The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, a New Ed., with Notes, Volume 2T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1811 |
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... told me , with a great deal of gravity , that his master and the king of France , amidst all the confu- sions of Europe , had ever been good friends and allies . The palace has handsome apartments , that are many of them hung with ...
... told me , with a great deal of gravity , that his master and the king of France , amidst all the confu- sions of Europe , had ever been good friends and allies . The palace has handsome apartments , that are many of them hung with ...
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... told me , is one of the best in Italy . I know nothing more remarkable , in the government of Genoa , than the bank of St. George , made up of such branches of the revenues , as have been set apart , and appropriated to the discharging ...
... told me , is one of the best in Italy . I know nothing more remarkable , in the government of Genoa , than the bank of St. George , made up of such branches of the revenues , as have been set apart , and appropriated to the discharging ...
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... told us , begun to justify them- selves by miracles . At the corner of one of the clois- ters of this convent are buried the duke of Suffolk , and the duke of Lorrain , who were both killed in the fa- mous battle of Pavia . Their ...
... told us , begun to justify them- selves by miracles . At the corner of one of the clois- ters of this convent are buried the duke of Suffolk , and the duke of Lorrain , who were both killed in the fa- mous battle of Pavia . Their ...
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... told three sides of it ; and these are not half so thick set as they intend them . The statues are all of marble , and generally well cut ; but the most valuable one they have is a St. Bartholomew , new - flead , with his skin hanging ...
... told three sides of it ; and these are not half so thick set as they intend them . The statues are all of marble , and generally well cut ; but the most valuable one they have is a St. Bartholomew , new - flead , with his skin hanging ...
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... told , that in Milan there are sixty convents of women , eighty of men , and two hundred churches . At the Celestines is a picture in fresco of the marriage of Cana , very much esteemed ; but the painter , whether designedly or not ...
... told , that in Milan there are sixty convents of women , eighty of men , and two hundred churches . At the Celestines is a picture in fresco of the marriage of Cana , very much esteemed ; but the painter , whether designedly or not ...
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Page 280 - When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glist'ring with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers ; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening mild ; then silent night With this her solemn bird and this fair moon, And these the gems of heaven, her starry train...
Page 279 - With thee conversing I forget all time ; All seasons and their change, all please alike. Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds...
Page 392 - As one who, long in populous city pent, Where houses thick and sewers annoy the air, Forth issuing on a summer's morn, to breathe Among the pleasant villages and farms Adjoin'd, from each thing met conceives delight ; The smell of grain, or tedded grass, or kine, Or dairy, each rural sight, each rural sound...
Page 280 - But neither breath of Morn when she ascends With charm of earliest birds ; nor rising sun On this delightful land ; nor herb, fruit, flower, Glistering with dew ; nor fragrance, after showers ; Nor grateful evening mild ; nor silent Night, With this her solemn bird, nor walk by moon, Or glittering star-light, without thee is sweet.
Page 472 - Besides my innumerable sins, I confess before thee, that I am debtor to thee for the gracious talent of thy gifts and graces, which I have neither put into a napkin, nor put it (as I ought) to exchangers, where it might have made best profit, but mis-spent it in things for which I was least fit : so I may truly say, my soul hath been a stranger in the course of my pilgrimage. Be merciful unto me, O Lord, for my Saviour's sake, and receive me unto thy bosom, or guide me in thy ways.
Page 273 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long...
Page 289 - tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Page 79 - Within a long recess there lies a bay : An island shades it from the rolling sea, And forms a port secure for ships to ride : Broke by the jutting land on either side, In double streams the briny waters glide, Betwixt two rows of rocks : a sylvan scene Appears above, and groves for ever green : A grot is form'd beneath, with mossy seats, To rest the Nereids, and exclude the heats.
Page 280 - Others apart sat on a hill retir'd, In thoughts more elevate, and reason'd high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate; Fix'd fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute, And found no end, in wandering mazes lost.
Page 400 - But to consider this subject in its most ridiculous lights, advertisements are of great use to the vulgar. First of all as they are instruments of ambition. A man that is by no means big enough for the gazette may easily creep into the advertisements, by which means we often see an apothecary in the same paper of news with a plenipotentiary, or a running footman with an ambassador.