The Works of the English Poets: SwiftH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... fhall they be brought to know , Whether that very name was he , or you , or I ? Lefs should I daub it o'er with transitory praise , And water - colours of thefe days : Thefe days ! where e'en th ' extravagance of Is at a lofs for ...
... fhall they be brought to know , Whether that very name was he , or you , or I ? Lefs should I daub it o'er with transitory praise , And water - colours of thefe days : Thefe days ! where e'en th ' extravagance of Is at a lofs for ...
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... fhall by woman's fcorn be shed , Lie upon you and on your childrens ' head ! For you ( ah ! did I think I e'er fhould live to fee The fatal time when that could be ! ) Have ev'n increas'd their pride and cruelty . Woman feems now above ...
... fhall by woman's fcorn be shed , Lie upon you and on your childrens ' head ! For you ( ah ! did I think I e'er fhould live to fee The fatal time when that could be ! ) Have ev'n increas'd their pride and cruelty . Woman feems now above ...
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... fhall dare To be fucceffors to thefe great unknown , On Learning's high - cftablifh'd throne . Cenfure , and Pedantry , and Pride , Numberlefs nations , ftretching far and wide , Shall ( I forefee it ) foon with Gothic fwarms come forth ...
... fhall dare To be fucceffors to thefe great unknown , On Learning's high - cftablifh'd throne . Cenfure , and Pedantry , and Pride , Numberlefs nations , ftretching far and wide , Shall ( I forefee it ) foon with Gothic fwarms come forth ...
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Samuel Johnson. And with blind rage break all this peaceful government : Yet fhall these traces of your wit remain , Like a just map , to tell the vast extent Of conqueft in your short and happy reign ; And to all future mankind fhew How ...
Samuel Johnson. And with blind rage break all this peaceful government : Yet fhall these traces of your wit remain , Like a just map , to tell the vast extent Of conqueft in your short and happy reign ; And to all future mankind fhew How ...
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... fhall ever pray . A BALLAD ON THE GAME OF TRAFFIC . · Written at the Castle of Dublin , 1699 . MY Lord t , to find out who must deal , Delivers cards about , But the first knave does feldom fail To find the Doctor out . * A cant of word ...
... fhall ever pray . A BALLAD ON THE GAME OF TRAFFIC . · Written at the Castle of Dublin , 1699 . MY Lord t , to find out who must deal , Delivers cards about , But the first knave does feldom fail To find the Doctor out . * A cant of word ...
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Страница 20 - Madam, I die without your grace"— « Item, for half a yard of lace." Who that had wit would place it here, For every peeping fop to jeer ? In power of fpittle and a clout, Whene'er he pleafe, to blot it out; And then, to heighten the difgrace, Clap his own nonfenfe in the place. Whoe'er
Страница 49 - to the top> As if they ne'er had touch'da drop. The good old couple were amaz'd, 35 And often on each other gaz'd ; For both were frighten'd to the heart, And juft began to cry, — What art! Then foftly turn'd afide to view Whether the lights were burning blue.
Страница 92 - From Pope, from Parnell, or from Gay ?" Such tattle often entertains • 95 My lord and me as far as Staines, As once a week we travel down To Windfor, and again to town, Where all that pafles inter
Страница 89 - clear, •*• For life, fix hundred pounds a-year, A handfome houfe to lodge a friend,. A river at my garden's end, A terrace-walk, and half a rood £: Of land fet out to plant a Wood. Well, now I have all this and more, I afk not to increafe my
Страница 334 - afliam'd to ufe a glafs; And till I fee them with thefe eyes, •» ' Whoever fays you have them, lies. No length of time can make you quit Honour and virtue, fenfe and wit : Thus you may ftill be young to me, While I can better bear than fee. Oh, ne'er may Fortune
Страница 159 - Tis never by invention got, Men have it when they know it not. Our converfation to refine, Humour and wit muft both combine : From both we learn to railly well, Wherein fometimes the French excel. Voiture, in various lights, difplays That irony which turns to praife : His genius firft
Страница 25 - Truly, fays he, Mrs. Nab, it might become you to be more civil; If your money be gone, as a learned divine fays, d'ye fee, You .are no text for my handling ; fo take that from me : I was never taken for a conjurer before, I'd have you to know.
Страница 170 - you live to fee the day When Stella's locks muft all be grey. When age muft print a furrow'd trace On every feature of her face ; Though you, and all your fenfelefs tribe, Could art, or time, or nature bribe, To make you look like Beauty's
Страница 51 - which it cannot turn. The groaning-chair began to crawl, •85 Like a huge fnail, along the wall; There ftuck aloft in public view, And, with fmall change, a pulpit grew. The porringers, that in a row Hung high, and made a glittering
Страница 95 - the Queen A dangerous treatife J writ againft the fpleen; Which, by the ftyle, the matter, and the drift, 'Tis thought could be the work of none but Swift. Poor York ! the harmlefs tool of others hate j He fues for pardon ||, and repents too late. Now,