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Pagina 2
... elegance and refinement to leave a lasting impress on the literature and society of his country . In one generation after another men , repre- senting opposing elements of rank , class , interest , 2 [ CHAP . ADDISON .
... elegance and refinement to leave a lasting impress on the literature and society of his country . In one generation after another men , repre- senting opposing elements of rank , class , interest , 2 [ CHAP . ADDISON .
Pagina 6
... literature as the order of Providence should successively produce them . And after all , with this Gothic and monkish education ( for such it is the groundwork ) , we may put in our claim to as ample and early a share in all the ...
... literature as the order of Providence should successively produce them . And after all , with this Gothic and monkish education ( for such it is the groundwork ) , we may put in our claim to as ample and early a share in all the ...
Pagina 7
... literature . It is his praise to have accomplished his task under conditions far more difficult than any that his predecessors had experienced . What they had done was to give instinctive and character- istic expression to the floating ...
... literature . It is his praise to have accomplished his task under conditions far more difficult than any that his predecessors had experienced . What they had done was to give instinctive and character- istic expression to the floating ...
Pagina 20
... literature . Before them English prose had been employed , no doubt , with music and majesty by many writers ; but the style of these is scarcely representative ; they had used the language for their own elevated purposes , without ...
... literature . Before them English prose had been employed , no doubt , with music and majesty by many writers ; but the style of these is scarcely representative ; they had used the language for their own elevated purposes , without ...
Pagina 28
... , acquired an equal knowledge of Greek literature , would certainly be somewhat of a prodigy . No doubt , however , Addison's knowledge of the Latin poets was , as Macaulay infers , far more extensive 28 [ CHAP . 28 ADDISON .
... , acquired an equal knowledge of Greek literature , would certainly be somewhat of a prodigy . No doubt , however , Addison's knowledge of the Latin poets was , as Macaulay infers , far more extensive 28 [ CHAP . 28 ADDISON .
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Pagina 129 - Between the acting of a dreadful thing And the first motion, all the interim is Like a phantasma, or a hideous dream: The genius, and the mortal instruments, Are then in council; and the state of man, Like to a little kingdom, suffers then The nature of an insurrection.
Pagina 192 - 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.
Pagina 134 - 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 78 - To Dr. Jonathan Swift, the most agreeable companion, the truest friend, and the greatest genius of his age.
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 160 - 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 67 - 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 181 - 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.
Pagina 143 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer, Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike ; Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike...
Pagina 48 - For wheresoe'er I turn my ravished eyes, Gay gilded scenes and shining prospects rise, Poetic fields encompass me around And still I seem to tread on classic ground...