The Works of Jonathan Swift: Miscellanies, by Mr. Pope, Dr. Arbuthnot, Mr. Gay, &c. Prose miscellanies by Swift and SheridanA. Constable, 1814 |
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... breaking . But the consequences have been still worse : we have been entitled , and have had our names prefix- ed at length , to whole volumes of mean productions , equally offensive to good manners and good sense , which [ 5 ]
... breaking . But the consequences have been still worse : we have been entitled , and have had our names prefix- ed at length , to whole volumes of mean productions , equally offensive to good manners and good sense , which [ 5 ]
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... means satisfied of its propricty . The following speculations of different commentators , concern . ing the plan adopted by the Scriblerus Club , are interesting . " Mr Pope , Dr Arbuthnot , and Dr Swift , in conjunction , formed the ...
... means satisfied of its propricty . The following speculations of different commentators , concern . ing the plan adopted by the Scriblerus Club , are interesting . " Mr Pope , Dr Arbuthnot , and Dr Swift , in conjunction , formed the ...
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... means of some British ship ( whose colours no Spaniard dare approach ) , * I impatiently expect a safe passage to Jamaica , for that benefit . To thee , my friend , whom Fate has marked for my Historio- grapher , I leave these my ...
... means of some British ship ( whose colours no Spaniard dare approach ) , * I impatiently expect a safe passage to Jamaica , for that benefit . To thee , my friend , whom Fate has marked for my Historio- grapher , I leave these my ...
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... means of exposing the dunces , with whom he did not disdain to carry on personal The following satire , which to us conveys little more than a sarcastic exposure of the common - places of poetry , was , I fear , rather dictated by the ...
... means of exposing the dunces , with whom he did not disdain to carry on personal The following satire , which to us conveys little more than a sarcastic exposure of the common - places of poetry , was , I fear , rather dictated by the ...
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... mean , and quintessence of all virtues , be deemed so offensive in this art ? or coolness or mediocrity be so amiable a quality in a man , and so detestable in a poet ? Mediocribus esse poetis Non dii , non homines , & c.POPE , However ...
... mean , and quintessence of all virtues , be deemed so offensive in this art ? or coolness or mediocrity be so amiable a quality in a man , and so detestable in a poet ? Mediocribus esse poetis Non dii , non homines , & c.POPE , However ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 331 - 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...
Seite 65 - Ye gods, annihilate but space and time, And make two lovers happy!
Seite 145 - Of these am I, who thy protection claim, A watchful sprite, and Ariel is my name. Late, as I rang'd the crystal wilds of air, In the clear mirror of thy ruling star I saw, alas! some dread...
Seite 330 - Blest with each talent, and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease; Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Seite 145 - Or o'er the glebe distil the kindly rain; Others on earth o'er human race preside, Watch all their ways, and all their actions guide: Of these the chief the care of nations own, And guard with arms divine the British throne. 'Our humbler province is to tend the fair, Not a less pleasing, though less glorious care; To save the powder from too rude a gale, Nor let th...
Seite 147 - 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.
Seite 153 - Haste, then, ye spirits! to your charge repair: The fluttering fan be Zephyretta's care; The drops to thee, Brillante, we consign; And, Momentilla, let the watch be thine; Do thou, Crispissa, tend her favourite lock; Ariel himself shall be the guard of Shock. To fifty chosen sylphs, of special note, We trust th...
Seite 172 - Jerusalem with iniquity: the heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the Lord, and say, "Is not the Lord among us? none evil can come upon us.
Seite 335 - See how the world its veterans rewards! A youth of frolics, an old age of cards; Fair to no purpose, artful to no end; Young without lovers, old without a friend; A fop their passion, but their prize a sot; Alive, ridiculous; and dead, forgot!
Seite 148 - What Time would spare, from Steel receives its date, And monuments, like men, submit to fate! Steel could the labour of the Gods destroy, 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.