Joseph Addison ( 10 of 139 )
Amidst the soft variety I'm lost.
Amidst the soft variety I'm lost.
The spacious firmament on high,
With all the blue ethereal sky,
And spangled heavens, a shining frame,
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The spacious firmament on high,
With all the blue ethereal sky,
And spangled heavens, a shining frame,
Their great Original proclaim.
Forever singing, as they shine,
The hand that made us is divine.
Who would not be that youth? What pity is it
That we can die but once to save our read more
Who would not be that youth? What pity is it
That we can die but once to save our country!
Oh! think what anxious moments pass between
The birth of plots, and their last fatal periods,
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Oh! think what anxious moments pass between
The birth of plots, and their last fatal periods,
Oh! 'tis a dreadful interval of time,
Filled up with horror all, and big with death!
There is nothing more requisite in business than dispatch.
There is nothing more requisite in business than dispatch.
A cheerful temper joined with innocence will make beauty
attractive, knowledge delightful and wit good-natured.
A cheerful temper joined with innocence will make beauty
attractive, knowledge delightful and wit good-natured.
There in no virtue so truly great and godlike as justice.
There in no virtue so truly great and godlike as justice.
When a man becomes familiar with his goddess, she quickly sinks into a woman.
When a man becomes familiar with his goddess, she quickly sinks into a woman.
Gifts and alms are the expressions, not the essence, of this
virtue.
Gifts and alms are the expressions, not the essence, of this
virtue.
A cobbler, . . . produced several new grins of his own invention,
having been used to cut faces read more
A cobbler, . . . produced several new grins of his own invention,
having been used to cut faces for many years together over his
last.
