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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... whole car- loads of our manufacture ; to reclaim some of which stolen goods is part of the design of his treatise . For we shall see in the course of this work , that our greatest adversaries have sometimes descended toward us ; and ...
... whole car- loads of our manufacture ; to reclaim some of which stolen goods is part of the design of his treatise . For we shall see in the course of this work , that our greatest adversaries have sometimes descended toward us ; and ...
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... whole that spirit , which we admire and stare at . For instance , in that ingenious piece on a lady's drinking the Bath- waters : She drinks ! she drinks ! behold the matchless dame ! To her ' tis water , but to us ' tis flame : Thus ...
... whole that spirit , which we admire and stare at . For instance , in that ingenious piece on a lady's drinking the Bath- waters : She drinks ! she drinks ! behold the matchless dame ! To her ' tis water , but to us ' tis flame : Thus ...
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... whole and every side at once of the image to view . For , choice and distinction are not only a curb to the spirit , and limit the descriptive faculty , but also lessen the book ; which is frequently the worst con- sequence of all to ...
... whole and every side at once of the image to view . For , choice and distinction are not only a curb to the spirit , and limit the descriptive faculty , but also lessen the book ; which is frequently the worst con- sequence of all to ...
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... whole life at wakes in such laudable diversions ? since he teaches us how to hold , nay how to make a cudgel ! Periphrase is another great aid to prolixity ; being a diffused circumlocutory manner of expressing a known idea , which ...
... whole life at wakes in such laudable diversions ? since he teaches us how to hold , nay how to make a cudgel ! Periphrase is another great aid to prolixity ; being a diffused circumlocutory manner of expressing a known idea , which ...
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... whole folio ; but for which , the tale of many a vast romance , and the substance of many a fair volume , might be reduced to the size of a primer , In the book of Job are these words , " Haft thou " commanded the morning , and caused ...
... whole folio ; but for which , the tale of many a vast romance , and the substance of many a fair volume , might be reduced to the size of a primer , In the book of Job are these words , " Haft thou " commanded the morning , and caused ...
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Página 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...
Página 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?
Página 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.
Página 113 - The rebel Knave, who dares his prince engage, Proves the just victim of his royal rage.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.