The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, Volume 17J. 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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... speaking like a philosopher ; and a fine gentleman like a scholar . Whoever is con- versant in modern plays , may make a most noble col- lection of this kind , and at the same time form a complete body of modern ethics and morality ...
... speaking like a philosopher ; and a fine gentleman like a scholar . Whoever is con- versant in modern plays , may make a most noble col- lection of this kind , and at the same time form a complete body of modern ethics and morality ...
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... Speaking of a beautiful infant , So fair thou art , that if great Cupid be A child , as poets say , sure thou art he . Fair Venus would mistake thee for her own , Did not thy eyes proclaim thee not her son . There all the lightnings of ...
... Speaking of a beautiful infant , So fair thou art , that if great Cupid be A child , as poets say , sure thou art he . Fair Venus would mistake thee for her own , Did not thy eyes proclaim thee not her son . There all the lightnings of ...
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... speak of the passions : but as the main end and principal effect of the bathos is to produce tranquillity of mind ( and sure it is a better design to promote sleep than madness ) we have little to say on this sub- ject . Nor will the ...
... speak of the passions : but as the main end and principal effect of the bathos is to produce tranquillity of mind ( and sure it is a better design to promote sleep than madness ) we have little to say on this sub- ject . Nor will the ...
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... speak of the thunder of Heaven , say , The lords above are angry and talk big * . Or if you would describe a rich man refunding his treasures , express it thus , Tho ' he ( as said ) may riches gorge , the spoil Painful in massy vomit ...
... speak of the thunder of Heaven , say , The lords above are angry and talk big * . Or if you would describe a rich man refunding his treasures , express it thus , Tho ' he ( as said ) may riches gorge , the spoil Painful in massy vomit ...
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... speak of them as of things known , that they were then a part of the study of the learned . And though all we directly hear is of their military achieve- ments , in the brave defence of their country from the annual invasions of a ...
... speak of them as of things known , that they were then a part of the study of the learned . And though all we directly hear is of their military achieve- ments , in the brave defence of their country from the annual invasions of a ...
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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.