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... original , it is neat , unaffect- ed , and clear ; and , in general , more correct and rounded than the diction of Steele . The asser- tion of Dr. Johnson , however , should not here be forgotten ; who declared , that " Addison wrote ...
... original , it is neat , unaffect- ed , and clear ; and , in general , more correct and rounded than the diction of Steele . The asser- tion of Dr. Johnson , however , should not here be forgotten ; who declared , that " Addison wrote ...
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... original as that of Sir Roger de Coverley , is the still greater merit of Budgell . In this respect he is certainly superior to Steele ; and his de- scription of the Hunt in N ° 116 , in which the knight makes so delightful and ...
... original as that of Sir Roger de Coverley , is the still greater merit of Budgell . In this respect he is certainly superior to Steele ; and his de- scription of the Hunt in N ° 116 , in which the knight makes so delightful and ...
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... original poet . To a correct judg ment , and a critical knowledge of the ancient lan- guages , he added an accurate ear for the harmony * Lives of the Poets , vol . ii . p . 145 . + I am happy to learn , that a new edition of Spenser is ...
... original poet . To a correct judg ment , and a critical knowledge of the ancient lan- guages , he added an accurate ear for the harmony * Lives of the Poets , vol . ii . p . 145 . + I am happy to learn , that a new edition of Spenser is ...
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... original writer , and in 1712 , the Abbe Vertot's History of the Revolution of Portugal . He afterwards obliged the public with versions of Fontenelle's Discourse concerning the Ancients and Moderns , and of The Letters of Abelard and ...
... original writer , and in 1712 , the Abbe Vertot's History of the Revolution of Portugal . He afterwards obliged the public with versions of Fontenelle's Discourse concerning the Ancients and Moderns , and of The Letters of Abelard and ...
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... original , and so strongly expressive of the great orator's hope of immortality , that I cannot avoid quoting a por- tion of it in the very words of the Roman who , in the person of Cato addressing his friend Scipio , thus delivers his ...
... original , and so strongly expressive of the great orator's hope of immortality , that I cannot avoid quoting a por- tion of it in the very words of the Roman who , in the person of Cato addressing his friend Scipio , thus delivers his ...
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Página 67 - Westward the course of empire takes its way; The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day : Time's noblest offspring is the last.
Página 66 - In happy climes, where from the genial sun And virgin earth such scenes ensue, The force of Art by Nature seems outdone, And fancied beauties by the true : In happy climes, the seat of innocence...
Página 88 - Or o'er the glebe distil the kindly rain; Others on earth o'er human race preside, Watch all their ways, and all their actions guide: Of these the chief the care of nations own, And guard with arms divine the British throne. 'Our humbler province is to tend the fair, Not a less pleasing, though less glorious care; To save the powder from too rude a gale, Nor let th...
Página 381 - It was said of Socrates, that he brought Philosophy down from Heaven to inhabit among Men ; and I shall be ambitious to have it said of me, that I have brought Philosophy out of Closets and Libraries, Schools and Colleges, to dwell in Clubs and Assemblies, at Tea-tables, and in Coffee-houses.
Página 88 - Some to the sun their insect-wings unfold, Waft on the breeze, or sink in clouds of gold ; Transparent forms, too fine for mortal sight, Their fluid bodies half...
Página 104 - Me, let the tender office long engage To rock the cradle of reposing age, With lenient arts extend a mother's breath, 410 Make languor smile, and smooth the bed of death, Explore the thought, explain the asking eye, And keep a while one parent from the sky!
Página 297 - That mingles all my brown with sober gray, Revere the man, whose pilgrim marks the road, And guides the progress of the soul to God.
Página 227 - O'er which were shadowy cast elysian gleams, That played, in waving lights, from place to place ; And shed a roseate smile on nature's face.
Página 342 - The whole examination was summed up with one short question, namely, whether he was prepared for death ? The boy, who had been bred up by honest parents, was frighted out of his wits at the solemnity of the proceeding, and by the last dreadful interrogatory ; so that upon making his escape out of this house of mourning, he could never be brought a second time to the examination, as not being able to go through the terrors of it.
Página 381 - Since I have raised to myself so great an Audience, I shall spare no Pains to make their Instruction agreeable, and their Diversion useful. For which Reasons I shall endeavour to enliven Morality with Wit, and to temper Wit with Morality, that my Readers may, if possible, both Ways find their Account in the Speculation of the Day.