No decently attired idler w cluded , provided he laid down his penny at the bar ; but this he seldom do without struggling through the crowd of beaux ...
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... gentlemen who are con- cerned with me in this work ; for , as I have before intimated , a plan of it is laid and concerted ( as all other matters of importance are ) in a club . However , as my friends have engaged me to 1 The word club ...
... gentlemen who are con- cerned with me in this work ; for , as I have before intimated , a plan of it is laid and concerted ( as all other matters of importance are ) in a club . However , as my friends have engaged me to 1 The word club ...
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... gentleman of Worcestershire , of ancient descent , a baronet , his name Sir Roger de Coverly . His great grandfather was inventor of that famous country - dance 1 V. Introductory remarks . - G . 2 Whenever any striking individuality ...
... gentleman of Worcestershire , of ancient descent , a baronet , his name Sir Roger de Coverly . His great grandfather was inventor of that famous country - dance 1 V. Introductory remarks . - G . 2 Whenever any striking individuality ...
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... gentleman that is very singular in his behaviour , but his singula- city of Worcester , proved himself so powerful a plaintiff that he ousted the then Bishop of Worcester from his place of Royal Almoner for inter- fering in the county ...
... gentleman that is very singular in his behaviour , but his singula- city of Worcester , proved himself so powerful a plaintiff that he ousted the then Bishop of Worcester from his place of Royal Almoner for inter- fering in the county ...
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... gentleman , had often supped with my Lord Ro- chester and Sir George Etherege , fought a duel upon his first coming to town , and kicked Bully Dawson ' in a public coffee- house for calling him youngster . But being ill used by the ...
... gentleman , had often supped with my Lord Ro- chester and Sir George Etherege , fought a duel upon his first coming to town , and kicked Bully Dawson ' in a public coffee- house for calling him youngster . But being ill used by the ...
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Page 584 - Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides. Come, and trip it as you go, On the light fantastic toe ; And in thy right hand lead with thee The mountain nymph, sweet Liberty; And if I give thee honour due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew, To live with her and live with thee, In unreproved pleasures free...
Page 378 - the tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human life; and passing from one thought to another, Surely, said I, man is but a shadow, and life a dream.
Page 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.
Page 380 - As I looked more attentively, I saw several of the passengers dropping through the bridge into the great tide that flowed underneath it; and upon. further examination, perceived there were innumerable trapdoors that lay concealed in the bridge, which the passengers no sooner trod upon, but they fell through them into the tide, and immediately disappeared. These hidden pit-falls were set very thick at the entrance of the bridge, so that throngs of people no sooner broke through the cloud, but many...
Page 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.
Page 80 - ... human body. Upon this I began to consider with myself, what innumerable multitudes of people lay confused together under the pavement of that ancient cathedral ; how men and women, friends...
Page 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,...
Page 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.
Page 48 - 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. How often from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive each to other's note, Singing their great Creator...
Page 379 - I see a bridge, said I, standing in the midst of the tide. The bridge thou seest, said he, is human life ; consider it attentively.