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... light and eafy as we can . The fecond poem , Verfes on the death of Dr Swift , is a moft pointed piece of farcafm . Not any of the Dean's poems have more wit ; nor are any of them more fevere . In it he has fummoned to- gether his whole ...
... light and eafy as we can . The fecond poem , Verfes on the death of Dr Swift , is a moft pointed piece of farcafm . Not any of the Dean's poems have more wit ; nor are any of them more fevere . In it he has fummoned to- gether his whole ...
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... light , that he should produce , by the mere force of talte and abilities , without any laboured correction at all , fuch wonders in the poetic ftrain , as to make any the most par- tial of his admirers , not only prefer him to all the ...
... light , that he should produce , by the mere force of talte and abilities , without any laboured correction at all , fuch wonders in the poetic ftrain , as to make any the most par- tial of his admirers , not only prefer him to all the ...
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... light , 1. 443. ] Here let us ftop , and take an impartial view of this inchanting fair . With regard to the beauty , the elegance , the graces , and the sweetness of her perfon , fhe is , beyond all contradiction , to ufër an ...
... light , 1. 443. ] Here let us ftop , and take an impartial view of this inchanting fair . With regard to the beauty , the elegance , the graces , and the sweetness of her perfon , fhe is , beyond all contradiction , to ufër an ...
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... light . YET fome of either fex , endow'd 425 430 435 440 With gifts fuperior to the croud , 445 With virtue , knowledge , tafte , and wit , She condefcended to admit . With pleafing arts fhe could reduce Mens talents to their proper ufe ...
... light . YET fome of either fex , endow'd 425 430 435 440 With gifts fuperior to the croud , 445 With virtue , knowledge , tafte , and wit , She condefcended to admit . With pleafing arts fhe could reduce Mens talents to their proper ufe ...
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... light , ' Tis juft what coxcombs call a bite . 665 670 BUT , not to dwell on things minute , Vaneffa finish'd the difpute , 675 Brought weighty arguments to prove That reafon was her guide in love . She thought he had himself defcrib'd ...
... light , ' Tis juft what coxcombs call a bite . 665 670 BUT , not to dwell on things minute , Vaneffa finish'd the difpute , 675 Brought weighty arguments to prove That reafon was her guide in love . She thought he had himself defcrib'd ...
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Página 102 - 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 112 - When age must print a furrow'd trace On every feature of her face, Though you, and all your senseless tribe, Could Art, or Time, or Nature bribe, To make you look like Beauty's queen, And hold for ever at fifteen, No bloom of youth can ever blind The cracks and wrinkles of your mind ; All men of sense will pass your door, And crowd to Stella's at fourscore.
Página 223 - And had the Dean, in all the nation, No worthy friend, no poor relation ? So ready to do strangers good, Forgetting his own flesh and blood...
Página 327 - By G — , they don't signify this pinch of snuff. To give a young gentleman right education, The army's the only good school in the nation: My schoolmaster call'd me a dunce and a fool, But at cuffs I was always the cock of the school ; I never could take to my book for the blood o
Página 223 - His stomach too begins to fail ; Last year we thought him strong and hale ; But now he's quite another thing : I wish he may hold out till spring...
Página 223 - As Rochefoucault his maxims drew From nature, I believe them true : They argue no corrupted mind In him; the fault is in mankind. This maxim more than all the rest Is thought too base for human breast : ' In all distresses of our friends, We first consult our private ends ; While nature, kindly bent to ease us, Points out some circumstance to please us/ If this perhaps your patience move, Let reason and experience prove.
Página 223 - 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.
Página 43 - Love why do we one passion call, When 'tis a compound of them all? Where hot and cold, where sharp and sweet, In all their equipages meet ; Where pleasures mix'd with pains appear, Sorrow with joy, and hope with fear ; Wherein his dignity and age Forbid Cadenus to engage.
Página 52 - what's this you tell us? I hope you don't believe me jealous! But yet, methinks, I feel it true, And really yours is budding too — Nay, — now I cannot stir my foot; It feels as if 'twere taking root.
Página 324 - You had like to have put it quite out of my head. ' Next day, to be sure, the captain will come At the head of his troop, with trumpet and drum. Now, madam, observe how he marches in state ; The man with the kettledrum enters the gate : Dub, dub, adub, dub.