Miscellaneous Works, in Verse and Prose, Volume 1J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1753 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 61
Page vi
... fight of a paper of his verfes , in the Hands of Dr. Lancafter then Dean of that Houfe , oc- cafioned his being elected into Magdalen college . He employed his firft years in the ftudy of the old Greek and Roman writers ; whofe language ...
... fight of a paper of his verfes , in the Hands of Dr. Lancafter then Dean of that Houfe , oc- cafioned his being elected into Magdalen college . He employed his firft years in the ftudy of the old Greek and Roman writers ; whofe language ...
Page xii
... . Next to perfonal conversation with the writers themselves , this is the fureft way of coming at their fense ; a compendious and engaging kind of of criticism , which convinces at first fight , and xii The PREFACE .
... . Next to perfonal conversation with the writers themselves , this is the fureft way of coming at their fense ; a compendious and engaging kind of of criticism , which convinces at first fight , and xii The PREFACE .
Page xiii
Joseph Addison. of criticism , which convinces at first fight , and fhews the vanity of conjectures , made by antiquaries at a distance . If the knowledge of polite literature has its ufe , there is certainly a merit in illuftrating the ...
Joseph Addison. of criticism , which convinces at first fight , and fhews the vanity of conjectures , made by antiquaries at a distance . If the knowledge of polite literature has its ufe , there is certainly a merit in illuftrating the ...
Page xv
... fight of this work , when it was only . carried on as far as the applauded fimile of the Angel ; and approved the Poem , by bestowing on the Author , in a few days after , the place of Commiffioner of Appeals , vacant by the removal of ...
... fight of this work , when it was only . carried on as far as the applauded fimile of the Angel ; and approved the Poem , by bestowing on the Author , in a few days after , the place of Commiffioner of Appeals , vacant by the removal of ...
Page xxxi
... fight ; If in the flage I feek to footh my care , 1 meet his foul which breathes in Cato there ; If penfive to the rural shades Irove , His fhape o'ertakes me in the lonely grove : ' Twas there of fuft and Good he reason'd strong ...
... fight ; If in the flage I feek to footh my care , 1 meet his foul which breathes in Cato there ; If penfive to the rural shades Irove , His fhape o'ertakes me in the lonely grove : ' Twas there of fuft and Good he reason'd strong ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Afide arms Behold bleft bofom bower breaſt Cadmus caft charms cou'd courſe Cycnus death deſcription eaſe ev'ry eyes faid fame fate fays fear fecret feems feven fhade fhall fhining fhore fide fight fire firft firſt fkies flain flow'ry foft fome foul ftand ftill ftreams fubject fuch Gaul Georgic Goddeſs GRIDELINE grief Gulfton heart heav'n Henry Sacheverell herſelf himſelf Jove joys KING laft laſt loft maid mighty moſt Mufe muft Muſe muſt neighb'ring numbers Nymph o'er Ovid Ovid's paffion Pentheus Phaeton pleafing pleaſe pleaſure Poem Poet purſue QUEEN rage raiſe reft rife riſe Rofamond ROSAMON round ſcenes ſhade ſhakes ſhall ſhe ſhore ſhould ſhow Sir Richard Steele Sir TRUSTY ſkies ſky ſmoke ſpeak ſpread ſpring ſtand ſtill ſtood ſtreams thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand thunder transform'd verfe verſe view'd Virgil virgin Whilft whofe winds wou'd youth