Essays, Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Illustrative of the Tatler, Spectator, and Guardian, Bind 2C. Whittingham, Dean Street, 1805 |
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... Addison . 1. Eustace Budgell ........ 2. John Hughes ...... 3. George Berkeley 4. Alexander Pope .... ESSAY 2. 5. Thomas Tickell ... 6. Jonathan Swift .. 7. Thomas Parnell 8. Henry Grove ... ...... 9. John Byrom . 10. Zachary Pearce ...
... Addison . 1. Eustace Budgell ........ 2. John Hughes ...... 3. George Berkeley 4. Alexander Pope .... ESSAY 2. 5. Thomas Tickell ... 6. Jonathan Swift .. 7. Thomas Parnell 8. Henry Grove ... ...... 9. John Byrom . 10. Zachary Pearce ...
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... ADDISON . To works of such celebrity as were the Tatler , Spectator , and Guardian , and written in a form which very readily admitted , and indeed almost required , numerous contributions from numerous individuals , it might naturally ...
... ADDISON . To works of such celebrity as were the Tatler , Spectator , and Guardian , and written in a form which very readily admitted , and indeed almost required , numerous contributions from numerous individuals , it might naturally ...
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... Addison ; this , as a relation , he easily obtained , and he exhibited so many proofs of ability and classical proficiency , that , when this accomplished scholar was appointed secretary to the Earl of Wharton , Lord Lieutenant of ...
... Addison ; this , as a relation , he easily obtained , and he exhibited so many proofs of ability and classical proficiency , that , when this accomplished scholar was appointed secretary to the Earl of Wharton , Lord Lieutenant of ...
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... Addison , he was known and esteemed in the first circles of the literati . Budgell was at this time about twenty- five years of age , pleasing and elegant in his per- son ; in his address fashionable and engaging ; and , independent of ...
... Addison , he was known and esteemed in the first circles of the literati . Budgell was at this time about twenty- five years of age , pleasing and elegant in his per- son ; in his address fashionable and engaging ; and , independent of ...
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... Addison was himself the author of this epilogue ; and that , when it was actually printed with his name , he came early in the morning , before the copies were distributed , and or- dered it to be given to Mr. E. Budgell , that it might ...
... Addison was himself the author of this epilogue ; and that , when it was actually printed with his name , he came early in the morning , before the copies were distributed , and or- dered it to be given to Mr. E. Budgell , that it might ...
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Side 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.
Side 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...
Side 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...
Side 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.
Side 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...
Side 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!
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.