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 117
... ev'ry pow'r ador'd . in the first of them he plainly hints at their rising to atins ; in the second , by adoring every power , the vocation of saints . Belinda's visits are described with numerous wax- ts , which are always used in ...
... ev'ry pow'r ador'd . in the first of them he plainly hints at their rising to atins ; in the second , by adoring every power , the vocation of saints . Belinda's visits are described with numerous wax- ts , which are always used in ...
Page 395
... ev'ry town where Thamis rolls his tide , A narrow pass there is , with houses low ; Where ever and anon the stream is eyed , And many a boat soft sliding to and fro : There oft are heard the notes of infant woe , The short thick sob ...
... ev'ry town where Thamis rolls his tide , A narrow pass there is , with houses low ; Where ever and anon the stream is eyed , And many a boat soft sliding to and fro : There oft are heard the notes of infant woe , The short thick sob ...
Page 396
... ev'ry wight , tears clothes and all to tatters . V. Her dugs were mark'd by ev'ry collier's hand , Her mouth was black as bulldog's at the stall : She scratched , bit , and spar'd ne lace ne band ; And bitch and rogue her answer was ...
... ev'ry wight , tears clothes and all to tatters . V. Her dugs were mark'd by ev'ry collier's hand , Her mouth was black as bulldog's at the stall : She scratched , bit , and spar'd ne lace ne band ; And bitch and rogue her answer was ...
Page 413
... ev'ry turn fell to't ; Come near , they trod upon your toes ; They fought from head to foot . Of these the duke of Lancastere Stood paramount in pride ; He kick'd , and cuff d , and tweak'd , and trod His foes and friends beside . Firm ...
... ev'ry turn fell to't ; Come near , they trod upon your toes ; They fought from head to foot . Of these the duke of Lancastere Stood paramount in pride ; He kick'd , and cuff d , and tweak'd , and trod His foes and friends beside . Firm ...
Page 419
... ev'ry sentence raise , And wonder with a foolish face of praise- What pity , Heaven ! if such a man there be ; Who would not weep , if Addison were he ! EE 2 MACER . MACER . WHEN simple Macer , now of high renown FRAGMENT OF A SATIRE ...
... ev'ry sentence raise , And wonder with a foolish face of praise- What pity , Heaven ! if such a man there be ; Who would not weep , if Addison were he ! EE 2 MACER . MACER . WHEN simple Macer , now of high renown FRAGMENT OF A SATIRE ...
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Page 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...
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.
Page 113 - The rebel Knave, who dares his prince engage, Proves the just victim of his royal rage.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
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.