The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Bind 2Vernor and Hood; John Walker; Cuthell and Martin; W.J. and J. Richardson; Longman and Rees; R. Lea; and J. and A. Arch. ; T. Maiden, printer, Sherbourn-Lane, 1804 |
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I do not know by the character that is given of her works , whether it is not for the benefit of mankind that they are lost . They were filled with such bewitching tenderness and rapture , that it might have been dangerous to have given ...
I do not know by the character that is given of her works , whether it is not for the benefit of mankind that they are lost . They were filled with such bewitching tenderness and rapture , that it might have been dangerous to have given ...
Side 3
This Ode in the Greek ( besides those beauties observed by Madam Dacier ) has several harmonious turns in the words , which are not lost in the English . I must further add , that the translation has preserved every image and sentiment ...
This Ode in the Greek ( besides those beauties observed by Madam Dacier ) has several harmonious turns in the words , which are not lost in the English . I must further add , that the translation has preserved every image and sentiment ...
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I am afraid it has lost its virtue , and that a woman of our times will find no more relief in taking such a leap , than in singing an hymn to Venus . So that I must cry out with Dido in Dryden's Virgil , " Ah ! cruel Heaven , that made ...
I am afraid it has lost its virtue , and that a woman of our times will find no more relief in taking such a leap , than in singing an hymn to Venus . So that I must cry out with Dido in Dryden's Virgil , " Ah ! cruel Heaven , that made ...
Side 12
P. S. My law - suits have brought me to London , but I have lost my causes ; and so have made my resolutions to go down , and leap before the frosts begin ; for I am apt to take colds . " Ridicule , perhaps , is a better expedient ...
P. S. My law - suits have brought me to London , but I have lost my causes ; and so have made my resolutions to go down , and leap before the frosts begin ; for I am apt to take colds . " Ridicule , perhaps , is a better expedient ...
Side 13
AMONG the many famous pieces of antiquity which are still to be seen at Rome , there is the trunk of a statue which has lost the arms , legs , and head ; but discovers such an exquisite workmanship in what remains of it , that Michael ...
AMONG the many famous pieces of antiquity which are still to be seen at Rome , there is the trunk of a statue which has lost the arms , legs , and head ; but discovers such an exquisite workmanship in what remains of it , that Michael ...
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