The Works of the Right Honorable Joseph Addison, Volume 4William Durell & Company, 1811 |
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... statues that have had the politest nations of the world fall down before them . You have here too several persons of a more thin and shadowy nature , as Hope , Constancy , Fidelity , Abundance , Honour , Virtue , Eternity , Justice , Mo ...
... statues that have had the politest nations of the world fall down before them . You have here too several persons of a more thin and shadowy nature , as Hope , Constancy , Fidelity , Abundance , Honour , Virtue , Eternity , Justice , Mo ...
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... statues of all the great people of antiquity . There was not an emperor or empress but he knew by sight , and , as he was seldom without medals in his pocket , he would often show us the same face on an old coin that we saw in the statue ...
... statues of all the great people of antiquity . There was not an emperor or empress but he knew by sight , and , as he was seldom without medals in his pocket , he would often show us the same face on an old coin that we saw in the statue ...
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... statues extant , make their appearance all of them on ancient medals , though the figures that represent them were never thought to be the copies of statues till the statues them- selves were discovered . There is no question , I think ...
... statues extant , make their appearance all of them on ancient medals , though the figures that represent them were never thought to be the copies of statues till the statues them- selves were discovered . There is no question , I think ...
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... statue of Time , with a wheel or hoop of marble in his hand , as Seneca describes him , and not with a serpent as he is generally represented . -properat cursu Vita citato , volucrique die Rota præcipitis volvitur anni . HERC . fur ...
... statue of Time , with a wheel or hoop of marble in his hand , as Seneca describes him , and not with a serpent as he is generally represented . -properat cursu Vita citato , volucrique die Rota præcipitis volvitur anni . HERC . fur ...
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... statue as it is described in a very beau- tiful passage of Prudentius . Non aris non farre mole Victoria felix Exorata venit : labor impiger , aspera virtus , Vis animi , excellens ardor , violentia , cura , Hanc tribuunt , durum ...
... statue as it is described in a very beau- tiful passage of Prudentius . Non aris non farre mole Victoria felix Exorata venit : labor impiger , aspera virtus , Vis animi , excellens ardor , violentia , cura , Hanc tribuunt , durum ...
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ancient antiquities Antoninus Pius appears arch atque beautiful Cæsar Campania church CLAUD Claudian Commodus CREECH DRYDEN earth emblem emperor fancy figure formerly Genoa give gods grotto Hæc hand head honour Horace inhabitants inscription Italians Italy Julius Cæsar kind king Latin poets Latium learned look Lucius Verus marble Marcus Marcus Aurelius medallists mention Mevania Milan modern medals mole mountain Naples natural noble observed occasion old coins old Roman Ovid palace particular Phaëton pieces pillars pope port present prince quæ quod Ravenna represented Rimini rising river rocks Rome round ruins S. C. Reverse says Cynthio says Eugenius says Philander seen side Silius Italicus stands Statius statues stood suppose temple Teverone thee thou thought Tiberius tibi tion town Trajan Venetians Venice verse VIRG Virgil whole
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Page 111 - For they that led us away captive, required of us then a song, and melody in our heaviness : Sing us one of the songs of Sion. 4 How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a strange land?
Page 48 - His father's heir, and from his tender wings Shakes off his parent dust ; his method he pursues, And the same lease of life on the same terms renews : When grown to manhood he begins his reign, And with...
Page 8 - Statesman, yet friend to truth ! of soul sincere. In action faithful, and in honour clear ! Who broke no promise, serv'd no private end, Who gain'd no title, and who lost no friend ; Ennobled by himself, by all approv'd, Prais'd, wept, and honour'd by the Muse he lov'd.
Page 82 - The righteous laws, and fraud and force restrain. Janus himself before his fane shall wait, And keep the dreadful issues of his gate, With bolts and iron bars: within remains Imprison'd Fury, bound in brazen chains; High on a trophy rais'd, of useless arms, He sits, and threats the world with vain alarms.
Page 7 - SEE the wild waste of all-devouring years! How Rome her own sad sepulchre appears ! With nodding arches, broken temples spread, The very tombs now vanish'd like their dead!
Page 7 - Convinc'd, she now contracts her vast design, And all her Triumphs shrink into a Coin.
Page 283 - In joyous songs; the rocks resound her lays: In spinning, or the loom, she spends the night, And cedar brands supply her father's light. From hence were heard, rebellowing to the main, The roars of lions that refuse the chain, The grunts of bristled boars, and groans of bears, And herds of howling wolves that stun the sailors
Page 227 - It was indeed the most proper place in the world for a fury to make her exit, after she had filled a nation with distractions and alarms ; and I believe every reader's imagination is pleased, when he sees the angry goddess thus sinking, as it were, in a tempest, and plunging herself into hell, amidst such a scene of horror and confusion.
Page 85 - Which with the spoils of his dead foe he grac'd. The coat of arms by proud Mezentius worn, Now on a naked snag in triumph borne, Was hung on high, and glitter'd from afar, A trophy sacred to the God of War. Above his arms, fix'd on the leafless wood, Appear'd his plumy crest, besmear'd with blood...
Page 246 - Within a long recess there lies a bay : An island shades it from the rolling sea, And forms a port secure for ships to ride : Broke by the jutting land on either side, In double streams the briny waters glide, Betwixt two rows of rocks : a sylvan scene Appears above, and groves for ever green : A grot is form'd beneath, with mossy seats, To rest the Nereids, and exclude the heats.