Selections from the Writings of Joseph AddisonGinn, 1905 - 346 Seiten |
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... pass , ( Now cover'd o'er with weeds , and hid in grass ) Breathing revenge ; whilst anger and disdain Fire ev'ry breast , and boil in ev'ry vein : Here shatter'd walls , like broken rocks , from far Rise up in hideous views , the guilt ...
... pass , ( Now cover'd o'er with weeds , and hid in grass ) Breathing revenge ; whilst anger and disdain Fire ev'ry breast , and boil in ev'ry vein : Here shatter'd walls , like broken rocks , from far Rise up in hideous views , the guilt ...
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... pass , Threat'ning destruction ; rows of hollow brass , Tube behind tube , the dreadful entrance keep , 130 Whilst in their wombs ten thousand thunders sleep : Great CHURCHILL owns , charm'd with the glorious sight , His march o'er ...
... pass , Threat'ning destruction ; rows of hollow brass , Tube behind tube , the dreadful entrance keep , 130 Whilst in their wombs ten thousand thunders sleep : Great CHURCHILL owns , charm'd with the glorious sight , His march o'er ...
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... not for thy self ; thy Queen demands Conquest and peace from thy victorious hands ; Kingdoms and empires in thy fortune join , And Europe's destiny depends on thine . 175 180 At length the long - disputed pass they gain , I 2 THE CAMPAIGN.
... not for thy self ; thy Queen demands Conquest and peace from thy victorious hands ; Kingdoms and empires in thy fortune join , And Europe's destiny depends on thine . 175 180 At length the long - disputed pass they gain , I 2 THE CAMPAIGN.
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Joseph Addison Barrett Wendell, Chester Noyes Greenough. At length the long - disputed pass they gain , By crouded armies fortify'd in vain ; The war breaks in , the fierce Bavarians yield , And see their camp with British legions fill'd ...
Joseph Addison Barrett Wendell, Chester Noyes Greenough. At length the long - disputed pass they gain , By crouded armies fortify'd in vain ; The war breaks in , the fierce Bavarians yield , And see their camp with British legions fill'd ...
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... pass ; Nor fens nor floods can stop Britannia's bands , When her proud foe rang'd on their borders stands . But O , my Muse , what numbers wilt thou find To sing the furious troops in battel join'd ! 260 265 270 Methinks I hear the ...
... pass ; Nor fens nor floods can stop Britannia's bands , When her proud foe rang'd on their borders stands . But O , my Muse , what numbers wilt thou find To sing the furious troops in battel join'd ! 260 265 270 Methinks I hear the ...
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Seite xviii - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike...
Seite xviii - Peace to all such ! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease : Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Seite 170 - The Genius making me no answer, I turned about to address myself to him a second time, but I found that he had left me ; I then turned again to the vision which I had been so long contemplating; but instead of the rolling tide, the arched bridge, and the happy islands, I saw nothing but the long hollow valley of Bagdat, with oxen, sheep, and camels grazing upon the sides of it.
Seite 167 - Cast thy eyes eastward, said he, and tell me what thou seest. I see, said I, a huge valley, and a prodigious tide of water rolling through it. The valley that thou seest, said he, is the vale of misery ; and the tide of water that thou seest, is part of the great tide of eternity. What is the reason...
Seite 61 - 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.
Seite 331 - cries Partridge, with a contemptuous sneer, "why I could act as well as he myself. I am sure, if I had seen a ghost, I should have looked in the very same manner, and done just as he did.
Seite 26 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
Seite 61 - But being ill-used by the above-mentioned widow, he was very serious for a year and a half ; and though, his temper being naturally jovial, he at last got over it, he grew careless of himself, and never dressed afterwards. He continues to wear a coat and doublet of the same cut that were in fashion at the time of his repulse...
Seite 169 - Look no more, said he, on man in the first stage of his existence, in his setting out for eternity; but cast thine eye on that thick mist into which the tide bears the several generations of mortals that fall into it.
Seite 58 - Thus I live in the world rather as a spectator of mankind than as one of the species...