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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... , And gaze in filent wonder long ; Till one in raptures thus began To praise the pile and builder Van . THRICE happy Poet , who may trail Thy house about thee , like a fnail ; Or Or harness'd to a nag , at ease , Take 26 POEM S.
... , And gaze in filent wonder long ; Till one in raptures thus began To praise the pile and builder Van . THRICE happy Poet , who may trail Thy house about thee , like a fnail ; Or Or harness'd to a nag , at ease , Take 26 POEM S.
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... praise ; That meat must be with money bought ; She therefore , upon second thought , Infus'd , yet as it were by ftealth , Some small regard for state and wealth : Of which , as fhe grew up , there stay'd A tincture in the prudent maid ...
... praise ; That meat must be with money bought ; She therefore , upon second thought , Infus'd , yet as it were by ftealth , Some small regard for state and wealth : Of which , as fhe grew up , there stay'd A tincture in the prudent maid ...
Side 49
... praise rung in their ear : Mifs Betty , when she does a fault , Lets fall her knife , or fpills the salt , Will thus be by her mother chid ; " " Tis what Vanessa never did . " Thus by the nymphs and fwains ador'd , My pow'r fhall be ...
... praise rung in their ear : Mifs Betty , when she does a fault , Lets fall her knife , or fpills the salt , Will thus be by her mother chid ; " " Tis what Vanessa never did . " Thus by the nymphs and fwains ador'd , My pow'r fhall be ...
Side 56
... praise . The learned met with free approach , Altho ' they came not in a coach . Some clergy too fhe would allow , Nor quarrel'd with their aukward bow ; But this was for Cadenus ' fake , A gownman of a diff'rent make ; Whom Pallas ...
... praise . The learned met with free approach , Altho ' they came not in a coach . Some clergy too fhe would allow , Nor quarrel'd with their aukward bow ; But this was for Cadenus ' fake , A gownman of a diff'rent make ; Whom Pallas ...
Side 59
... praise , esteem , approve , But understood not what was love : His conduct might have made him ftyl'd A father , and the nymph his child . That innocent delight he took To fee the virgin mind her book , Was but the mafter's fecret joy ...
... praise , esteem , approve , But understood not what was love : His conduct might have made him ftyl'd A father , and the nymph his child . That innocent delight he took To fee the virgin mind her book , Was but the mafter's fecret joy ...
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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...