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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... late the gra- dual decay of delicacy and refinement among man- kind , who are become too reasonable to require , that we should labour with infinite pains to come up to the taste of these mountaineers , when they without any may ...
... late the gra- dual decay of delicacy and refinement among man- kind , who are become too reasonable to require , that we should labour with infinite pains to come up to the taste of these mountaineers , when they without any may ...
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... late by the practice of persons of the first qua- lity ; and , by the encouragement of the ladies , not unsuccessfully introduced even into the drawing- room . Indeed its incredible progress and con- quests may be compared to those of ...
... late by the practice of persons of the first qua- lity ; and , by the encouragement of the ladies , not unsuccessfully introduced even into the drawing- room . Indeed its incredible progress and con- quests may be compared to those of ...
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... late assertions : " It must be owned , that it is more difficult for a Frenchman to succeed in Epic Poetry than for any other person ; but neither the constraint of rhyme , nor the dryness of our languaage is the cause of this ...
... late assertions : " It must be owned , that it is more difficult for a Frenchman to succeed in Epic Poetry than for any other person ; but neither the constraint of rhyme , nor the dryness of our languaage is the cause of this ...
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... late Bermudas almost depopulated by rats . No- thing is more natural to imagine , than that the few * Il . iii . Hom . Speede , in Bermudas . Eustathius in Hom . Il . i . survivors of that empire retired into the depths of their ...
... late Bermudas almost depopulated by rats . No- thing is more natural to imagine , than that the few * Il . iii . Hom . Speede , in Bermudas . Eustathius in Hom . Il . i . survivors of that empire retired into the depths of their ...
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... late monarch took the scien- ces under his protection , and raised them to so great a height . May we not hope their emissaries will some time or other have instructions , not only to in- vite learned men into their country , but ...
... late monarch took the scien- ces under his protection , and raised them to so great a height . May we not hope their emissaries will some time or other have instructions , not only to in- vite learned men into their country , but ...
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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.