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" THIS single stick, which you now behold ingloriously lying in that neglected corner, I once knew in a flourishing state in a forest; it was full of sap, full of leaves, and full of boughs; but now, in vain does the busy art of man pretend to... "
The Works of Jonathan Swift: Containing Additional Letters, Tracts, and ... - Página 118
de Jonathan Swift, Sir Walter Scott - 1883
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The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature ..., Volume 15

Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - 1899 - 430 páginas
..." (1726), and " A Modest Proposal " (1729).] THIS single stick, which you behold ingloriously lying in that neglected corner, I once knew in a flourishing...that withered bundle of twigs to its sapless trunk ; 'tis now, at best, but the reverse of what it was, a tree turned upside down, the branches on the...
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The universal anthology, a collection of the best literature ..., Volume 15

Richard Garnett - 1899 - 434 páginas
...(1726) , and " A Modest Proposal " (1729).] THIS single stick, which you behold ingloriously lying in that neglected corner, I once knew in a flourishing...that withered bundle of twigs to its sapless trunk ; 'tis now, at best, but the reverse of what it was, a tree turned upside down, the branches on the...
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Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature, Volume 2

Robert Chambers - 1902 - 864 páginas
...bones. A Meditation upon a Broomstick. This single stick, which you now l>ehold ingloriously lying Sermons there is no declamation and little direct...In Religion. It has been thought by some persons docs the busy art of man pretend to vie with nature, by tying that withered bundle of twigs to its...
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The British classical authors: with biographical notices. On the basis of a ...

Ludwig Herrig - 1906 - 844 páginas
...HON. ROBERT BOYLE'S MEDITATIONS. [1701] This single stick, which you now behold ingloriously lying in that neglected corner, I once knew in a flourishing...forest It was full of sap, full of leaves, and full 6 of boughs; but now in vain does the busy art of man pretend to vie with nature, by tying that withered...
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A Tale of a Tub: The Battle of the Books, and Other Early Works

Jonathan Swift - 1907 - 444 páginas
...HONOURABLE ROBERT BOYLE'S MEDITATIONS. *THHIS single stick, which you now behold ingloriously lying -*- in that neglected corner, I once knew in a flourishing...that withered bundle of twigs to its sapless trunk ; 'tis now, at best, but the reverse of what it was, a tree turned upside down, the branches on the...
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A History of Eighteenth Century Literature; (1660-1780.).

Edmund Gosse - 1917 - 440 páginas
...Hon. Robert Boyle, opens as follows : " This single stick, which you now behold ingloriously lying in that neglected corner, I once knew in a flourishing...the busy 'art of man pretend to vie with nature, by tieing that withered bundle of twigs to its sapless trunk. 'Tis now at best but the reverse of what...
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Jonathan Swift: Selections

Jonathan Swift - 1924 - 492 páginas
...HONOURABLE ROBERT BOYI,E*S MEDITATIONS. * THIS single stick, which you now behold ingloriously lying in that neglected corner, I once knew in a flourishing...that withered bundle of twigs to its sapless trunk; 'tis now, at best, but the reverse of what it was, a tree turned upside down, the branches on the earth,...
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A History of Eighteenth Century Literature (1600-1780)

Edmund Gosse - 1924 - 440 páginas
...the Hon. Robert Boyle, opens as follows : "This single stick, which you now behold ingloriously lying in that neglected corner, I once knew in a flourishing...the busy art of man pretend to vie with nature, by tieing that withered bundle of twigs to its sapless trunk. 'Tis now at best but the reverse of what...
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Pen and Ink: Twelve Practical Talks on the Art of Writing English Prose

Guy Noel Pocock - 1925 - 268 páginas
...Robert Boyle' 's Meditations — (Swiff). This single stick, which you now behold ingloriously lying in that neglected corner, I once knew in a flourishing...pretend to vie with nature, by tying that withered bunch of twigs to its sapless trunk ; it is now at best but the reverse of what it was, a tree turned...
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Essayists Past and Present: A Selection of English Essays

John Boynton Priestley - 1925 - 328 páginas
...the Honourable ROBERT BOYLE'S Meditations. THIS single stick, which you now behold ingloriously lying in that neglected corner, I once knew in a flourishing...but now, in vain does the busy art of man pretend to vye with nature, by tying that withered bundle of twigs to its sapless trunk : it is now at best but...
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