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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... observed of late the gradual decay of delicacy and refinement among mankind , who are become too reasonable to require , that we should labour with infinite pains to come up to the taste of these mountaineers , when they without any may ...
... observed of late the gradual decay of delicacy and refinement among mankind , who are become too reasonable to require , that we should labour with infinite pains to come up to the taste of these mountaineers , when they without any may ...
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... , it is wonderful to observe , how nearly they have approached us in those particular pieces ; though in their others they differed toto calo from us . B 3 CHAP . CHAP . II . That the bathos , or profund OF SINKING IN POETRY . 5.
... , it is wonderful to observe , how nearly they have approached us in those particular pieces ; though in their others they differed toto calo from us . B 3 CHAP . CHAP . II . That the bathos , or profund OF SINKING IN POETRY . 5.
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... observed , how fast the general taste is returning to this first simplicity and innocence ; and if the intent of all poetry be to divert and instruct , certainly that kind , which di- verts and instructs the greatest number , is to be ...
... observed , how fast the general taste is returning to this first simplicity and innocence ; and if the intent of all poetry be to divert and instruct , certainly that kind , which di- verts and instructs the greatest number , is to be ...
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... observed , that to move anger , use is made of scolding and railing ; to move love , of bawdry ; to beget favour and friend- ship , of gross flattery ; and to produce fear , of ca- lumniating an adversary with crimes obnoxious to the ...
... observed , that to move anger , use is made of scolding and railing ; to move love , of bawdry ; to beget favour and friend- ship , of gross flattery ; and to produce fear , of ca- lumniating an adversary with crimes obnoxious to the ...
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... observe the precepts here laid down , the neglect of which hath cost some of them their ears in a pillory . CHAP . XV . A receipt to make an epick poem . AN epick poem , the criticks agree , is the greatest work human nature is capable ...
... observe the precepts here laid down , the neglect of which hath cost some of them their ears in a pillory . CHAP . XV . A receipt to make an epick poem . AN epick poem , the criticks agree , is the greatest work human nature is capable ...
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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.