#joseph addison

[uwmspeccoll]

Marbled Monday

This Marbled Monday we’ve got a real stunner for you—the marbled covers and end sheets of an 8 volume set of The Spectator, which was (according to Wikipedia) “a daily publication founded by Joseph Addison and Richard Steele in England, lasting from 1711 to 1712. Each ‘paper,’ or ‘number,’ was approximately 2,500 words long, and the original run consisted of 555 numbers, beginning on 1 March 1711. These were collected into seven volumes. The paper was revived without the involvement of Steele in 1714, appearing thrice weekly for six months, and these papers when collected formed the eighth volume.” This edition was published in 1856 in Boston by Little, Brown, & Co. 

Each volume features a half binding in tan leather and marbled paper. The same marbled paper was also used at the end sheets for each volume. The marbling is a Turkish pattern, with burnt umber, tan, bright blue, teal blue, and white. There is also a lovely flower detail stamped in gold on the spine of each volume. 

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-- Alice, Special Collections Department Manager

#Marbled Monday #The Spectator #Joseph Addison #Richard Steele #Little Brown & Co. #daily paper #marbling #marbled paper #Turkish pattern #Turkish marbling #Alice

[poligraf]

Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth. While all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.

— Joseph Addison

#quotes #quote #wisdom #lifequotes #light #quoteoftheday #poetry #poems #joseph addison #evening #moon #stars #earth #birth #story #planets #heavens #sky #skies #truth

[waiting-eyez]

Sunday clears away the rust of

the whole week.

(Joseph Addison)

#Joseph Addison

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

A Multiple Green Flash Sunset: Yes, but can your green flash do this? A green flash at sunset is a rare event that many Sun watchers pride themselves on having seen. Once thought to be a myth, a green flash is now understood to occur when the Earth's atmosphere acts like both a prism and a lens. Different atmospheric layers create altitude-variable refraction that takes light from the top of the Sun and disperses its colors, creates two images, and magnifies it in just the right way to make a thin sliver appear green just before it disappears. Pictured, though, is an even more unusual sunset. From the high-altitude Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile one day last April, the Sun was captured setting beyond an atmosphere with multiple distinct thermal layers, creating several mock images of the Sun. This time and from this location, many of those layers produced a green flash simultaneously. Just seconds after this multiple-green-flash event was caught by two well-surprised astrophotographers, the Sun set below the clouds. Image Credit & Copyright: T. Slovinský & P. Horálek (IoP Opava); CTIO, NOIRLab, NSF, AURA   

[h/t Scott Horton]

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"The Soul, secure in her existence. smiles at the drawn dagger and defies its point. The stars shall fade away, the sun himself grow dim with age and nature sink in years, but thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, unhurt amid the wars of elements, the wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds." From 1713, “Cato” by Joseph Addison. This was the passage Edgar Allen Poe encrypted and challenged his readers to decipher in 1841. It was not until 1992 that a Duke University doctoral student succeeded. ∞(via metaconscious)

#Green flash #sunset #T.Slovinsky #P.Horalek #AURA #Scott Horton #Cato #Joseph Addison #Edgar Allen Poe #metaconscious #coded

[thetoymakers]

"What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.” ~ Joseph Addison

#flowers #gouache #painting #illustration #artbyme #smiles #joseph addison

[poemoftheday]

Poem of the Day 5 March 2024

Joseph Addison. 1672-1719

Hymn

THE spacious firmament on high, With all the blue ethereal sky, And spangled heavens, a shining frame, Their great Original proclaim. Th' unwearied Sun from day to day Does his Creator's power display; And publishes to every land The work of an Almighty hand.

Soon as the evening shades prevail, The Moon takes up the wondrous tale; And nightly to the listening Earth Repeats the story of her birth: Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.

What though in solemn silence all Move round the dark terrestrial ball; What though nor real voice nor sound Amidst their radiant orbs be found? In Reason's ear they all rejoice, And utter forth a glorious voice; For ever singing as they shine, 'The Hand that made us is divine.'

#poetry #poem of the day #poem #joseph addison

[les-portes-du-sud]

Le sourire est à l'humanité ce que les rayons du soleil sont aux fleurs. Ce ne sont que des broutilles bien sûr, mais dispersés le long du chemin de la vie, le bien qu'ils font est inimaginable.

Joseph Addison

#joseph addison #the spectator #sourire #soleil #humanite #les-portes-du-sud #@kamel #mai 2023

[meinarchive]

HOPE

Our lives, discoloured with our present woes,

May still grow white and shine with happier hours.

So the pure limped stream, when foul with stains

Of rushing torrents and descending rains,

Works itself clear, and as it runs refines,

till by degrees the floating mirror shines;

Reflects each flower that on the border grows,

And a new heaven in it's fair bosom shows.

— Joseph Addison

#poetry #joseph addison #english #theme: hope

[kamala-laxman]

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life’s pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.” ― Joseph Addison

#Joseph Addison #life

[elegantzombielite]

"What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul."

Joseph Addison, essayist and poet (1672-1719)

#athoughtfortoday #joseph addison #soul #education #sculpture

[friendly-neighbourhood-librarian]

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

Joseph Addison

#book quotes #joseph addison #red book quotes

[theboringsoliloquy]

Sir Roger de Coverly is the most annoying, self centred, narcissistic white coloniser who thinks he's doing a favour by being alive. No dude, you standing while everyone kneels to pray makes you a wannabe Jesus stfu and go sleep.

#modern #essays #joseph addison #sir roger moore

[poligraf]

So when an angel by divine command With rising tempests shakes a guilty land, Such as of late o'er pale Britannia passed, Calm and serene he drives the furious blast; And, pleas'd th' Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the storm.

— Joseph Addison

#quotes #quote #wisdom #lifequotes #light #quoteoftheday #joseph addison #poem #poetry #poems #angels #divine command #winged messenger #tempest #tornado #storm #whirlwind #britannia #calm #serene #the alnighty #god

[waiting-eyez]

There is nothing touches our

imagination so much as a

beautiful woman in a plain

dress.

(Joseph Addison)

#Joseph Addison

[thecpdiary]

“If men would consider not so much wherein they differ, as wherein they agree, there would be far less of uncharitableness and angry feeling in the world.” JOSEPH ADDISON

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#thecpdiary #feature #joseph addison #quotes

[linusjf]

Joseph Addison: Time

Cover via Amazon “The best thing to spend on your children is your time.” ~ Joseph Addison, from Chicken Soup for the Soul: Grand and Great.

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#chicken soup for the soul #joseph addison #Time