The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin: Including the Whole of His Posthumous Pieces, Letters, &c, Volume 8C. Elliot, 1784 |
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... Lords Fuftices of Ireland A Ballad to the tune of the Cutpurse Vanbrugh's House , built from the ruins of White hall The Hiftory of Vanbrugh's House The Virtues of Sid Hamet the Magician's Rod 94 a 2 81 87 88 93 Page Atlas ; or , The ...
... Lords Fuftices of Ireland A Ballad to the tune of the Cutpurse Vanbrugh's House , built from the ruins of White hall The Hiftory of Vanbrugh's House The Virtues of Sid Hamet the Magician's Rod 94 a 2 81 87 88 93 Page Atlas ; or , The ...
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... Lord Treasurer Oxford The defcription of a Salamander . Out of Pli- ny's Natural Hiftory , Lib . 10. c . 67. and Lib . 29. c . 4 . * The Elephant ; or , The Parliament - man . Written many years fince . Taken from Coke's Inftitutes An ...
... Lord Treasurer Oxford The defcription of a Salamander . Out of Pli- ny's Natural Hiftory , Lib . 10. c . 67. and Lib . 29. c . 4 . * The Elephant ; or , The Parliament - man . Written many years fince . Taken from Coke's Inftitutes An ...
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... Lord Peterborough , Lord Carteret ( now Earl of Granville , ) . Mr. Pulteney ( now Earl of Bath ; ) and I think I may particu- larly add , in a poem to the Countess of Winchelsea ( under the name of Ardelia , ) and another to Mrs. Biddy ...
... Lord Peterborough , Lord Carteret ( now Earl of Granville , ) . Mr. Pulteney ( now Earl of Bath ; ) and I think I may particu- larly add , in a poem to the Countess of Winchelsea ( under the name of Ardelia , ) and another to Mrs. Biddy ...
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... Lord Bolingbroke . In that inftance he has been as filent , as Virgil has been to Horace ; and yet he certainly had not a grain of envy in his compofition . I think I can difcern a third kind of ftyle in his poems ad- dreffed to Mr ...
... Lord Bolingbroke . In that inftance he has been as filent , as Virgil has been to Horace ; and yet he certainly had not a grain of envy in his compofition . I think I can difcern a third kind of ftyle in his poems ad- dreffed to Mr ...
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... lords , and beaux : Cadenus warded off the blows ; For , placing ftill fome book betwixt , 480 The darts were in the cover fix'd , Or , often blunted and recoil'd , On Plutarch's morals ftruck , were spoil'd . The queen of wifdom could ...
... lords , and beaux : Cadenus warded off the blows ; For , placing ftill fome book betwixt , 480 The darts were in the cover fix'd , Or , often blunted and recoil'd , On Plutarch's morals ftruck , were spoil'd . The queen of wifdom could ...
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Página 124 - 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...
Página 266 - Tis all on me an usurpation. I have no title to aspire ; Yet, when you sink, I seem the higher; In Pope I cannot read a line, But with a sigh I wish it mine : When he can in one couplet fix More sense than I can do in six, It gives me such a jealous fit, I cry :
Página 72 - And chose me for an humble friend; Would take me in his coach to chat, And question me of this and that; As,
Página 274 - 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 273 - My female friends, whose tender hearts Have better learn'd to act their parts, Receive the news in doleful dumps, 'The Dean is dead, (and what is trumps?) Then Lord have mercy on his soul.
Página 72 - How think you of our friend the Dean? I wonder what some people mean; My lord and he are grown so great, Always together tete-d-tete.
Página 53 - And, with small change, a pulpit grew. The porringers, that in a row Hung high, and made a glittering show, To a less noble substance chang'd, Were now but leathern buckets rang'd.
Página 266 - Tis all on me an Usurpation. I have no Title to aspire; Yet, when you sink, I seem the higher. In Pope I cannot read a line, But with a Sigh I wish it mine ; When He can in one Couplet fix More Sense than I can do in six; It gives me such a jealous Fit, I cry "Pox take him and his Wit!
Página 51 - And then the hospitable sire Bid goody Baucis mend the fire ; While he from out the chimney took A flitch of bacon off the hook, And freely from the fattest side Cut out large slices to be fried ; Then stepp'd aside to fetch them drink, Fill'da large jug up to the brink, And saw it fairly twice go round...
Página 45 - Tis an old maxim in the schools, That flattery's the food of fools; Yet now and then your men of wit Will condescend to take a bit.