The Works of D. Jonathan Swift: In Nine Volumes, Volum 2Dublin printed; and Edinburgh reprinted, for G. Hamilton & J. Balfour, and L. Hunter, at Edinburgh; and A. Stalker, at Glasgow; and sold by them and other booksellers., 1752 |
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Side 16
... line rehearse . And last , my vengeance to complete , May you defcend to take renown , Prevail'd on by the thing you hate , A Whig , and one that wears a gown .. ' BAUCIS and PHILEMON . A 211 Imitated from the Eighth Book of Ovid ...
... line rehearse . And last , my vengeance to complete , May you defcend to take renown , Prevail'd on by the thing you hate , A Whig , and one that wears a gown .. ' BAUCIS and PHILEMON . A 211 Imitated from the Eighth Book of Ovid ...
Side 32
... lines were intended against that licentious manner of modern Poets , in making three Rhimes together , which they call Triplets ; and the laft of the three was two , or fometimes more , fyllables long- er , called an Alexandrine . Thefe ...
... lines were intended against that licentious manner of modern Poets , in making three Rhimes together , which they call Triplets ; and the laft of the three was two , or fometimes more , fyllables long- er , called an Alexandrine . Thefe ...
Side 36
... line . Thence , thro ' a long defcent of Kings , Came an heir - loom , as Homer fings : Tho ' this description looks so big , That Scepter was a fapless twig ; Which , from the fatal day , when first It left the foreft where ' twas nurs ...
... line . Thence , thro ' a long defcent of Kings , Came an heir - loom , as Homer fings : Tho ' this description looks so big , That Scepter was a fapless twig ; Which , from the fatal day , when first It left the foreft where ' twas nurs ...
Side 58
... lines , more moving than the rest , Stuck to the point that pierc'd her breast ; And , borne directly to her heart , With pains unknown increas'd the fmart . VANESSA , not in years a fcore , Dreams of a gown of forty - four ; Imaginary ...
... lines , more moving than the rest , Stuck to the point that pierc'd her breast ; And , borne directly to her heart , With pains unknown increas'd the fmart . VANESSA , not in years a fcore , Dreams of a gown of forty - four ; Imaginary ...
Side 87
... lines Writ underneath the country signs : Or , " Have you nothing new to - day , " From Pope , from Parmel , or from Gay ? Such tattle often entertains 75 My Lord and me as far as fains : As once a - week we travel down To Windfer , and ...
... lines Writ underneath the country signs : Or , " Have you nothing new to - day , " From Pope , from Parmel , or from Gay ? Such tattle often entertains 75 My Lord and me as far as fains : As once a - week we travel down To Windfer , and ...
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Side 3 - don't be angry, I am sure I never thought you so ; You know I honour the cloth ; I design to be a Parson's wife ; I never took one in your coat for a conjurer in all my life.
Side 120 - Preferring his regard for me Before his credit, or his fee. Some formal visits, looks, and words, What mere humanity affords, I meet perhaps from three or four, From whom I once expected more ; Which those who tend the sick for pay, Can act as decently as they : But no obliging, tender friend, To help at my approaching end.
Side 120 - Removed from kind Arbuthnot's aid, Who knows his art but not his trade, Preferring his regard for me Before his credit or his fee. Some formal visits, looks, and words, What mere humanity affords, I meet, perhaps, from three or four From whom I once expected more, Which...
Side 189 - That lies in old wood like a hare in her form ; With teeth or with claws it will bite or will scratch, And chambermaids christen this worm a deathwatch ; Because like a watch it always cries click ; Then woe be to those in the house who are sick : For, as sure as a gun, they will give up the ghost, If the maggot cries click when it scratches the post.
Side 24 - A sable cloud athwart the welkin flings, That swill'd more liquor than it could contain, And, like a drunkard, gives it up again.
Side 245 - You had like to have put it quite out of my head. ' Next day, to be sure, the captain will come At the head of his troop, with trumpet and drum.
Side 205 - THIS day, whate'er the Fates decree, Shall still be kept with joy by me : This day, then, let us not be told That you are sick and I grown old, Nor think on our approaching ills, And talk of spectacles and pills : To-morrow will be time enough To hear such mortifying stuff.
Side 106 - Reason's gate ; And, what is worse, your passion bends Its force against your nearest friends, Which manners, decency, and pride, Have taught you from the world to hide...
Side 350 - In bulk there are not more degrees, From elephants to mites in cheese, Than what a curious eye may trace In creatures of the rhyming race. From bad to worse, and worse, they fall ; But who can reach the...