The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin ...W. Bowyer, C. Bathurst, W. Owen, W. Strahan, J. Rivington, J. Hinton, L. Davis, and C. Reymers, R. Baldwin, J. Dodsley, S. Crowder and Company and B. Collins., 1768 |
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... Still their authority was fmaller . There was on both fides much to fay i She'd hear the cause another day ; And fo fhe did , and then a third ; She heard it -- there fhe kept her word : But with rejoinders and replies , • ` Long bills ...
... Still their authority was fmaller . There was on both fides much to fay i She'd hear the cause another day ; And fo fhe did , and then a third ; She heard it -- there fhe kept her word : But with rejoinders and replies , • ` Long bills ...
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... still some book betwixt , The darts were in the cover fix'd , Or , often blunted and recoil'd , On Plutarch's morals ftruck , were fspoil'd . The queen of wisdom could foresee , But not prevent , the fates decree : And human caution ...
... still some book betwixt , The darts were in the cover fix'd , Or , often blunted and recoil'd , On Plutarch's morals ftruck , were fspoil'd . The queen of wisdom could foresee , But not prevent , the fates decree : And human caution ...
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... still her dignity maintain , Inftructed from her early years To fcorn the art of female tears . Had he employ'd his time fo long To teach her what was right and wrong , Yet could fuch notions entertain , That all his lectures were in ...
... still her dignity maintain , Inftructed from her early years To fcorn the art of female tears . Had he employ'd his time fo long To teach her what was right and wrong , Yet could fuch notions entertain , That all his lectures were in ...
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... Still to the fea their courfe incline ; Or , as philofophers , who find Some fav'rite fyftem to their mind , In ev'ry point to make it fit , Will force all nature to fubmit . Cadenus , who cou'd ne'er fufpect His leffons wou'd have fuch ...
... Still to the fea their courfe incline ; Or , as philofophers , who find Some fav'rite fyftem to their mind , In ev'ry point to make it fit , Will force all nature to fubmit . Cadenus , who cou'd ne'er fufpect His leffons wou'd have fuch ...
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... still adher'd ; And still its love to houfhold cares By a fhrill voice at noon declares , Warning the cook - maid not to burn That roaft meat , which it cannot turn . The groaning - chair began to crawl , Like a huge fnail , along the ...
... still adher'd ; And still its love to houfhold cares By a fhrill voice at noon declares , Warning the cook - maid not to burn That roaft meat , which it cannot turn . The groaning - chair began to crawl , Like a huge fnail , along the ...
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Página 148 - Tis but the funeral of the former year. Let joy or ease, let affluence or content, And the gay conscience of a life well spent, Calm every thought, inspirit every grace, Glow in thy heart, and smile upon thy face. Let day improve on day, and year on year, Without a pain, a trouble, or a fear...
Página 72 - Then the Bell rung, and I went down to put my Lady to Bed, And, God knows, I thought my Money was as safe as my Maidenhead. So when I came up again, I found my Pocket feel very light, But when I search'd, and miss'd my Purse, Lord! I thought I should have sunk outright: Lord! Madam, says Mary, how d'ye do? Indeed...
Página 148 - See how the world its veterans rewards ! A youth of frolics, an old age of cards; Fair to no purpose, artful to no end, Young without lovers, old without a friend; A fop their passion, but their prize a sot, Alive, ridiculous; and dead, forgot!
Página 39 - Having through all the village past, To a small cottage came at last, Where dwelt a good old honest ye'man, Call'd in the neighbourhood Philemon ; Who kindly did these saints invite In his poor hut to pass the night ; And then the hospitable...
Página 265 - HERE continueth to rot The Body of FRANCIS CHARTRES, Who, with an INFLEXIBLE CONSTANCY, and INIMITABLE UNIFORMITY of Life PERSISTED, In spite of AGE and INFIRMITIES, In the Practice of EVERY HUMAN VICE, Excepting PRODIGALITY and HYPOCRISY: His insatiable AVARICE exempted him from the first, His matchless IMPUDENCE from the second.
Página 303 - tis a shocking sight, And he's engaged to-morrow night; My Lady Club will take it ill, If he should fail her at quadrille. He loved the Dean— (I lead a heart,) But dearest friends, they say, must part. His time was come: he ran his race; We hope he's in a better place.
Página 43 - what's this you tell us ? I hope you don't believe me jealous ? But yet, methinks, I feel it true ; And really yours is budding too : — Nay — now I cannot stir my foot ; It feels as if 'twere taking root.
Página 56 - And that they ne'er consider'd yet. ' Good Mr. Dean, go change your gown, Let my lord know you're come to town.
Página 304 - To fancy they could live a year ! I find you're but a stranger here. The Dean was famous in his time, And had a kind of knack at rhyme : His way of writing now is past ; The town has got a better taste. I keep no antiquated stuff, But spick and span I have enough.
Página 125 - And born to write, converse, and live with ease: Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...