Essays from AddisonMacmillan Company, 1907 - 112 頁 |
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... Italy , Switzerland , Germany , and Holland , and remained away from England for more than four years . Soon after his return he wrote his poem of the Campaign to celebrate Marlborough's victory at Blenheim , August 1704 , and was ...
... Italy , Switzerland , Germany , and Holland , and remained away from England for more than four years . Soon after his return he wrote his poem of the Campaign to celebrate Marlborough's victory at Blenheim , August 1704 , and was ...
第 37 頁
... Italy , had informed their friends , that the lion was to act a part in High - Dutch , and roar twice or thrice to a thorough - bass , before he fell at the feet of Hydaspes . To clear up a matter that was so variously reported , I have ...
... Italy , had informed their friends , that the lion was to act a part in High - Dutch , and roar twice or thrice to a thorough - bass , before he fell at the feet of Hydaspes . To clear up a matter that was so variously reported , I have ...
第 38 頁
... part ; insomuch , that after a short modest walk upon the stage , he would fall at the first touch of Hydaspes , without grappling with him , and giving him an opportunity of showing his variety of Italian trips . 38 ESSAYS FROM ADDISON .
... part ; insomuch , that after a short modest walk upon the stage , he would fall at the first touch of Hydaspes , without grappling with him , and giving him an opportunity of showing his variety of Italian trips . 38 ESSAYS FROM ADDISON .
第 39 頁
Joseph Addison John Henry Fowler. an opportunity of showing his variety of Italian trips . It is said , indeed , that he once gave him a rip in his flesh - coloured doublet ; but this was only to make work for himself , in his private ...
Joseph Addison John Henry Fowler. an opportunity of showing his variety of Italian trips . It is said , indeed , that he once gave him a rip in his flesh - coloured doublet ; but this was only to make work for himself , in his private ...
第 40 頁
... Italian opera ! In the mean time , I have related this combat of the lion , to show what are at present the reigning entertainments of the politer part of Great Britain . Audiences have often been reproached by writers for the 20 ...
... Italian opera ! In the mean time , I have related this combat of the lion , to show what are at present the reigning entertainments of the politer part of Great Britain . Audiences have often been reproached by writers for the 20 ...
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第 68 頁 - The bridge thou seest, said he, is human life ; consider it attentively. Upon a more leisurely survey of it, I found that it consisted of threescore and ten entire arches, with several broken arches, which, added to those that were entire, made up the number about an hundred.
第 67 頁 - Bagdat, in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. As I was here airing myself on the tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human life ; and passing from one thought to another, " Surely," said I, " man is but a shadow, and life a dream.
第 68 頁 - But tell me further, said he, what thou discoverest on it. I see multitudes of people passing over it, said I, and a black cloud hanging on each end of it. As I looked more attentively, I saw several of the passengers dropping through the bridge, into the great tide that flowed underneath it ; and upon...
第 82 頁 - Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow ; He who would search for pearls, must dive below.
第 60 頁 - As Sir Roger is landlord to the whole congregation, he keeps them in very good order, and will suffer nobody to sleep in it besides himself; for if by chance he has been surprised into a short nap at sermon, upon recovering out of it he stands up and looks about him, and if he sees anybody else nodding, either wakes them himself or sends his servants to them.
第 78 頁 - OH THAT I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness...
第 70 頁 - I could discover nothing in it: but the other appeared to me a vast ocean planted with innumerable islands, that were covered with fruits and flowers, and interwoven with a thousand little shining seas that ran among them.
第 61 頁 - I was yesterday very much surprised to hear my old friend, in the midst of the service, calling out to one John Matthews to mind what he was about, and not disturb the congregation. This John Matthews it seems is remarkable for being an idle fellow, and at that time was kicking his heels for his diversion.
第 57 頁 - I have observed in several of my papers that my friend Sir Roger, amidst all his good qualities, is something of a humorist ; and that his virtues, as well as imperfections, are, as it were, tinged by a certain extravagance which makes them particularly his, and distinguishes them from those of other men. This cast of...
第 67 頁 - man is but a shadow and life a dream.' Whilst I was thus musing, I cast my eyes towards the summit of a rock that was not far from me, where I discovered one in the habit of a shepherd, with a musical instrument in his hand.