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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Side 25
... poet , who had for some time been passionately in love with Sappho , arrived at the promontory of Leucate that very evening , in order to take the leap upon her account ; but hear- ing that Sappho had been there before him , and that ...
... poet , who had for some time been passionately in love with Sappho , arrived at the promontory of Leucate that very evening , in order to take the leap upon her account ; but hear- ing that Sappho had been there before him , and that ...
Side 26
... against it . As soon as any shining thought is ex- pressed in the poet , or any uncommon grace appears in the actor , he smites the bench or wainscot . If the audience does not concur with him , he smites 26 NO . 235 . SPECTATOR ..
... against it . As soon as any shining thought is ex- pressed in the poet , or any uncommon grace appears in the actor , he smites the bench or wainscot . If the audience does not concur with him , he smites 26 NO . 235 . SPECTATOR ..
Side 28
... poet , or a vicious player ; but this is a surmise which has no foundation ; his strokes are always just , and his admonitions season- able ; he does not deal about his blows at random , but always hits the right nail upon the head ...
... poet , or a vicious player ; but this is a surmise which has no foundation ; his strokes are always just , and his admonitions season- able ; he does not deal about his blows at random , but always hits the right nail upon the head ...
Side 52
... POET . WHEN I make choice of a subject that has not been treated on by others , I throw together my re- flections on it without any order or method , so that they may appear rather in the looseness and freedom of an essay , than in the ...
... POET . WHEN I make choice of a subject that has not been treated on by others , I throw together my re- flections on it without any order or method , so that they may appear rather in the looseness and freedom of an essay , than in the ...
Side 62
Joseph Addison. In our own country a man seldom sets up for a poet , without attacking the reputation of all his brothers in the art . The ignorance of the moderns , the scribblers of the age , the decay of poetry , are the topics of ...
Joseph Addison. In our own country a man seldom sets up for a poet , without attacking the reputation of all his brothers in the art . The ignorance of the moderns , the scribblers of the age , the decay of poetry , are the topics of ...
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