The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin: Including the Whole of His Posthumous Pieces, Letters, &c, Том 8C. Elliot, 1784 |
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... Fools , fops , and rakes , for chaff and straws : 60 Hence we conclude , no womens hearts Are won by virtue , wit , and parts ; Nor are the men of sense to blame , For breafts incapable of flame : The fault muft on the nymphs be plac'd ...
... Fools , fops , and rakes , for chaff and straws : 60 Hence we conclude , no womens hearts Are won by virtue , wit , and parts ; Nor are the men of sense to blame , For breafts incapable of flame : The fault muft on the nymphs be plac'd ...
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... fools ; Yet now and then your men of wit 760 Will condefcend to take a bit . So , when Cadenus could not hide , He chose to justify his pride ; When Mifs delights in her spinnet , A fiddler may a fortune get ; 765 A blockhead , with ...
... fools ; Yet now and then your men of wit 760 Will condefcend to take a bit . So , when Cadenus could not hide , He chose to justify his pride ; When Mifs delights in her spinnet , A fiddler may a fortune get ; 765 A blockhead , with ...
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... fools I never saw Come with petitions fairly penn'd , Defiring I would ftand their friend . This humbly offers me his cafe- That begs my int'reft for a place ——— An hundred other mens affairs Like bees are humming in my ears . " To ...
... fools I never saw Come with petitions fairly penn'd , Defiring I would ftand their friend . This humbly offers me his cafe- That begs my int'reft for a place ——— An hundred other mens affairs Like bees are humming in my ears . " To ...
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... fools I meet , And catechis'd in ev'ry street . 81 . —Subjectior in diem et horam Invidie . 89. Frigidus à roftris manat per compita rumor ; Quicunque obvius eft , me confulit . VOL . VIII . G 80 85 90 " You , 1 " You , Mr. Dean ...
... fools I meet , And catechis'd in ev'ry street . 81 . —Subjectior in diem et horam Invidie . 89. Frigidus à roftris manat per compita rumor ; Quicunque obvius eft , me confulit . VOL . VIII . G 80 85 90 " You , 1 " You , Mr. Dean ...
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... fuch a heart , If he be wealthy and a fool , Is in all points the fittest tool ; Of whom it may be justly said , He's a gold pencil tip'd with lead . 5 10 15 20 25 MRS . MRS . HARRIS'S PETITION * . Written in the year 80 VERSES , & c .
... fuch a heart , If he be wealthy and a fool , Is in all points the fittest tool ; Of whom it may be justly said , He's a gold pencil tip'd with lead . 5 10 15 20 25 MRS . MRS . HARRIS'S PETITION * . Written in the year 80 VERSES , & c .
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Страница 124 - 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 266 - Tis all on me an usurpation. I have no title to aspire ; Yet, when you sink, I seem the higher; In Pope I cannot read a line, But with a sigh I wish it mine : When he can in one couplet fix More sense than I can do in six, It gives me such a jealous fit, I cry :
Страница 72 - And chose me for an humble friend; Would take me in his coach to chat, And question me of this and that; As,
Страница 274 - 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 273 - My female friends, whose tender hearts Have better learn'd to act their parts, Receive the news in doleful dumps, 'The Dean is dead, (and what is trumps?) Then Lord have mercy on his soul.
Страница 72 - How think you of our friend the Dean? I wonder what some people mean; My lord and he are grown so great, Always together tete-d-tete.
Страница 53 - And, with small change, a pulpit grew. The porringers, that in a row Hung high, and made a glittering show, To a less noble substance chang'd, Were now but leathern buckets rang'd.
Страница 266 - Tis all on me an Usurpation. I have no Title to aspire; Yet, when you sink, I seem the higher. In Pope I cannot read a line, But with a Sigh I wish it mine ; When He can in one Couplet fix More Sense than I can do in six; It gives me such a jealous Fit, I cry "Pox take him and his Wit!
Страница 51 - And then the hospitable sire Bid goody Baucis mend the fire ; While he from out the chimney took A flitch of bacon off the hook, And freely from the fattest side Cut out large slices to be fried ; Then stepp'd aside to fetch them drink, Fill'da large jug up to the brink, And saw it fairly twice go round...
Страница 45 - Tis an old maxim in the schools, That flattery's the food of fools; Yet now and then your men of wit Will condescend to take a bit.