The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, Band 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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... short , he washed his feet in butter ; a cir- cumstance some poets would have softened , or passed over : now hear how this butter is spread out by the great genius . With teats distended with their milky store , Such numerous lowing ...
... short , he washed his feet in butter ; a cir- cumstance some poets would have softened , or passed over : now hear how this butter is spread out by the great genius . With teats distended with their milky store , Such numerous lowing ...
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... short bounds of this discourse allow us to treat at large of the emollients and opiates of poesy ; of the cool , and the manner of producing it ; or of the methods used by our authors in ma- naging the passions . I shall but transiently ...
... short bounds of this discourse allow us to treat at large of the emollients and opiates of poesy ; of the cool , and the manner of producing it ; or of the methods used by our authors in ma- naging the passions . I shall but transiently ...
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... short of the first , than which nothing creates greater surprize . On the Extent of the British Arms . Under the tropicks is our language spoke , And part of Flanders hath receiv'd our yoke † . On a Warrior . And thou Dalhoussy the ...
... short of the first , than which nothing creates greater surprize . On the Extent of the British Arms . Under the tropicks is our language spoke , And part of Flanders hath receiv'd our yoke † . On a Warrior . And thou Dalhoussy the ...
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... short and smart as Seneca or Mr. Asgill , Marcus Aurelius is excellent at snip - snap , and honest Tho- mas - a - Kempis as prim and polite as any preacher at court . 3. The ALAMOde Style , which is fine by being new , and has this ...
... short and smart as Seneca or Mr. Asgill , Marcus Aurelius is excellent at snip - snap , and honest Tho- mas - a - Kempis as prim and polite as any preacher at court . 3. The ALAMOde Style , which is fine by being new , and has this ...
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... short - lived as the dedication and panegyrick , which are often but the praise of a day , and become by the next utterly useless , improper , indecent , and false . This is the more to be lamented , inasmuch as these two are the sorts ...
... short - lived as the dedication and panegyrick , which are often but the praise of a day , and become by the next utterly useless , improper , indecent , and false . This is the more to be lamented , inasmuch as these two are the sorts ...
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Seite 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...
Seite 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?
Seite 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.
Seite 113 - The rebel Knave, who dares his prince engage, Proves the just victim of his royal rage.
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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.