The Works of Jonathan Swift: Miscellanies, by Mr. Pope, Dr. Arbuthnot, Mr. Gay, &c. Prose miscellanies by Swift and SheridanA. Constable, 1814 |
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... eye . In one of his collec- tions he inserted a profane and indecent parody on the first psalm , with the name of Pope prefixed to it . There is too much reason to suppose the piece genuine ; but this neither diminishes the infamy , nor ...
... eye . In one of his collec- tions he inserted a profane and indecent parody on the first psalm , with the name of Pope prefixed to it . There is too much reason to suppose the piece genuine ; but this neither diminishes the infamy , nor ...
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... eyes hollow yet piercing , his nose inclined to aquiline , his beard neglected and mixed with grey : all this contributed to spread a solemn melancholy over his countenance . Pythagoras was not more silent , Pyrrho more motionless , nor ...
... eyes hollow yet piercing , his nose inclined to aquiline , his beard neglected and mixed with grey : all this contributed to spread a solemn melancholy over his countenance . Pythagoras was not more silent , Pyrrho more motionless , nor ...
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... eyes should be like un- to the wrong end of a perspective glass , by which all the objects of nature are lessened . For example ; when a true genius looks upon the Atque ita mentitur , sic veris falsa remiscet . - HORACE . sky , he ...
... eyes should be like un- to the wrong end of a perspective glass , by which all the objects of nature are lessened . For example ; when a true genius looks upon the Atque ita mentitur , sic veris falsa remiscet . - HORACE . sky , he ...
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... eye - witness of things never yet beheld by man , or never in exist- ence ; as thus : Thus have I seen in Araby the blest , A phoenix couch'd upon her funeral nest . † But to convince you that nothing is so great which a marvellous ...
... eye - witness of things never yet beheld by man , or never in exist- ence ; as thus : Thus have I seen in Araby the blest , A phoenix couch'd upon her funeral nest . † But to convince you that nothing is so great which a marvellous ...
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... eye , have with felicity copied a small - pox , or been admirable at a toad or a red - her- ring : and seldom are we without geniuses for still- life , which they can work up and stiffen with incre- dible accuracy . A universal genius ...
... eye , have with felicity copied a small - pox , or been admirable at a toad or a red - her- ring : and seldom are we without geniuses for still- life , which they can work up and stiffen with incre- dible accuracy . A universal genius ...
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Página 331 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike...
Página 65 - Ye gods, annihilate but space and time, And make two lovers happy!
Página 145 - Of these am I, who thy protection claim, A watchful sprite, and Ariel is my name. Late, as I rang'd the crystal wilds of air, In the clear mirror of thy ruling star I saw, alas! some dread...
Página 330 - Blest with each talent, and each art to please, 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...
Página 145 - Or o'er the glebe distil the kindly rain; Others on earth o'er human race preside, Watch all their ways, and all their actions guide: Of these the chief the care of nations own, And guard with arms divine the British throne. 'Our humbler province is to tend the fair, Not a less pleasing, though less glorious care; To save the powder from too rude a gale, Nor let th...
Página 147 - Warn'd by the sylph, oh pious maid, beware ! This to disclose is all thy guardian can ; Beware of all, but most beware of man ! He said ; when Shock, who thought she slept too long, Leap'd up, and wak'd his mistress with his tongue.
Página 153 - Haste, then, ye spirits! to your charge repair: The fluttering fan be Zephyretta's care; The drops to thee, Brillante, we consign; And, Momentilla, let the watch be thine; Do thou, Crispissa, tend her favourite lock; Ariel himself shall be the guard of Shock. To fifty chosen sylphs, of special note, We trust th...
Página 172 - Jerusalem with iniquity: the heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the Lord, and say, "Is not the Lord among us? none evil can come upon us.
Página 335 - See how the world its veterans rewards! A youth of frolics, an old age of cards; Fair to no purpose, artful to no end; Young without lovers, old without a friend; A fop their passion, but their prize a sot; Alive, ridiculous; and dead, forgot!
Página 148 - What Time would spare, from Steel receives its date, And monuments, like men, submit to fate! Steel could the labour of the Gods destroy, And strike to dust th' imperial tow'rs of Troy; Steel could the works of mortal pride confound, And hew triumphal arches to the ground.