The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison: With the Exception of His Numbers of the Spectator, Bände 5-6W. Durell & Company, 1811 |
Im Buch
Ergebnisse 1-5 von 59
Seite 21
... its source . This river has been made the scene of two or three poetical stories . Ovid has chosen it out to throw his Phaeton into it , after all the smaller rivers had been dried up in the confla- REMARKS ON ITALY . 21.
... its source . This river has been made the scene of two or three poetical stories . Ovid has chosen it out to throw his Phaeton into it , after all the smaller rivers had been dried up in the confla- REMARKS ON ITALY . 21.
Seite 22
... stories that have been made of it . -Ille caput placidis sublime fluentis Extulit , et totis lucem spargentia ripis Aurea roranti micuerunt cornua vultu . Non illi madidum vulgaris Arundine crinen Velat honos , rami capat umbravere ...
... stories that have been made of it . -Ille caput placidis sublime fluentis Extulit , et totis lucem spargentia ripis Aurea roranti micuerunt cornua vultu . Non illi madidum vulgaris Arundine crinen Velat honos , rami capat umbravere ...
Seite 39
... story is too well known to be repeated in this place . I here likewise saw the figure and armour of him that beaded the peasants in the war upon Berne , with the several weapons which were found in the hands of his followers . They show ...
... story is too well known to be repeated in this place . I here likewise saw the figure and armour of him that beaded the peasants in the war upon Berne , with the several weapons which were found in the hands of his followers . They show ...
Seite 40
... there is a monument erected by the republic of Berne , which tells us the story of an Englishman , who is not to be met with in any of our own writers . The inscription is in Latin verse on one side of the stone 40 REMARKS ON ITALY .
... there is a monument erected by the republic of Berne , which tells us the story of an Englishman , who is not to be met with in any of our own writers . The inscription is in Latin verse on one side of the stone 40 REMARKS ON ITALY .
Seite 117
... story of Agbarus , king of Edessa , re- lating to the letter which he sent to our Saviour , and to that which he received from him , is a record of great authority ; and though I will not insist upon it , may venture to say , that had ...
... story of Agbarus , king of Edessa , re- lating to the letter which he sent to our Saviour , and to that which he received from him , is a record of great authority ; and though I will not insist upon it , may venture to say , that had ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
ABIGAIL arms atque beauty behold blood bright BUTLER Cæsar canton of Berne cantons Cato Cato's charms Christianity church COACHMAN conjurer death DECIUS dost thou drum emperor Ev'n ev'ry eyes Fantome fate father fear friends GARDENER Gaul Georgic give goddess gods GRIDELINE grief hand hast hear heart heaven Hesiod honour Irenæus Jove JUBA king LADY lake learned live look lov'd Lucia LUCIUS maid Marcia Marcus mighty mountains muse numbers Numidian nymph o'er Ovid Pagan passion Pentheus poet Portius prince Prithee QUEEN rage religion rise river Roman Roman senate Rome Rosamond Saviour Saviour's history SCENE SEMPRONIUS shine sight SIR GEORGE SIR TRUSTY soul Spanish monarchy speak stand Switzerland sword SYPHAX tears tell thee thing thought thousand TINSEL tion Tirol town VELLUM verse view'd virgin virtue Whilst whole winds youth САТО
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 128 - Whosoever . therefore shall confess Me before men, him will I confess also before My Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny Me before men, him will I also deny before My Father which is in heaven.
Seite 62 - For, wit lying most in the assemblage of ideas, and putting those together with quickness and variety wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity, thereby to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy...
Seite 157 - ... there is all Nature cries aloud Through all her works). He must delight in virtue ; And that which He delights in must be happy. But when ? or where ? This world was made for Caesar — I'm weary of conjectures — this must end them.
Seite 213 - Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage. So when an angel by divine command With rising tempests shakes a guilty land, Such as of late o'er pale Britannia...
Seite 189 - For wheresoe'er I turn my ravish'd eyes, Gay gilded scenes and shining prospects rise, Poetic fields encompass me around, And still I seem to tread on classic ground...
Seite 269 - The man resolv'd and steady to his trust, Inflexible to ill, and obstinately just, May the rude rabble's insolence despise, Their senseless clamours, and tumultuous cries : The tyrant's fierceness he beguiles, And the stern brow, and the harsh voice defies, And with superior greatness smiles.
Seite 90 - Tis not in mortals to command success, But we'll do more, Sempronius; we'll deserve it.
Seite 197 - With all the gifts that heav'n and earth impart, The smiles of nature, and the charms of art, While proud oppression in her valleys reigns, And tyranny usurps her happy plains...
Seite 111 - Would he save Cato, bid him spare his country. Tell your dictator this: and tell him, Cato Disdains a life which he has power to offer.
Seite 184 - Messiah's outspread banner shines, How does the chariot rattle in his lines! What sounds of brazen wheels, what thunder, scare, And stun the reader with the din of war! With fear my spirits and my blood retire, To see the seraphs sunk in clouds of fire; But when, with eager steps, from hence I rise, And view the first gay scenes of Paradise, What tongue, what words of rapture, can express A vision so profuse of pleasantness!