The Works, Том 11J. Johnson, 1803 |
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... thought very odd ; For none but a dunce would come under his rod . But I'll tell the secret ; and pray do not blab : He is an old stump , cut out of a Crab ; And England has put this Crab to a hard use , To cudgel our bones , and for ...
... thought very odd ; For none but a dunce would come under his rod . But I'll tell the secret ; and pray do not blab : He is an old stump , cut out of a Crab ; And England has put this Crab to a hard use , To cudgel our bones , and for ...
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... thought the lady † at St. Catharine's Knew how to set you better patterns ; For this I will not dine with Agmondisham + , And for his victuals let a ragman dish ' em . * A shilling passes for thirteen pence in Ireland . F. Lady ...
... thought the lady † at St. Catharine's Knew how to set you better patterns ; For this I will not dine with Agmondisham + , And for his victuals let a ragman dish ' em . * A shilling passes for thirteen pence in Ireland . F. Lady ...
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... thought Of mad opinion's maze , To erring zeal they gave new laws , Thy charms , O Liberty , the cause That blends congenial rays . Bid bright Astræa gild the morn , Or bid a hundred suns be born , This is written in the same style ...
... thought Of mad opinion's maze , To erring zeal they gave new laws , Thy charms , O Liberty , the cause That blends congenial rays . Bid bright Astræa gild the morn , Or bid a hundred suns be born , This is written in the same style ...
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... thought , Which can , in spite of all decays , Support a few remaining days ; From not the gravest of divines Accept for once some serious lines . Although we now can form no more Long schemes of life , as heretofore ; Yet you , while ...
... thought , Which can , in spite of all decays , Support a few remaining days ; From not the gravest of divines Accept for once some serious lines . Although we now can form no more Long schemes of life , as heretofore ; Yet you , while ...
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... Thought the life of every lady Should be one continued playday- Balls , and masquerades , and shows , Visits , plays , and powder'd beaux . Thus you have my case at large , And may now perform your charge . Those materials I have ...
... Thought the life of every lady Should be one continued playday- Balls , and masquerades , and shows , Visits , plays , and powder'd beaux . Thus you have my case at large , And may now perform your charge . Those materials I have ...
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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.