Maxioms by Joseph Addison
Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience read more
Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures.
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.
Why, a spirit is such a little, little thing, that I have heard
man, who was a great scholar, read more
Why, a spirit is such a little, little thing, that I have heard
man, who was a great scholar, say that he'll dance ye a hornpipe
upon the point of a needle.
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
O Dormer, how can I behold thy fate,
And not the wonders of thy youth relate;
How read more
O Dormer, how can I behold thy fate,
And not the wonders of thy youth relate;
How can I see the gay, the brave, the young,
Fall in the cloud of war, and lie unsung!
In joys of conquest he resigns his breath,
And, filled with England's glory, smiles in death.
