AddisonHarper & Brothers, 1886 - 182 pagina's |
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Pagina 1
... nature by no means devoid of noble instincts . Johnson was fortunate in the companionship of perhaps the best biographer who ever lived . But of the real life and character of Addison scarcely any contemporary record remains . The ...
... nature by no means devoid of noble instincts . Johnson was fortunate in the companionship of perhaps the best biographer who ever lived . But of the real life and character of Addison scarcely any contemporary record remains . The ...
Pagina 2
... nature to leave a mark upon its age . Yet such a judgment would certainly be erroneous . Shy and reserved as he was , the unanimous verdict of his most illustrious contemporaries is decisive as to the respect and admiration which he ex ...
... nature to leave a mark upon its age . Yet such a judgment would certainly be erroneous . Shy and reserved as he was , the unanimous verdict of his most illustrious contemporaries is decisive as to the respect and admiration which he ex ...
Pagina 6
... nature and society , but quite as much to the genius of great individuals who prepared the mind of the nation for the gradual assimilation of new ideas . Thus Langland and Wycliffe and their numerous followers , long before the ...
... nature and society , but quite as much to the genius of great individuals who prepared the mind of the nation for the gradual assimilation of new ideas . Thus Langland and Wycliffe and their numerous followers , long before the ...
Pagina 7
... to in- dicate the nature of the difficulties Addison had to en- counter in his efforts to harmonise public opinion ; but a -I more detailed examination of the state of society after 1. ] 7 LETTERS AFTER THE RESTORATION .
... to in- dicate the nature of the difficulties Addison had to en- counter in his efforts to harmonise public opinion ; but a -I more detailed examination of the state of society after 1. ] 7 LETTERS AFTER THE RESTORATION .
Pagina 11
... nature ; take my word for it , a setting dog has as good reason as any man in England . " 1 While opinions , which from different sides struck at the very roots of society , prevailed both in the fashionable and religious portions of ...
... nature ; take my word for it , a setting dog has as good reason as any man in England . " 1 While opinions , which from different sides struck at the very roots of society , prevailed both in the fashionable and religious portions of ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 65 - 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 past, Calm and serene he drives the furious blast ; And, pleased the Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the storm.
Pagina 128 - While wits and Templars every sentence raise, And wonder with a foolish face of praise— Who but must laugh, if such a man there be? Who would not weep, if Atticus were he? What though my name stood rubric on the walls, Or plaster'd posts, with claps, in capitals? Or smoking forth, a hundred hawkers load, On wings of winds came flying all abroad?
Pagina 120 - The numerous and violent claps of the whig party on the one side of the theatre, were echoed back by the tories on the other; while the author sweated behind the scenes with concern to find their applause proceeding more from the hand than the head.
Pagina 75 - To Dr. Jonathan Swift, the most agreeable companion, the truest friend, and the greatest genius of his age.
Pagina 182 - 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 coffeehouses.
Pagina 3 - Shalum, just finished for the next day's Spectator, in his hand. Such a mark of national respect was due to the unsullied statesman, to the accomplished scholar, to the master of pure English eloquence, to the consummate painter of life and manners. It was due, above all, to the great satirist, who alone knew how to use ridicule without abusing it, who, without inflicting a wound, effected a great social reform, and who reconciled wit and virtue, after a long and disastrous separation, during which...
Pagina 3 - Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison...
Pagina 152 - Can I forget the dismal night that gave My soul's best part for ever to the grave? How silent did his old companions tread, By midnight lamps, the mansions of the dead, Through breathing statues, then unheeded things, Through rows of warriors and through walks of kings...
Pagina 64 - And taught the dreadful 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 past — Calm and serene he drives the furious blast ; And pleased the Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.
Pagina 172 - It is not uncommon for those who have grown wise by the labour of others to add a little of their own, and overlook their masters. Addison is now despised by some who perhaps would never have seen his defects but by the lights which he afforded them.