The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, 17. köideJ. 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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Page 141
... Hocus the attorney . " C A declaration was drawn up to show " That Bull " and Frog had undoubted right by prescription to be drapers to the lord Strutts ; that there were seve- " ral old contracts to that purpose ; that Lewis Ba- " boon ...
... Hocus the attorney . " C A declaration was drawn up to show " That Bull " and Frog had undoubted right by prescription to be drapers to the lord Strutts ; that there were seve- " ral old contracts to that purpose ; that Lewis Ba- " boon ...
Page 142
... Hocus . FOR the better understanding the following history , the reader ought to know , that Bull , in the main , was an honest plain - dealing fellow , cholerick , bold , and of a very unconstant temper ; he dreaded not old Lewis ...
... Hocus . FOR the better understanding the following history , the reader ought to know , that Bull , in the main , was an honest plain - dealing fellow , cholerick , bold , and of a very unconstant temper ; he dreaded not old Lewis ...
Page 143
... Hocus was an old cunning attorney ; and though this was the first considerable suit that ever he was engaged in , he showed himself superiour in his address to most of his profession ; he kept always good clerks , he loved money , was ...
... Hocus was an old cunning attorney ; and though this was the first considerable suit that ever he was engaged in , he showed himself superiour in his address to most of his profession ; he kept always good clerks , he loved money , was ...
Page 146
... Hocus , and the rest of the tribe , encouraged John in his fancy , assuring him , that he had a great genius for law ; that they questioned not , but in time he might raise money enough by it to reimburse him all his charges ; that if ...
... Hocus , and the rest of the tribe , encouraged John in his fancy , assuring him , that he had a great genius for law ; that they questioned not , but in time he might raise money enough by it to reimburse him all his charges ; that if ...
Page 147
... Hocus had an intrigue with his wife ; and what followed thereupon . JOHN had not run on a madding so long , had it not been for an extravagant bitch of a wife , whom Hocus perceiving John to be fond of , was resolved to win over to his ...
... Hocus had an intrigue with his wife ; and what followed thereupon . JOHN had not run on a madding so long , had it not been for an extravagant bitch of a wife , whom Hocus perceiving John to be fond of , was resolved to win over to his ...
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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.
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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.