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A Complete Edition of the Poets of Great Britain..: Swift. Thompson. Watts ... - Page 150
1794
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The Works of the British Poets, Selected and Chronologically Arranged ...

1852 - 874 lehte
...dtplaIl pas. In the adversity of our hest friends, we atways find somethins that doth not disptease us." n's rest Is thought too base for human breast : " In all distresses of our friends, We first consult our...
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The Poetical Works of Jonathan Swift: With a Life, 2. köide

Jonathan Swift, John Mitford - 1853 - 384 lehte
...I'adversite' de nos meillcurs amis, nous trouvons toujours quelque chose, qui ne nous de"plait pas." As Rochefoucault his maxims drew From nature, I believe...They argue no corrupted mind In him ; the fault is m mankind. 1 Divisum imperium cnm Jove Caesar habet. 2 These verses have undergone, perhaps, a stranger...
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A Complete Dictionary of Poetical Quotations: Comprising the Most Excellent ...

Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1855 - 612 lehte
...where his genius least inelines, Absurdly bends his whole designe. Swift on Poetry. As Roehefoueault his maxims drew From nature, I believe them true; They argue no eorrupted mind In him: the fault is in mankind. Swift. Vain human kind ! fantastie raee ! Thy various...
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Laconics: Or the Best Words of the Best Authors ...

John Timbs - 1856 - 378 lehte
...the Italian proverb says, " The man who lives by hope will die by danger." — Aiiditon. DCXXXIII. As Rochefoucault his maxims drew From nature, I believe...no corrupted mind In him ; the fault is in mankind. Swift. DCXXXtV. How large a portion of chastity is sent out of the world by distant hints, — nodded...
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Works ...

Leigh Hunt - 1859 - 550 lehte
...ventur'd his life ; Went burnt, and was cudgel'd again by bis wife VERSES ON THE DEATH OF DR. SWIFT." As Rochefoucault his maxims drew From nature, I believe...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...
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The Poetical Works of Jonathan Swift: With a Life, 2. köide

Jonathan Swift, John Mitford - 1859 - 384 lehte
...nos meilleurs amis, nous trouvons toujours quelque chose, qui ne nous de'plalt pas." As Kochefoucault his maxims drew From nature, I believe them true ;...no corrupted mind In him ; the fault is in mankind. 1 Divisum imperium cum Jove Caesar habet. * These verses have undergone, perhaps, a stranger revolution...
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The Works of Jonathan Swift ...: With Copious Notes and Additions ..., 1. köide

Jonathan Swift - 1860 - 1090 lehte
...pas." " In the adversity of our best friends we always find something that does not displease us." As Rochefoucault his maxims drew From nature, I believe...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...
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Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets, 3. köide

George Gilfillan - 1860 - 360 lehte
...pas;' — 'In the adversity of our best friends, we always find gomething that doth not displease us.' As Rochefoucault his maxims drew From nature, I believe...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...
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Third period - From Dryden to Cowper

George Gilfillan - 1860 - 362 lehte
...our best friends, we always find something that doth not displease us.' As Rochefoucault his maxima drew From nature, I believe them true : They argue...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...
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The Literature of Society, 2. köide

Mrs. A. T. Thomson - 1862 - 346 lehte
...chose qui ne nous dtplait pas." We have only space for a small portion of this poem. ' As Bochefoucault his maxims drew From nature, I believe them true,...no corrupted mind in him, The fault is in mankind.' • We all behold with envious eyes Our equals rais'd above our size, Who would not at a crowded show...
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