The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, Volume 17J. Johnson, J. Nichols, R. Baldwin, Otridge and Son, J. Sewell, F. and C. Rivington, T. Payne, R. Faulder, G. and J. Robinson, R. Lea, J. Nunn, W. Cuthell, T. Egerton, ... [and 12 others], 1801 |
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... court . 3. The ALAMOde Style , which is fine by being new , and has this happiness attending it , that it is as durable and extensive as the poem itself . Take some examples of it , in the de- scription of the sun in a mourning coach ...
... court . 3. The ALAMOde Style , which is fine by being new , and has this happiness attending it , that it is as durable and extensive as the poem itself . Take some examples of it , in the de- scription of the sun in a mourning coach ...
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... court of aldermen , who shall all have their places frank . 3. If Westminster - hall be not allotted to this ser ... courts beyond the seas , who may be drawn * Pantomimes were then first exhibited in England . either either by curiosity ...
... court of aldermen , who shall all have their places frank . 3. If Westminster - hall be not allotted to this ser ... courts beyond the seas , who may be drawn * Pantomimes were then first exhibited in England . either either by curiosity ...
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... courts of Whitehall and St. James's , may be held a place of privilege . And whereas it has been found , that an obligation to satisfy paltry creditors has been a dis- couragement to men of letters , if any person of qua- lity lity or ...
... courts of Whitehall and St. James's , may be held a place of privilege . And whereas it has been found , that an obligation to satisfy paltry creditors has been a dis- couragement to men of letters , if any person of qua- lity lity or ...
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... court in wearing apparel . The third proof is his acute and satirical wit ; and lastly , his great knowledge in the nature of beasts , together with the natural pleasure he took to speak of them upon all occasions . The next instance I ...
... court in wearing apparel . The third proof is his acute and satirical wit ; and lastly , his great knowledge in the nature of beasts , together with the natural pleasure he took to speak of them upon all occasions . The next instance I ...
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... court pages and young English travellers ? But the distinguishing of each kind , and allotting the proper business to each , I leave to the inquisitive and penetrating genius of the jesuits in their respective missions . Vale & fruere ...
... court pages and young English travellers ? But the distinguishing of each kind , and allotting the proper business to each , I leave to the inquisitive and penetrating genius of the jesuits in their respective missions . Vale & fruere ...
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Page 417 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike...
Page 112 - And strike to dust th' imperial tow'rs of Troy; Steel could the works of mortal pride confound, And hew triumphal arches to the ground. What wonder then, fair nymph! thy hairs should feel The conqu'ring force of unresisted steel?
Page 115 - Form'da vast buckle for his widow's gown: Her infant grandame's whistle next it grew, The bells she jingled, and the whistle blew; Then in a bodkin grac'd her mother's hairs, Which long she wore, and now Belinda wears.) Boast not my fall (he cry'd) insulting foe ! Thou by some other shalt be laid as low.
Page 113 - The rebel Knave, who dares his prince engage, Proves the just victim of his royal rage.
Page 117 - Haste, then, ye spirits! to your charge repair: The flutt'ring fan be Zephyretta's care; The drops to thee, Brillante, we consign; And, Momentilla, let the watch be thine; Do thou, Crispissa, tend her fav'rite Lock; Ariel himself shall be the guard of Shock. To fifty chosen Sylphs, of special note, We trust th...
Page 416 - Pretty ! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms ! The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there.
Page 111 - Warn'd by the sylph, oh pious maid, beware ! This to disclose is all thy guardian can ; Beware of all, but most beware of man ! He said ; when Shock, who thought she slept too long, Leap'd up, and wak'd his mistress with his tongue.
Page 416 - But each man's secret standard in his mind, That casting-weight pride adds to emptiness, This, who can gratify ? for who can guess * The bard whom pilfer'd pastorals renown, Who turns a Persian tale for half a crown, Just writes to make his barrenness appear, And strains from hard-bound brains eight lines a year...
Page 59 - THE DESCRIPTIONS. For a tempest.—" Take Eurus, Zephyr, Auster and Boreas, and cast them together in one verse. Add to these of rain, lightning, and of thunder, the loudest you can, quantum sufficit.
Page 144 - John was quick, and understood his business very well; but no man alive was more careless in looking into his accounts, or more cheated by partners, apprentices, and servants.