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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... himself 295 296 297 298 300 In Sickness - 304 To the Earl of Oxford in the Tower , 305 Ad amicum eruditum Thomam Sheridan 306 Apollo to the Dean 307 An Elegy on Demar the ufurer 312 The run upon the Bankers 314 The Defcription of an ...
... himself 295 296 297 298 300 In Sickness - 304 To the Earl of Oxford in the Tower , 305 Ad amicum eruditum Thomam Sheridan 306 Apollo to the Dean 307 An Elegy on Demar the ufurer 312 The run upon the Bankers 314 The Defcription of an ...
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... himself . To thefe ladies Swift owed the publication of many pieces , which ought never to have been delivered to the prefs . He com- municated every compofition as foon as finifhed , to his female fenate ; who not only paffed their ...
... himself . To thefe ladies Swift owed the publication of many pieces , which ought never to have been delivered to the prefs . He com- municated every compofition as foon as finifhed , to his female fenate ; who not only paffed their ...
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... himself , that he hop- ed the public might mistake it for a fpurious or uncorrect copy , ftolen by memory from his original poem . He took great plea- fure in this fuppofition : and I believe it anfwered his expecta tion . One of his ...
... himself , that he hop- ed the public might mistake it for a fpurious or uncorrect copy , ftolen by memory from his original poem . He took great plea- fure in this fuppofition : and I believe it anfwered his expecta tion . One of his ...
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... himself hath occa- fionally expreffed in other terms highly advantageous , on feeing verfes written upon windows . Vol . 8 . The fage , who faid he should be proud Of windows in his breaft , Because he ne'er one thought allow'd . That ...
... himself hath occa- fionally expreffed in other terms highly advantageous , on feeing verfes written upon windows . Vol . 8 . The fage , who faid he should be proud Of windows in his breaft , Because he ne'er one thought allow'd . That ...
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... to dwell on things minute , Vaneffa finish'd the difpute , Brought weighty arguments to prove That reafon was her guide in love . 665 670 675 She She thought he had himself defcrib'd , His doctrines when 44 CADENUS AND VANESSA .
... to dwell on things minute , Vaneffa finish'd the difpute , Brought weighty arguments to prove That reafon was her guide in love . 665 670 675 She She thought he had himself defcrib'd , His doctrines when 44 CADENUS AND VANESSA .
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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 :
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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.