 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 - Page 416by Jonathan Swift - 1801Full view - About this book
 | Jonathan Swift - 1742 - 314 lehte
...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 lehte
...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 lehte
...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 lehte
...! 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 lehte
...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 lehte
...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 lehte
...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 lehte
...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 lehte
...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 lehte
...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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