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So have I seen , in black and white , A pratiog thing , a magpie hight , Majestically
stalk ; A stately , worthless animal , That plies the tongue , and wags the tail , All
flutter , pride , and talk . * PHRYNE . PHRYNE had talents for mankind ; Open ...
So have I seen , in black and white , A pratiog thing , a magpie hight , Majestically
stalk ; A stately , worthless animal , That plies the tongue , and wags the tail , All
flutter , pride , and talk . * PHRYNE . PHRYNE had talents for mankind ; Open ...
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... against government , that he was soon obliged to drop it . Dr. WARTON . | I
remember old Demoivre told me , about fifty years ago , that all he remembered
of Corneille was , that he had seen him in red stockings at the theatre , Dr.
WARTON .
... against government , that he was soon obliged to drop it . Dr. WARTON . | I
remember old Demoivre told me , about fifty years ago , that all he remembered
of Corneille was , that he had seen him in red stockings at the theatre , Dr.
WARTON .
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He indeed foretold , that it would be seen at five minutes after five ; but , as the
best watches may be a minute or two too slow , I am apt to think his calculation
jast to a minute . In less than a quarter of au hour , all Cheapside was crowded
with a ...
He indeed foretold , that it would be seen at five minutes after five ; but , as the
best watches may be a minute or two too slow , I am apt to think his calculation
jast to a minute . In less than a quarter of au hour , all Cheapside was crowded
with a ...
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... comets seen at once over Soho square , by Mrs. Katharine Wadlington and
others ; a contagion that first crept in anong the first quality , descended to their
footmen , and infused itself into their ladies : I mean the woful practice of
PUNNING .
... comets seen at once over Soho square , by Mrs. Katharine Wadlington and
others ; a contagion that first crept in anong the first quality , descended to their
footmen , and infused itself into their ladies : I mean the woful practice of
PUNNING .
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And now , lest I should be suspected of imposing upon my reader , I must entreat
him to consider how high Plato has carried his sentiments of this art ( and Plato is
allowed by all men to have seen farther into heaven than any heathen either ...
And now , lest I should be suspected of imposing upon my reader , I must entreat
him to consider how high Plato has carried his sentiments of this art ( and Plato is
allowed by all men to have seen farther into heaven than any heathen either ...
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| Título | The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D. ...: With Notes, Historical and Critical, Volume 24 British classics The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D. ...: With Notes, Historical and Critical, Thomas Sheridan |
| Autor | Jonathan Swift |
| Editora | W. Durell, 1813 |
| Original de | Biblioteca Pública de Nova York |
| Digitalizado | 15 nov. 2006 |
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