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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... writ- ten in an eafy , though not in a careless manner . His more ex- alted friends , whose stations and characters did him honour , are treated in a different style : and you will perceive a real dignity , and a most delicate kind of ...
... writ- ten in an eafy , though not in a careless manner . His more ex- alted friends , whose stations and characters did him honour , are treated in a different style : and you will perceive a real dignity , and a most delicate kind of ...
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... writ occafionally , to pleafe and to reform the world , as either politics or humour gave the fpur to his facul- ties . There are but few of his poems that feem to have been . the labour of more than one day , how greatly foever they ...
... writ occafionally , to pleafe and to reform the world , as either politics or humour gave the fpur to his facul- ties . There are but few of his poems that feem to have been . the labour of more than one day , how greatly foever they ...
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... writ any poems of that fort in his younger days , they must have been destroyed , if they be not concealed . Those verses upon women , which are deemed the most fatirical , were written principally with a view to correct their foibles ...
... writ any poems of that fort in his younger days , they must have been destroyed , if they be not concealed . Those verses upon women , which are deemed the most fatirical , were written principally with a view to correct their foibles ...
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... writ , 1. 510 . and ends thus , Nor farther looks , but thinks him young , l . 531. ] The poem itself is dated in the year 1713 , when Swift was in his meridian altitude ; favoured by the courtiers ; flattered , fear- ed , and admired ...
... writ , 1. 510 . and ends thus , Nor farther looks , but thinks him young , l . 531. ] The poem itself is dated in the year 1713 , when Swift was in his meridian altitude ; favoured by the courtiers ; flattered , fear- ed , and admired ...
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... writ a very tender epiftle to Cadenus , infifting peremptorily upon as ferious an answer , and an immediate acceptance , or abfolute refufal of her , as his wife . His reply was delivered by his own hand . He brought it with him when he ...
... writ a very tender epiftle to Cadenus , infifting peremptorily upon as ferious an answer , and an immediate acceptance , or abfolute refufal of her , as his wife . His reply was delivered by his own hand . He brought it with him when he ...
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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.