The Life of Joseph Addison Alexander, Volume 1Scribner, 1870 - Clergy |
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Page 56
... read many of the Greek writers . He at first did not scrutinize the text with the eye of a critical grammarian , but read as he would English , for * Fam . Letters I. , p . 36 . ÆT . 15. ] JAMES . 57 recreation , and.
... read many of the Greek writers . He at first did not scrutinize the text with the eye of a critical grammarian , but read as he would English , for * Fam . Letters I. , p . 36 . ÆT . 15. ] JAMES . 57 recreation , and.
Page 66
... critical knowledge of Latin and Greek . * Gram- mars and dictionaries , those helps to the youthful traveller up the steep , " were very imperfect , he thinks , as compared with the Zumpts , Madvigs , Buttmanns , Matthiaes , etc ...
... critical knowledge of Latin and Greek . * Gram- mars and dictionaries , those helps to the youthful traveller up the steep , " were very imperfect , he thinks , as compared with the Zumpts , Madvigs , Buttmanns , Matthiaes , etc ...
Page 84
... critical exercises of his school days are as much marked by sagacious discrimination and acute , analyzing logic , as his later commentaries ; and the sermons and poems which were composed when he was at his meridian show full as much ...
... critical exercises of his school days are as much marked by sagacious discrimination and acute , analyzing logic , as his later commentaries ; and the sermons and poems which were composed when he was at his meridian show full as much ...
Page 121
... critical learning , and in quality of style , considered as admirably suited and propor- tioned to his subjects ... critically acquainted with the history , literature , and tongues of the lands of the Syrian , the Persian , and the Arab ...
... critical learning , and in quality of style , considered as admirably suited and propor- tioned to his subjects ... critically acquainted with the history , literature , and tongues of the lands of the Syrian , the Persian , and the Arab ...
Page 140
... critical period of his life , whether in one mode or the other ; but the poetry has this charm , that these were in a manner farewell efforts . I give below two of the pieces contributed by him to the " Monthly Magazine . " Though ...
... critical period of his life , whether in one mode or the other ; but the poetry has this charm , that these were in a manner farewell efforts . I give below two of the pieces contributed by him to the " Monthly Magazine . " Though ...
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Page 89 - ... his eyes. Now, Lycidas, the shepherds weep no more; Henceforth thou art the Genius of the shore, In thy large recompense, and shalt be good To all that wander in that perilous flood.
Page 12 - My heart is smitten, and withered like grass ; so that I forget to eat my bread. By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin. I am like a pelican of the wilderness: I am like an owl of the desert.
Page 136 - Thy life a long dead calm of fix'd repose; No pulse that riots, and no blood that glows. Still as the sea, ere winds were taught to blow, Or moving spirit bade the waters flow; Soft as the slumbers of a saint forgiv'n, And mild as op'ning gleams of promis'd heav'n.
Page 311 - What man is he that feareth the Lord? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose.
Page 311 - The troubles of my heart are enlarged: O bring thou me out of my distresses.
Page 223 - To clear this doubt, to know the world by sight, To find if books, or swains, report it right, (For yet by swains alone the world he knew, Whose feet came wandering o'er the nightly dew...
Page 311 - Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness
Page 311 - HEAR me when I call, O God of my righteousness : thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.
Page 8 - While yet a boy I sought for ghosts, and sped Through many a listening chamber, cave and ruin, And starlight wood, with fearful steps pursuing Hopes of high talk with the departed dead.