The works of ... Joseph Addison, collected by mr. Tickell, Volume 31804 |
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Page 136
... proper seasons , and on proper occasions ; but , on the contrary , a great grievance to society , when they infect every discourse with insipid mirth , and turn into ridicule such subjects as are not suited to it . For though laughter ...
... proper seasons , and on proper occasions ; but , on the contrary , a great grievance to society , when they infect every discourse with insipid mirth , and turn into ridicule such subjects as are not suited to it . For though laughter ...
Page 286
... proper characters and divisions , as they resemble several instruments that are in use among the masters of harmony . Of these , therefore , in their order ; and first of the drum . Your drums are the blusterers in conversation , that ...
... proper characters and divisions , as they resemble several instruments that are in use among the masters of harmony . Of these , therefore , in their order ; and first of the drum . Your drums are the blusterers in conversation , that ...
Page 291
... proper residence for every thing that resembles death , the poet tells us , that Sleep , whom he represents as a near relation to Death , has likewise his habitation in these quarters , and de- scribes in them a huge gloomy elm - tree ...
... proper residence for every thing that resembles death , the poet tells us , that Sleep , whom he represents as a near relation to Death , has likewise his habitation in these quarters , and de- scribes in them a huge gloomy elm - tree ...
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