 And sensible soft melancholy. "Has she no faults then, (Envy says) Sir?" Yes, she has one, I must aver; When all the world conspires to praise her, The woman's deaf, and does not hear.  The Works - Page 78by Jonathan Swift - 1803Full view - About this book
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...OK ON A CERTAIN LADY AT COURT. I KNOW the thing that's most uncommon, (Envy be silent, and attend !) I know a reasonable woman, Handsome and witty, yet...faults, then (Envy says) sir ?" Yes, she has one, I mu^t aver : When all the world conspires to praise her, The woman's deaf, and does not hear. In the... | |
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...passion, aw'd by rumor, Npt grave through pridr, nor gay through fully, An equal mixture of good-humor, And sensible soft melancholy. ' Has she no faults...aver ; When all the world conspires to praise her, The Woman's deaf, and does not hear. ON HIS GROTTO AT TWICKENHAM, Composed of Marbles, Spars, Gemi,... | |
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