The Works of the English Poets: SwiftH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... Lady , though fhe is no player , Some bungling partner takes , And , wedg'd in corner of a chair , Takes fnuff , and holds the stakes . Dame Floyd + looks out in grave fufpenfe For pair - royals and fequents ; But , wifely cautious of ...
... Lady , though fhe is no player , Some bungling partner takes , And , wedg'd in corner of a chair , Takes fnuff , and holds the stakes . Dame Floyd + looks out in grave fufpenfe For pair - royals and fequents ; But , wifely cautious of ...
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... Lady Betty Berkeley , finding the preceding verfes in the author's room unfinished , wrote under them the concluding ftanza ; which gave occafion to this ballad , written by the author in a counterfeit hand , as if a third perfon had ...
... Lady Betty Berkeley , finding the preceding verfes in the author's room unfinished , wrote under them the concluding ftanza ; which gave occafion to this ballad , written by the author in a counterfeit hand , as if a third perfon had ...
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... ladies vow and fwear , they'll try , Whether it be a truth or lye . Love's fire , it seems , like inward heat , Works in my lord by stool and sweat , Which brings a stink from every pore , And from behind and from before ; Yet , what is ...
... ladies vow and fwear , they'll try , Whether it be a truth or lye . Love's fire , it seems , like inward heat , Works in my lord by stool and sweat , Which brings a stink from every pore , And from behind and from before ; Yet , what is ...
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... ladies all are bent To try the great experiment , Ambitious of a regent's heart , Spread all their charms to catch a f- ; Watching the firft unfavoury wind , Some ply before , and fome behind . My lord , on fire amidst the dames , F ...
... ladies all are bent To try the great experiment , Ambitious of a regent's heart , Spread all their charms to catch a f- ; Watching the firft unfavoury wind , Some ply before , and fome behind . My lord , on fire amidst the dames , F ...
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... ladies vanifa in the fmother , To confer notes with one another ; And now they all agreed to name Whom each - one thought the happy dame . Quoth Neal , whate'er the reft may think , I'm fure ' twas I , that fmelt the ftink . You smell ...
... ladies vanifa in the fmother , To confer notes with one another ; And now they all agreed to name Whom each - one thought the happy dame . Quoth Neal , whate'er the reft may think , I'm fure ' twas I , that fmelt the ftink . You smell ...
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Страница 20 - Madam, I die without your grace"— « Item, for half a yard of lace." Who that had wit would place it here, For every peeping fop to jeer ? In power of fpittle and a clout, Whene'er he pleafe, to blot it out; And then, to heighten the difgrace, Clap his own nonfenfe in the place. Whoe'er
Страница 49 - to the top> As if they ne'er had touch'da drop. The good old couple were amaz'd, 35 And often on each other gaz'd ; For both were frighten'd to the heart, And juft began to cry, — What art! Then foftly turn'd afide to view Whether the lights were burning blue.
Страница 92 - From Pope, from Parnell, or from Gay ?" Such tattle often entertains • 95 My lord and me as far as Staines, As once a week we travel down To Windfor, and again to town, Where all that pafles inter
Страница 89 - clear, •*• For life, fix hundred pounds a-year, A handfome houfe to lodge a friend,. A river at my garden's end, A terrace-walk, and half a rood £: Of land fet out to plant a Wood. Well, now I have all this and more, I afk not to increafe my
Страница 334 - afliam'd to ufe a glafs; And till I fee them with thefe eyes, •» ' Whoever fays you have them, lies. No length of time can make you quit Honour and virtue, fenfe and wit : Thus you may ftill be young to me, While I can better bear than fee. Oh, ne'er may Fortune
Страница 159 - Tis never by invention got, Men have it when they know it not. Our converfation to refine, Humour and wit muft both combine : From both we learn to railly well, Wherein fometimes the French excel. Voiture, in various lights, difplays That irony which turns to praife : His genius firft
Страница 25 - Truly, fays he, Mrs. Nab, it might become you to be more civil; If your money be gone, as a learned divine fays, d'ye fee, You .are no text for my handling ; fo take that from me : I was never taken for a conjurer before, I'd have you to know.
Страница 170 - you live to fee the day When Stella's locks muft all be grey. When age muft print a furrow'd trace On every feature of her face ; Though you, and all your fenfelefs tribe, Could art, or time, or nature bribe, To make you look like Beauty's
Страница 51 - which it cannot turn. The groaning-chair began to crawl, •85 Like a huge fnail, along the wall; There ftuck aloft in public view, And, with fmall change, a pulpit grew. The porringers, that in a row Hung high, and made a glittering
Страница 95 - the Queen A dangerous treatife J writ againft the fpleen; Which, by the ftyle, the matter, and the drift, 'Tis thought could be the work of none but Swift. Poor York ! the harmlefs tool of others hate j He fues for pardon ||, and repents too late. Now,