The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, 第 3 卷 |
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In the mean time , I have related this combat of the lion , to shew what are at
present the reigning entertainments of the politer part of Great Britain . Audiences
have often been reproached by writers for the coarseness of their taste ; but our ...
In the mean time , I have related this combat of the lion , to shew what are at
present the reigning entertainments of the politer part of Great Britain . Audiences
have often been reproached by writers for the coarseness of their taste ; but our ...
第 67 頁
I observed , indeed , that the present war had filled the church with many of these
uninhabited monuments , which had been erected to the memory of persons
whose bodies were perhaps buried in the plains of Blenheim , or in the bosom of
...
I observed , indeed , that the present war had filled the church with many of these
uninhabited monuments , which had been erected to the memory of persons
whose bodies were perhaps buried in the plains of Blenheim , or in the bosom of
...
第 110 頁
Whether or no there was any truth in the story of a lady's being got with child by
one of these her hand* maids , I cannot tell ; but I think at present the whole race
of them is extinct in our own country . About the time that several of our sex were
...
Whether or no there was any truth in the story of a lady's being got with child by
one of these her hand* maids , I cannot tell ; but I think at present the whole race
of them is extinct in our own country . About the time that several of our sex were
...
第 117 頁
... eminency in ourselves by comparison with the infirmity of others , or with our
own formerly : for men laugh at the follies of themselves past , when they come
suddenly to remembrance , except they bring with them any present dishonour .
... eminency in ourselves by comparison with the infirmity of others , or with our
own formerly : for men laugh at the follies of themselves past , when they come
suddenly to remembrance , except they bring with them any present dishonour .
第 227 頁
About ten years ago it shot up to a very great height , insomuch that the female
part of our species were much taller than the The women were of such an
enormous stature , that we appeared as grasshoppers before them : ' at present
the ...
About ten years ago it shot up to a very great height , insomuch that the female
part of our species were much taller than the The women were of such an
enormous stature , that we appeared as grasshoppers before them : ' at present
the ...
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第 105 頁 - What may this mean, That thou, dead corse, again in complete steel, Revisit'st thus the glimpses of the moon, Making night hideous, and we fools of nature So horridly to shake our disposition With thoughts beyond the reaches of our souls?
第 69 頁 - I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow; when I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.
第 39 頁 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep : All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night. How often from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive each to other's note, Singing their great Creator...
第 373 頁 - The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: And I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
第 8 頁 - It is said, he keeps himself a bachelor by reason he was crossed in love by a perverse beautiful widow of the next county to him.
第 324 頁 - Examine now, said he, this sea that is bounded with darkness at both ends, and tell me what thou discoverest in it. I see a bridge, said I, standing in the midst of the tide.
第 327 頁 - The Genius making me no answer, I turned about to address myself to him a second time, but I found that he had left me ; I then turned again to the vision which I had been so long contemplating; but instead of the rolling tide, the arched bridge, and the happy islands, I saw nothing but the long hollow valley of Bagdat, with oxen, sheep, and camels grazing upon the sides of it.
第 323 頁 - I had ever heard. They put me in mind of those heavenly airs that are played to the departed souls of good men upon their first arrival in Paradise, to wear out the impressions of the last agonies, and qualify them for the pleasures of that happy place.
第 6 頁 - I never espoused any party with violence, and am resolved to observe an exact neutrality between the Whigs and Tories, unless I shall be forced to declare myself by the hostilities of either side. In short, I have acted in all the parts of my life as a looker-on, which is the character I intend to preserve in this paper.
第 334 頁 - Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong ; Was every thing by starts, and nothing long ; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon : Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.