Joseph Addison

Quotes

• “For wheresoe’er 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.”

• “Should the whole frame of Nature round him break, / In ruin and confusion hurled, / He, unconcerned, would hear the mighty crack, / And stand secure amidst a falling world.”

• “When I read the several dates of the tombs, of some that died yesterday, and some six hundred years ago, I consider that great day when we shall all of us be contemporaries, and make our appearance together.”

• “Thus I live in the world rather as a spectator of mankind than as one of the species.”

• “In all thy humours, whether grave or mellow, / Thou ‘rt such a touchy, testy, pleasant fellow, / Hast so much wit and mirth and spleen about thee, / There is no living with thee, nor without thee.”

Books by Joseph Addison in order

Books by Joseph Addison in the order they were published, from A Poem to His Majesty, Presented to the Lord Keeper (1695) to The Spectator - Vol II (2007).

1. 1A Poem to His Majesty, Presented to the Lord KeeperA Poem to His Majesty, Presented to the Lord Keeper1695
2. 2Remarks on Several Parts of Italy, &C. In the Years 1701, 17Remarks on Several Parts of Italy, &C. In the Years 1701, 1702, 17031705
3. 3CatoCato1713
4. 4The Drummer; or, The Haunted HouseThe Drummer; or, The Haunted House1716
5. 5Notes upon the Twelve Books of Paradise LostNotes upon the Twelve Books of Paradise Lost1719
6. 6Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq. In Four VWorks of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq. In Four Volumes1721
7. 7The Spectator - Vol IIThe Spectator - Vol II2007
8. 8Addison and SteeleAddison and Steele
9. 9Essays of Joseph AddisonEssays of Joseph Addison
   What's in it (9)

   • Sir Roger De Coverley
   • The Tatler's Court
   • Stateswomen
   • Humours of the Town
   • Tales and Allegories
   • The Court of Honour
   • Country Humours
   • Humours of Fashion
   • Various Essays
10. 10Remarks on Several Parts of ItalyRemarks on Several Parts of Italy
11. 11Sir Roger De Coverley and the Spectator's Club by Richard StSir Roger De Coverley and the Spectator's Club by Richard Steele & Joseph Addison
12. 12The Addisonian MiscellanyThe Addisonian Miscellany
13. 13The Evidences of the Christian ReligionThe Evidences of the Christian Religion
14. 14The Free-holderThe Free-holder
15. 15The GuardianThe Guardian
16. 16The Sir Roger De Coverley PapersThe Sir Roger De Coverley Papers
17. 17The SpectatorThe Spectator
18. 18The Works of the Late Right Honourable Joseph Addison, EsqThe Works of the Late Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq
19. 19Works of Joseph AddisonWorks of Joseph Addison