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... learning , to which all the Weftern Christians , as well as the English , had recourfe , not only for in- ftructions in the principles of religion , but in all forts of literature , viz . Legendi et Scholafticæ eruditionis gratia ...
... learning , to which all the Weftern Christians , as well as the English , had recourfe , not only for in- ftructions in the principles of religion , but in all forts of literature , viz . Legendi et Scholafticæ eruditionis gratia ...
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... learning here ; Afpiring , greedy , full of senseless prate , Devour the church , and chatter to the fate ? As you grew more degenerate and base , I fent you millions of the croaking race ; Emblems of infects vile , who spread their ...
... learning here ; Afpiring , greedy , full of senseless prate , Devour the church , and chatter to the fate ? As you grew more degenerate and base , I fent you millions of the croaking race ; Emblems of infects vile , who spread their ...
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... learning be a friend : If this be truth , as you atteft , What land was ever half fo bleft ? Sir Robert Walpole , afterwards carl of Orford . Sir Spencer Compton , then fpeaker , afterwards earl of Wilmington , No No falfehood now among ...
... learning be a friend : If this be truth , as you atteft , What land was ever half fo bleft ? Sir Robert Walpole , afterwards carl of Orford . Sir Spencer Compton , then fpeaker , afterwards earl of Wilmington , No No falfehood now among ...
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... learning mounts to read a fong , But half the words pronouncing wrong ; Hath every repartee in store She spoke ten thousand times before ; Can ready compliments supply On all occafions , cut and dry ; Such hatred to a parson's gown ...
... learning mounts to read a fong , But half the words pronouncing wrong ; Hath every repartee in store She spoke ten thousand times before ; Can ready compliments supply On all occafions , cut and dry ; Such hatred to a parson's gown ...
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... learning . Dick with zealous no's and ay's Could roar as loud as Stentor , In the houfe ' tis all he fays ; But Tom is eloquenter . A DIC K. MAGGO T. A S when , from rooting in a bin , All powder'd o'er from tail to chim , A lively ...
... learning . Dick with zealous no's and ay's Could roar as loud as Stentor , In the houfe ' tis all he fays ; But Tom is eloquenter . A DIC K. MAGGO T. A S when , from rooting in a bin , All powder'd o'er from tail to chim , A lively ...
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againſt Ballyfpellin Becauſe beſt biſhop Cælia cafe cauſe chufe countess of Suffolk court damn'd Dean DEAN SWIFT dear defire Dick divine dreſs eyes fafe faid fame fate fatire fave fcorn feen fenfe fent fhall fhew fhould fide fince fing firft firſt fmile foes fome fons fools foon foul fpirits fpite friends ftill fubject fuch fure fwear give goddeſs grace hath head hear heart himſelf houſe juft juſt king lady laft laſt lefs loft lord madam mattadore moſt Mufe muft Muſe muſt ne'er never nofe nymph o'er Obferve paffion pleaſe poem poets praiſe pride profe quadrille raiſe reaſon reft rhymes rife round ſhall ſhe Sir Arthur ſkill ſpeak ſtand ſtate ſtill Strephon Swift tell thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand Twill uſe verfe vex'd virtue Whig Whofe Whoſe wife worfe
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Page 282 - When beasts could speak, (the learned say They still can do so every day,) It seems, they had religion then, As much as now we find in men. It happen'd, when a plague broke out, (Which therefore made them more devout...
Page 306 - So geographers, in Afric maps, With savage pictures fill their gaps, And o'er unhabitable downs Place elephants for want of towns.
Page 157 - The servants amaz'd are scarce ever able To keep off their eyes, as they wait at the table ; And Molly and I have thrust in our nose, To peep at the captain in all his fine clo'es. Dear madam, be sure he's a fine spoken man, Do but hear on the clergy how glib his tongue ran ; And, 'madam,' says he, 'if such dinners you give, You'll ne'er want for parsons as long as you live.
Page 156 - Your ladyship lifts up the sash to be seen (For sure I had dizen'd you out like a queen). The captain, to show he is proud of the favour, Looks up to your window, and cocks up his beaver. (His beaver is cock'd ; pray, madam, mark that, For a captain of...
Page 154 - But, madam, I beg you contrive and invent, And worry him out till he gives his consent.
Page 255 - Rochefoucault his Maxims drew From Nature, I believe them true ; They argue no corrupted mind In him ; the fault is in mankind. This maxim more than all the rest Is thought too base for human breast, ' In all distresses of our friends We first consult our private ends, While Nature, kindly bent to ease us, Points out some circumstance to please us.
Page 154 - I can't sleep a wink : For if a new crotchet comes into my brain, I can't get it out, though I'd never so fain.
Page 1 - THIS day, whate'er the Fates decree, Shall still be kept with joy by me : This day, then, let us not be told That you are sick and I grown old, Nor think on our approaching ills, And talk of spectacles and pills : To-morrow will be time enough To hear such mortifying stuff.
Page 21 - Give no more to every guest, Than he's able to digest; Give him always of the prime; And but little at a time. Carve to all but just enough: Let them neither starve nor stuff: And, that you may have your due, Let your neighbours carve for you.
Page 258 - em? To all my foes, dear Fortune, send Thy gifts; but never to my friend: I tamely can endure the first; But this with envy makes me burst.