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. The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin - Seite 416von Jonathan Swift - 1801Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Jonathan Swift - 1742 - 314 Seiten
...Wrapt round and fanftify'd with Sbakefpear's Name. Pretty, in Amber to obferve the Forms Q[ Hairs, 6r Straws, or Dirt, or Grubs, or Worms: The Thing, we know, is neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the Devil it got there. ARE others angry ? I excufe them too, Well may they rage ; I... | |
| Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth - 1754 - 336 Seiten
...amber to obferve the forms Of Jiairs, or ftraws, or dirt, or grubs, or <.:/OK , J » 5 » The/£, we know, is neither rich nor rare; And wonder how the devil it got there. Are others angry? I excufe them too : Well may they rage; I give them but theirdue. Each man's true merit 'tis not hard... | |
| Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth - 1754 - 354 Seiten
...hairs, or ftraws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms ! The The thing, we know, is neither rich nor rare j. And wonder how the devil it got there. Are others angry? I excufe them too : Well may they rage; I give them but theirdueEach man's true merit 'tis not hard to... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1757 - 440 Seiten
...! 20 VOL. VI. K f This and the four following poems were wrote by Mr Pop*. no FRAGMENT OF A SATIRE. The thing we know, is neither rich nor rare ; And...wonder how the devil it got there, ARE others angry ? I excufe them too : Well may they rage ; I give them but their due. Each man's true merit 'tis not hard... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1768 - 338 Seiten
...Of hairs, or ftraws> or dirt, or grubs, or worms ! The Thething, we know, is neither rich nor rare j And wonder how the devil it got there. Are others angry? I excufe them too: Well may they ragej I gave them but their due;. Each man's true merit 'tis nothard... | |
| Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth - 1784 - 422 Seiten
...namePretty ! in amber to obferve the forms Of hairs, or ftraws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms ! 20 The tiling, we know, is neither rich nor rare ; And wonder how the devil it got there. Are others angry? I excufe them too: Well may they rage ; I give them but their due. Each man's true merit 'tis not hard... | |
| 1796 - 500 Seiten
...syllables, 166 Ev'n such small critics some regard may claim, Preserv'd in ML! ton's, or in Shakespeare's name. Pretty ! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, .or straws, or dirt, o,r grubs, or >verms! 170 The things, we know, are neither rich nor tare, But wonder how the devil they got there.... | |
| 1797 - 614 Seiten
...a version, just sinking into the gulph of perpetual oblivion. t * See Longmus de Sub. sect, nit.' ' 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. * As I have occasionally... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1803 - 434 Seiten
...there- was still an Additional cause Who thinks he reads when he but scans and spells; A word catcher that lives on syllables. Yet e'en this creature may...forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms I The thing, we know, is neither rich nor rare; A ad wonder how the devil it got there. Are others... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1804 - 190 Seiten
...syllables, 166 Ev'n such small critics some regard may claim, Preserv'd in Milton's or in Shakespeare's name. Pretty in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms ! 170 The things, we know are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there. Were... | |
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