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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... thousand lies , Such grofs delufions could not pass Thro ' any cars but of an ass . But gold defiles with frequent touch ; There's nothing fouls the hand fo much : And scholars give it for the cause Of British Midas ' dirty paws ; Which ...
... thousand lies , Such grofs delufions could not pass Thro ' any cars but of an ass . But gold defiles with frequent touch ; There's nothing fouls the hand fo much : And scholars give it for the cause Of British Midas ' dirty paws ; Which ...
Pàgina 30
... thousand fterling pound Redeem him from his prifon under ground . His heirs might well , of all his wealth poffeft , Beftow to bury him one iron cheft . Plutus , the god of wealth , will joy to know His faithful ftewards in the fhades ...
... thousand fterling pound Redeem him from his prifon under ground . His heirs might well , of all his wealth poffeft , Beftow to bury him one iron cheft . Plutus , the god of wealth , will joy to know His faithful ftewards in the fhades ...
Pàgina 56
... thousand faults to spy ; The ceiling hardly fix feet high ; The smutty wainscot full of cracks : And half the chairs with broken backs ; Her quarter's out at Lady - Day , She vows fhe will no longer ftay In lodgings like a poor Grizette ...
... thousand faults to spy ; The ceiling hardly fix feet high ; The smutty wainscot full of cracks : And half the chairs with broken backs ; Her quarter's out at Lady - Day , She vows fhe will no longer ftay In lodgings like a poor Grizette ...
Pàgina 69
... henpecked husband : a woman beftrides F 3 the horfe , and with a ladle chaftifes a man , who fits on a pillion behind her with his face to the horfe's tail . Falle False patience and mistaken pride ! There are ten thousand A GOOD NAME . 69.
... henpecked husband : a woman beftrides F 3 the horfe , and with a ladle chaftifes a man , who fits on a pillion behind her with his face to the horfe's tail . Falle False patience and mistaken pride ! There are ten thousand A GOOD NAME . 69.
Pàgina 70
... thousand Dicks befide ; Slaves to their quiet and good name , Are us'd like Dick , and bear the blame . Some ingenious gentlemen , friends to the author , used to entertain themselves with writing riddles , and fending them to him and ...
... thousand Dicks befide ; Slaves to their quiet and good name , Are us'd like Dick , and bear the blame . Some ingenious gentlemen , friends to the author , used to entertain themselves with writing riddles , and fending them to him and ...
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The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin ..., Volum 7 Jonathan Swift,John Hawkesworth Visualització completa - 1760 |
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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.