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"Let echo, too, perform her part, Prolonging every note with art; And in a low expiring strain, Play all the concert oer again."
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Joseph AddisonAuthors have established it as a kind of rule, that a man ought to be — Joseph Addison
"Authors have established it as a kind of rule, that a man ought to be dull sometimes; as the most severe reader makes allowances for many rests and nodding places in a voluminous writer."
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Joseph Addison
Joseph Addison
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Joseph Addison was a British writer and politician. He was the eldest son of Lancelot Addison. His name is usually remembered alongside that of his long-standing friend Richard Steele, with whom he founded The Spectator magazine. His simple prose style marked the end of the mannerisms and conventional classical images of the 17th century. Addison is also famous for his play Cato, a Tragedy, writte
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"A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants."
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"Music religious heat inspires, It wakes the soul, and lifts it high, And wings it with sublime desires, And fits it to bespeak the Deity."
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"When time itself shall be no more, And all things in confusion hurld, Music shall then exert its power, And sound survive the ruins of the world: Then saints and angels shall agree In one eternal jubilee: All Heaven shall echo with their hymns divine, And God himself with pleasure see The whole creation in a chorus join."
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"For wheresoeer I turn my ravished eyes, Gay gilded scenes and shining prospects rise, Poetic fields encompass me around, And still I seem to tread on classic ground."
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"On you, my lord, with anxious fear I wait, And from your judgment must expect my fate."
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