The Works, Том 11J. Johnson, 1803 |
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... Thou , fix'd of old , be now the moving land ? Although the metaphor be worn and stale , Betwixt a state , and vessel under sail ; Let me suppose thee for a ship a while , And thus address thee in the sailor's style . UNHAPPY ship , thou ...
... Thou , fix'd of old , be now the moving land ? Although the metaphor be worn and stale , Betwixt a state , and vessel under sail ; Let me suppose thee for a ship a while , And thus address thee in the sailor's style . UNHAPPY ship , thou ...
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... thou seest in bishop's geer , Who crop the nurseries of learning here ; Aspiring , greedy , full of senseless prate , Devour the church , and chatter to the state ? As you grew more degenerate and base , I sent you millions of the ...
... thou seest in bishop's geer , Who crop the nurseries of learning here ; Aspiring , greedy , full of senseless prate , Devour the church , and chatter to the state ? As you grew more degenerate and base , I sent you millions of the ...
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... Thou still with tyrants in succession curst , The last invaders trampling on the first : Nor fondly hope for some reverse of fate , Virtue herself would now return too late . Not half thy course of misery is run , Thy greatest evils yet ...
... Thou still with tyrants in succession curst , The last invaders trampling on the first : Nor fondly hope for some reverse of fate , Virtue herself would now return too late . Not half thy course of misery is run , Thy greatest evils yet ...
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... thou hast a brace , To my lady once be kind ; Give her half thy face behind . God of Time , if you be wise , Look not with your future eyes ; What imports thy forward sight ? Well , if you could lose it quite . Can you take delight in ...
... thou hast a brace , To my lady once be kind ; Give her half thy face behind . God of Time , if you be wise , Look not with your future eyes ; What imports thy forward sight ? Well , if you could lose it quite . Can you take delight in ...
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... , whose seat lay between that and Market - hill ; and intended to build a house upon it , but afterward changed his mind . F. Nor thou , lord Arthur * , shalt escape ; G 3 TO DEAN SWIFT . 65 Dean Swift at Sir Arthur Acheson's.
... , whose seat lay between that and Market - hill ; and intended to build a house upon it , but afterward changed his mind . F. Nor thou , lord Arthur * , shalt escape ; G 3 TO DEAN SWIFT . 65 Dean Swift at Sir Arthur Acheson's.
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Ballyspellin bard Behold better bishop Cælia cassock Chloe clouds countess of Suffolk court criticks crown dame damn'd Dean DEAN SWIFT dear death Delany delight DERMOT Dick divine doctor Drapier dreadful Dublin dullest beast ears EPIGRAM eyes face fair fame fate foes fools friends give goddess gown grace grown half head hear heart Hibernian honour Ireland JONATHAN SWIFT Jove king lady learning lord lord Carteret madam MARBLE HILL merit mind Muse ne'er never night nose numbers nymph o'er Patrick's poem poets poor Pope praise pride publick quadrille queen rhymes rogue round scorn SHEELAH shine sick sing Sir Arthur Sir Arthur Acheson Sir Thomas Prendergast soul spite spleen Strephon sure swear Swift tell thee There's thou thought thousand tongue tories true Twill verse vex'd virtue whig wise Wood
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Страница 226 - Offending race of human kind, By nature, reason, learning, blind ; You who, through frailty, stepp'd aside ; And you, who never fell from pride : You who in different sects were shamm'd, And come to see each other damn'd ; (So some folk told you, but they knew No more of Jove's designs than you ;) — The world's mad business now is o'er, And I resent these pranks no more. — I to such blockheads set my wit ! I damn such fools ! — Go, go, you're bit.
Страница 84 - Nor do they trust their tongues alone, But speak a language of their own; Can read a nod, a shrug, a look, Far better than a printed book; Convey a libel in a frown, And wink a reputation down; Or by the tossing of the fan, Describe the lady and the man.
Страница 226 - Amaz'd, confus'd, its fate unknown, The world stands trembling at his throne! While each pale sinner hung his head, Jove, nodding, shook the heavens, and said: "Offending race of human kind, By nature, reason, learning, blind; You who, through frailty...
Страница 242 - Behold the fatal day arrive! How is the Dean? He's just alive. Now the departing prayer is read: He hardly breathes. The Dean is dead.
Страница 239 - 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.
Страница 240 - tis hardly understood Which way my death can do them good, Yet thus, methinks, I hear them speak: ' See how the Dean begins to break! Poor gentleman, he droops apace! You plainly find it in his face. That old vertigo in his head Will never leave him, till he's dead. Besides, his memory decays: He recollects not what he says; He cannot call his friends to mind; Forgets the place where last he dined; Plies you with stories o'er and o'er; He told them fifty times before.
Страница 289 - So geographers, in Afric maps, With savage pictures fill their gaps, And o'er unhabitable downs Place elephants for want of towns.
Страница 238 - I'adversite' de nos meilleurs amis, nous trouvons toujours quelque chose qui ne nous de"plait pas ; ' — ' In the adversity of our best friends, we always find something that doth not displease us.
Страница 241 - To hear his out-of-fashion wit? But he takes up with younger folks, Who for his wine will bear his jokes. Faith, he must make his stories shorter, Or change his comrades once a quarter: In half the time he talks them round, There must another set be found.
Страница 152 - 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.