The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 3T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1811 - English literature |
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... CONSTANTIA was a woman of extraordinary wit and beauty , but very unhappy in a father , who having ar- rived at great riches by his own industry , took delight in nothing but his money . Theodosius was the younger son of a decayed ...
... CONSTANTIA was a woman of extraordinary wit and beauty , but very unhappy in a father , who having ar- rived at great riches by his own industry , took delight in nothing but his money . Theodosius was the younger son of a decayed ...
Page 339
... Constantia was so incensed at the father of Theodosius , that he contracted an unreasonable aversion towards his son ... Constantia it was his design to marry her to such a gentleman , and that her wedding should be celebrated on such a ...
... Constantia was so incensed at the father of Theodosius , that he contracted an unreasonable aversion towards his son ... Constantia it was his design to marry her to such a gentleman , and that her wedding should be celebrated on such a ...
Page 340
... Constantia , who knew that nothing but the report of her marriage could have driven him to such extremities , was not to be comforted : she now accused herself for having so tamely given an ear to the proposal of a hus- band , and ...
... Constantia , who knew that nothing but the report of her marriage could have driven him to such extremities , was not to be comforted : she now accused herself for having so tamely given an ear to the proposal of a hus- band , and ...
Page 341
... Constantia resided ; and desiring that secrecy and concealment of the fathers of the convent , which is very usual upon any extraordinary occasion , he made himself one of the order , with a private vow never to inquire after Constantia ...
... Constantia resided ; and desiring that secrecy and concealment of the fathers of the convent , which is very usual upon any extraordinary occasion , he made himself one of the order , with a private vow never to inquire after Constantia ...
Page 342
... Constantia , who thought the good man was thus moved by his compassion towards her , and by the horror of her guilt , proceeded with the utmost contrition to acquaint him with that vow of vir- ginity in which she was going to engage ...
... Constantia , who thought the good man was thus moved by his compassion towards her , and by the horror of her guilt , proceeded with the utmost contrition to acquaint him with that vow of vir- ginity in which she was going to engage ...
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Page 105 - 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?
Page 69 - 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.
Page 39 - 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...
Page 373 - The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: And I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Page 8 - 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.
Page 324 - 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.
Page 327 - 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.
Page 323 - 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.
Page 6 - 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.
Page 334 - 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.