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, Volume 5Putnam, 1854 |
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... look in the beginning of thes Achilleid for a Birds . nest which if I am not mistaken is very finely ) described It comes in I think by way of simile towards & Beginning of the Book , where the Joet compares Achikes's mother looking ...
... look in the beginning of thes Achilleid for a Birds . nest which if I am not mistaken is very finely ) described It comes in I think by way of simile towards & Beginning of the Book , where the Joet compares Achikes's mother looking ...
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... look out for any good which does not more immediately relate to his in- terest or convenience , or that Providence , in the very frame of his soul , would not subject him to such a passion as would be useless to the world , and a ...
... look out for any good which does not more immediately relate to his in- terest or convenience , or that Providence , in the very frame of his soul , would not subject him to such a passion as would be useless to the world , and a ...
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... look on their praises rather as a kindness done to his person , than as a tribute paid to his merit . Others who are free from this natural per- verseness of temper , grow wary in their praises of one , who sets too great a value on ...
... look on their praises rather as a kindness done to his person , than as a tribute paid to his merit . Others who are free from this natural per- verseness of temper , grow wary in their praises of one , who sets too great a value on ...
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... look upon him as their equal . But further , a man whose extraordinary reputation thus lifts him up to the notice and observation of mankind , draws a multi- tude of eyes upon him that will narrowly inspect every part of him , consider ...
... look upon him as their equal . But further , a man whose extraordinary reputation thus lifts him up to the notice and observation of mankind , draws a multi- tude of eyes upon him that will narrowly inspect every part of him , consider ...
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... look the most agreeable in white sarcenet ; that a face which is over - flushed , appears to advantage in the deepest scarlet , and that the darkest complexion is not a little alleviated by a black hood . In short , he is for losing the ...
... look the most agreeable in white sarcenet ; that a face which is over - flushed , appears to advantage in the deepest scarlet , and that the darkest complexion is not a little alleviated by a black hood . In short , he is for losing the ...
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Page 467 - Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses. He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. Then are they glad because they be quiet ; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.
Page 435 - I have set the Lord always before me: Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: My flesh also shall rest in hope. For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell ; l Neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. Thou wilt show me the path of life: In thy presence is fulness of joy ; At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
Page 58 - OF man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heavenly Muse...
Page 92 - Awake, My fairest, my espoused, my latest found, Heaven's last best gift, my ever new delight ! Awake : the morning shines, and the fresh field Calls us; we lose the prime, to mark how spring Our tended plants, how blows the citron grove, What drops the myrrh, and what the balmy reed, How nature paints her colours, how the bee Sits on the bloom extracting liquid sweet.
Page 142 - And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer, and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne. And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.
Page 40 - Adam the goodliest man of men since born His sons, the fairest of her daughters Eve.
Page 155 - Our lingering parents, and to the eastern gate Led them direct, and down the cliff as fast To the subjected plain; then disappear'd. They, looking back...
Page 146 - So many grateful altars I would rear Of grassy turf, and pile up every stone Of lustre from the brook, in memory, Or monument to ages ; and thereon Offer sweet-smelling gums, and fruits, and flowers.
Page 134 - Some say, he bid his angels turn askance The poles of earth, twice ten degrees and more, From the sun's axle ; they with labour push'd Oblique the centric globe.
Page 92 - My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. For, lo, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone ; The flowers appear on the earth ; The time of the singing of birds is come, And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land ; The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, And the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.