The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ...G. Hamilton, J. Balfour, & L. Hunter, 1757 |
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... lines are fimooth- er , the expreffions are neater , and the thought is clofer purfued , than in any other riddle ... line . And , upon an impartial inquiry , it is almoft to be questioned , whether , in many A 3 is DR SWIFT's POEMAS .
... lines are fimooth- er , the expreffions are neater , and the thought is clofer purfued , than in any other riddle ... line . And , upon an impartial inquiry , it is almoft to be questioned , whether , in many A 3 is DR SWIFT's POEMAS .
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... lines are grammatically incorrect , and as they were not inferted in the firft edition , published at London , I cannot tell how they have crept into a poem , that is otherwise as exactly polished as any of Swift's niceft compofitions ...
... lines are grammatically incorrect , and as they were not inferted in the firft edition , published at London , I cannot tell how they have crept into a poem , that is otherwise as exactly polished as any of Swift's niceft compofitions ...
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... for the mufic of his lines , and the variety of his numbers . His addreffes to the Em- peror , to Agrippa , to Pollio , and his panegyric on Drufus , are prodigioutly : prodigiously fublime but his hymns to the muses , -A CRITICISM ON.
... for the mufic of his lines , and the variety of his numbers . His addreffes to the Em- peror , to Agrippa , to Pollio , and his panegyric on Drufus , are prodigioutly : prodigiously fublime but his hymns to the muses , -A CRITICISM ON.
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... lines ; whereof not above one half are of that fpecies of poetry on which he defired to fix all his pretenfions to fame . And it was upon thefe only that he bestowed the greater part of his life . Swift , on the contrary , from the age ...
... lines ; whereof not above one half are of that fpecies of poetry on which he defired to fix all his pretenfions to fame . And it was upon thefe only that he bestowed the greater part of his life . Swift , on the contrary , from the age ...
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... a more fafhionable phrase , in tafte . His own lines are the best proof of my affertion . [ Here the particular paffage is inserted , beginning thus , Cadenus This tempts freethinkers to refine , And bring in doubt CADENUS VANESSA . AND.
... a more fafhionable phrase , in tafte . His own lines are the best proof of my affertion . [ Here the particular paffage is inserted , beginning thus , Cadenus This tempts freethinkers to refine , And bring in doubt CADENUS VANESSA . AND.
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Страница 102 - 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...
Страница 112 - When age must print a furrow'd trace On every feature of her face, Though you, and all your senseless tribe, Could Art, or Time, or Nature bribe, To make you look like Beauty's queen, And hold for ever at fifteen, No bloom of youth can ever blind The cracks and wrinkles of your mind ; All men of sense will pass your door, And crowd to Stella's at fourscore.
Страница 223 - And had the Dean, in all the nation, No worthy friend, no poor relation ? So ready to do strangers good, Forgetting his own flesh and blood...
Страница 327 - By G — , they don't signify this pinch of snuff. To give a young gentleman right education, The army's the only good school in the nation: My schoolmaster call'd me a dunce and a fool, But at cuffs I was always the cock of the school ; I never could take to my book for the blood o
Страница 223 - His stomach too begins to fail ; Last year we thought him strong and hale ; But now he's quite another thing : I wish he may hold out till spring...
Страница 223 - As Rochefoucault his maxims drew From nature, I believe them true : They argue no corrupted mind In him; the fault is in mankind. This maxim more than all the rest Is thought too base for human breast : ' In all distresses of our friends, We first consult our private ends ; While nature, kindly bent to ease us, Points out some circumstance to please us/ If this perhaps your patience move, Let reason and experience prove.
Страница 223 - 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.
Страница 43 - Love why do we one passion call, When 'tis a compound of them all? Where hot and cold, where sharp and sweet, In all their equipages meet ; Where pleasures mix'd with pains appear, Sorrow with joy, and hope with fear ; Wherein his dignity and age Forbid Cadenus to engage.
Страница 52 - what's this you tell us? I hope you don't believe me jealous! But yet, methinks, I feel it true, And really yours is budding too — Nay, — now I cannot stir my foot; It feels as if 'twere taking root.
Страница 324 - You had like to have put it quite out of my head. ' Next day, to be sure, the captain will come At the head of his troop, with trumpet and drum. Now, madam, observe how he marches in state ; The man with the kettledrum enters the gate : Dub, dub, adub, dub.