 ... fast. Whole fleets had been cast away. Large mansions had been blown down. One prelate had been buried beneath the ruins of his palace. London and Bristol had presented the appearance of cities just sacked. Hundreds of families were still in mourning....  The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal - Page 2181843Full view - About this book
 | John Holmes Agnew, Eliakim Littell - 1843 - 614 pages
...appearance of cities just sacked. Hundreds of families were still in mourning. The prostrate trunks of large trees, and the ruins of houses, still attested, in...has always seemed to us to be a remarkable instance ofthe advantage which, in rhetoric and poetry, the particular has over the general. Soon after the... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1853 - 330 pages
...appearance of cities just sacked. Hundreds of families were still in mourning. The prostrate trunks of large trees, and the ruins of houses, still attested, in...all the southern counties, the fury of the blast."] M "Audiit Eurotas, jussitque ediscere lauros." — Vvrg. 54 [" And with fresh roses strew thy virgin... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1853 - 600 pages
...appearance of citics just sacked. Hundreds of familics were still in mourning. The prostrate trunks of large trees, and the ruins of houses, still attested, in all the southern countics, the fury of the blast. The popularity which the simile of the angel enjoyed among Addison's... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1853 - 600 pages
...equalled the rage of a tropical hurricane, had left a dreadful recollection in the minds of all men. The popularity which the simile of the angel enjoyed...and poetry, the particular has over the general." In one thing Mr. 11. is mistaken — the reference to the November gale had already been pointed out.... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1854 - 584 pages
...equalled the rage of a tropical hurricane, had left a dreadful recollection in the minds of all men. The popularity which the simile of the angel enjoyed...and poetry, the particular has over the general." In one thing Mr. M. is mistaken — the reference to the November gale had already been pointed out.... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - 1860 - 612 pages
...his propositions by concrete examples. IJ с has himself remarked (in the Essay on Addison) upon " the advantage which in rhetoric and poetry the particular has over the general," and his works bear witness that this maxim was always kept in mind. The effect of this brilliant and... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1861 - 468 pages
...appearanee of eities just saeked. Hundreds of families were still in mourning. The prostrate trunks of large trees, and the ruins of houses, still attested, in all the southern eounties, the fury of tho blast. The popularity whieh the simile of the angel enjoyed aiming Addison's... | |
 | Charles Daubeny - 1863 - 194 pages
...appearance of cities just sacked. Hundreds of families were still in mourning. The prostrate limbs of large trees, and the ruins of houses, still attested, in...The popularity which the simile of the angel enjoyed amongst Addison's contemporaries, has always seemed to us a remarkable instance of the advantage which,... | |
 | Charles Daubeny - 1863 - 188 pages
...appearance of cities just sacked. Hundreds of families were still in mourning. The prostrate limbs of large trees, and the ruins of houses, still attested, in...The popularity which the simile of the angel enjoyed amongst Addison's contemporaries, has always seemed to us a remarkable instance of the advantage which,... | |
 | John Timbs - 1865 - 372 pages
...appearance of cities just sacked. Hundreds of families were still in mourning. The prostrate trunks of large trees, and the ruins of houses, still attested, in...and poetry, the particular has over the general." The house in which Addison lodged has not been identified in the Haymarket of our time. We have a minute... | |
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