The Lover: And Other Papers of Steele and Addison

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Walter Scott, 1887 - 360 من الصفحات
 

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الصفحة 296 - upon that beautiful Passage in holy Writ : And another Angel .came and stood at the Altar, having a golden Censer; and there was given unto him much Incense, that he should offer it with the Prayers of all Saints upon the Golden Altar, which was before the Throne: And the Smoak of the Incense •which came with the Prayers of
الصفحة 230 - Or in Valdarno, to descry new Lands, Rivers, or Mountains, on her spotted Globe. His Spear (to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian Hills to be the Mast Of some great Ammiral, were but a wand) He walKd with, to support uneasie Steps Over the burning Marl
الصفحة 286 - she eat : Earth felt the •wound, and Nature from her Seat Sighing, through all her Works gave signs of Woe That all was lost Upon Adam's falling into the same Guilt, the whole Creation appears a second time in Convulsions. Against his better knowledge; not
الصفحة 256 - the Turtle is heard in our Land. The Fig-tree putteth forth her green Figs, and the Vines with the tender Grape give a good Smell. Arise my Love, my Fair-one and come away. Come, my Beloved, let us go forth into the Field; let us get up
الصفحة 215 - he nor shunn'd. And that in which he describes Adam and Eve. Adam the goodliest Man of Men since born His Sons, the fairest of her Daughters Eve. If Clearness and Perspicuity were only to be consulted, the Poet would have nothing else to do but to
الصفحة 291 - Remorse, Despair ; in the Anguish of his Heart he expostulates with his Creator for having given him an unasked Existence. Did I request thee, Maker, from my Clay To mould me Man ? did I sollicite thee From Darkness to promote me ? or here place In this delicious Garden ? As my Will
الصفحة 279 - Elaborate, of inward less exact. When I approach Her Loveliness, so absolute she seems And in herself compleat, so well to know Her own, that what she wills to do or say Seems wisest, vertuousest, discreetest, best : All higher Knowledge in her Presence falls Degraded: Wisdom in discourse -with her
الصفحة 277 - of the Creation which made the most distinguished Figure, is very natural and amusing to the Imagination. - Thou Sun, said I, fair Light, And thou enlighten'd Earth, so fresh and gay, Ye hills and Dales, ye Rivers, Woods, and Plains, And ye that live and move, fair Creatures tell, Tell if you saw, how came I thus, how here
الصفحة 270 - Ground they stood, and from the Shore They view'd the vast immeasurable Abyss, Outrageous as a Sea, dark, wasteful, wild; Up from the bottom turn'd by furious Winds And surging Waves, as Mountains to assault Heaven's height, and with the Center mix the Pole. Silence, ye troubled Waves, and thou Deep, Peace ! Said then tK Omnific Word, your
الصفحة 232 - Thus incorporeal Spirits to smallest Forms Reduc'd their Shapes immense, and were at large, Though without Number, still amidst the Hall Of that Infernal Court. But far within, And in their own Dimensions like themselves, The great Seraphick Lords and Cherubim, In close recess and secret conclave sate, A thousand

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