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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... , STELLA , wert no longer young , When first for thee my harp Iftrung ; Without one word of Cupid's darts , Of killing cyes , or bleeding hearts : With With friendship and esteem possest , I ne'er admitted Love A CRITICISM ON.
... , STELLA , wert no longer young , When first for thee my harp Iftrung ; Without one word of Cupid's darts , Of killing cyes , or bleeding hearts : With With friendship and esteem possest , I ne'er admitted Love A CRITICISM ON.
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... , STELLA , wert no longer young , When first for thee my harp I ftrung ; Without one word of Cupid's darts , Of killing eyes , or bleeding hearts : With friendship and esteem poffeft , I ne'er admitted Love With 2 A CRITICISM ON.
... , STELLA , wert no longer young , When first for thee my harp I ftrung ; Without one word of Cupid's darts , Of killing eyes , or bleeding hearts : With friendship and esteem poffeft , I ne'er admitted Love With 2 A CRITICISM ON.
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... ne'er admitted Love a guest . Moft of the poems which are abfolutely addreffed to Stella , or which defcribe her in a variety of attitudes , turn upon her age : a kind of excufe , perhaps , for Swift's want of love . very minute comment ...
... ne'er admitted Love a guest . Moft of the poems which are abfolutely addreffed to Stella , or which defcribe her in a variety of attitudes , turn upon her age : a kind of excufe , perhaps , for Swift's want of love . very minute comment ...
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... ne'er could fhew her face above ; For gods , their betters , are too wife To value that which men despise . And then , said she , my fon and I Muft ftroll in air , ' twixt earth and sky ; Or elfe , fhut out from heav'n and earth , Fly ...
... ne'er could fhew her face above ; For gods , their betters , are too wife To value that which men despise . And then , said she , my fon and I Muft ftroll in air , ' twixt earth and sky ; Or elfe , fhut out from heav'n and earth , Fly ...
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... ne'er could iffue join : For fixteen years the caufe was fpun , And then stood where it firft begun . Now , gentle Clio , fing or fay , What Venus meant by this delay . The goddess , much perplex'd in mind To fee her empire thus declin ...
... ne'er could iffue join : For fixteen years the caufe was fpun , And then stood where it firft begun . Now , gentle Clio , fing or fay , What Venus meant by this delay . The goddess , much perplex'd in mind To fee her empire thus declin ...
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The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, Volume 8 Jonathan Swift,John Hawkesworth Visualização completa - 1754 |
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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.