The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, Volum 7W. Bowyer, C. Bathurst, W. Owen, W. Strahan, J. Rivington, J. Hinton, L. Davis, and C. Reymers, R. Baldwin, J. Dodsley, S. Crowder and Company and B. Collins., 1768 |
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Pàgina 70
... have a taste for fuch kind of compofitions . A RID D L E. IN Written in the Year 1724 . I. N youth exalted high in air , Or bathing in the waters fair , Nature Nature to form me took delight , And clad my 70 A RIDDLE .
... have a taste for fuch kind of compofitions . A RID D L E. IN Written in the Year 1724 . I. N youth exalted high in air , Or bathing in the waters fair , Nature Nature to form me took delight , And clad my 70 A RIDDLE .
Pàgina 76
... fair , Adorn'd by nymphs with all their care ! I faw thee rais'd to high renown , Supporting half the British crown ; And often have I feen thee grace The chafte Diana's infant face ; And whenfoe'er you please to shine , Lefs useful is ...
... fair , Adorn'd by nymphs with all their care ! I faw thee rais'd to high renown , Supporting half the British crown ; And often have I feen thee grace The chafte Diana's infant face ; And whenfoe'er you please to shine , Lefs useful is ...
Pàgina 82
... fair and lovely as their queen : In royal garments each was dreft , Each with a gold and purple veft ; I faw them of their garments ftript , Their throats were cut , their bellies ript , Twice were they bury'd , twice were born , Twice ...
... fair and lovely as their queen : In royal garments each was dreft , Each with a gold and purple veft ; I faw them of their garments ftript , Their throats were cut , their bellies ript , Twice were they bury'd , twice were born , Twice ...
Pàgina 83
... true , And of as noble blood as you ; Fair iffue of the genial bed , A virgin in thy bofom bred ; Embrac'd thee clofer than a wife ; When thee I leave , I leave G 2 my life . Why Why should my fhepherd take amiss , That oft I A RIDDLE . 83.
... true , And of as noble blood as you ; Fair iffue of the genial bed , A virgin in thy bofom bred ; Embrac'd thee clofer than a wife ; When thee I leave , I leave G 2 my life . Why Why should my fhepherd take amiss , That oft I A RIDDLE . 83.
Pàgina 100
... fair Justice fhines ; Her fcale to neither fide inclines : Now Pride and Cruelty are flown , And Mrcy here exalts her throne : For fuch is good - example's power , It does its office ev'ry hour , * Sir R. Walpole , late earl of Orford ...
... fair Justice fhines ; Her fcale to neither fide inclines : Now Pride and Cruelty are flown , And Mrcy here exalts her throne : For fuch is good - example's power , It does its office ev'ry hour , * Sir R. Walpole , late earl of Orford ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 71 - But, that which wonderful appears, I speak to eyes, and not to ears. He oft...
Pàgina 275 - Let them rave at making laws ; While they never hold their tongue, Let them dabble in their dung : Let them form a grand committee, How to plague and starve the city ; Let them...
Pàgina 417 - THE VOWELS We are little airy creatures, All of different voice and features; One of us in glass is set, One of us you'll find in jet. T'other you may see in tin, And the fourth a box within. If the fifth you should pursue, It can never fly from you.
Pàgina 261 - So geographers, in Afric maps, With savage pictures fill their gaps, And o'er unhabitable downs Place elephants for want of towns.
Pàgina 92 - That lies in old wood like a hare in her form ; With teeth or with claws it will bite or will scratch, And chambermaids christen this worm a deathwatch ; Because like a watch it always cries click ; Then woe be to those in the house who are sick : For, as sure as a gun, they will give up the ghost, If the maggot cries click when it scratches the post.
Pàgina 260 - Depend upon't their judgment's right. But if you blab, you are undone : Consider what a risk you run : You lose your credit all at once ; The town will mark you for a dunce ; The vilest doggrel, Grub-street sends, Will pass for yours with foes and friends ; And you must bear the whole disgrace, Till some fresh blockhead takes your place.
Pàgina 178 - Hence the mean and sordid soul, Like his body, rank and foul; Hence that wild suspicious peep, Like a rogue that steals a sheep...
Pàgina 146 - But, madam, I beg you contrive and invent, And worry him out, till he gives his consent. Dear madam, whene'er of a barrack I think, An I were to be hang'd, I can't sleep a wink : For if a new crotchet comes into my brain, I can't get it out, though I'd never so fain.
Pàgina 359 - The Ass approaching next, confess'd, That in his heart he loved a jest: A wag he was, he needs must own, And could not let a dunce alone: Sometimes his friend he would not...
Pàgina 256 - Hath blasted with poetic fire. What hope of custom in the fair, While not a soul demands your ware? Where you have nothing to produce For private life, or public use? Court, city, country want you not; You cannot bribe, betray, or plot.