The Works of Jonathan Swift: Accurately Revised in Twelve Volumes, Adorned with Copper-plates. With Some Account of the Author's Life and Notes, Historical and Explanatory, Volumen6C. Bathurst, 1754 |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 23
Página 10
... cou'd heart be won , You'd fwear it is Apollo's fon : But it shall ne'er be faid , a child So hopeful has by me been spoil'd ; I have enough befides to fpare , And give him wholly to your care . Wisdom's above fufpecting wiles : The ...
... cou'd heart be won , You'd fwear it is Apollo's fon : But it shall ne'er be faid , a child So hopeful has by me been spoil'd ; I have enough befides to fpare , And give him wholly to your care . Wisdom's above fufpecting wiles : The ...
Página 18
... cou'd To know the world a little better . ( To know the world ! a modern phrase For vifits , ombre , balls , and plays . ) Thus , to the world's perpetual shame , The queen of beauty loft her aim . Too late with grief fhe understood ...
... cou'd To know the world a little better . ( To know the world ! a modern phrase For vifits , ombre , balls , and plays . ) Thus , to the world's perpetual shame , The queen of beauty loft her aim . Too late with grief fhe understood ...
Página 19
... cou'd reduce Men's talents to their proper use ; And with address each genius held To that , wherein it most excell'd ; Thus making others wisdom known , Cou'd please them , and improve her own . A modeft youth faid fomething new ; She ...
... cou'd reduce Men's talents to their proper use ; And with address each genius held To that , wherein it most excell'd ; Thus making others wisdom known , Cou'd please them , and improve her own . A modeft youth faid fomething new ; She ...
Página 22
... cou'd praife , efteem , approve , But understood not what was love . * The poet having before fhewed the cause of Vanela's disappointment , here repre- fents Vanela , who was intend- ed to animate every woman to imitation and infpire ...
... cou'd praife , efteem , approve , But understood not what was love . * The poet having before fhewed the cause of Vanela's disappointment , here repre- fents Vanela , who was intend- ed to animate every woman to imitation and infpire ...
Página 24
... . Had he employ'd his time fo long To teach her what was right and wrong , Yet cou'd fuch notions entertain , That all his lectures were in vain ? She She own'd the wand'ring of her thoughts ; But he 24 CADENUS and VANESSA .
... . Had he employ'd his time fo long To teach her what was right and wrong , Yet cou'd fuch notions entertain , That all his lectures were in vain ? She She own'd the wand'ring of her thoughts ; But he 24 CADENUS and VANESSA .
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
againſt anſwer Becauſe Befides beſt Cadenus cafe call'd cauſe cou'd dean DERMOT diff'rent duke eaſe Echo ev'ry eyes fafe faid fame fancy fatire feen fenfe fent feven fhall fhame fhew fhould fide fince firft firſt fkies fome fools foon ftand ftill fuch fure fweet grace Guife hath heart himſelf honour houſe Jove juft juſt king lady laft laſt loft lord madam mafter mattadore mind Molly moſt muft muſe muſt ne'er never noſe nymph o'er Ovid paffion Pallas paſs paſt pleaſe pleaſure poet pow'r praiſe pride profe publick Quadrille raiſe reafon reft rhyme rife round ſay ſcarce ſcene ſee ſeen ſhall ſhe ſome ſpeak ſtar ſtate Stella ſtill tell thee theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand turn'd Twas uſe Vaneſſa verfe verſes virtue whig whofe whoſe wife wiſh wou'd
Pasajes populares
Página 146 - Tis but the funeral of the former year. Let joy or ease, let affluence or content, And the gay conscience of a life well spent, Calm every thought, inspirit every grace, Glow in thy heart, and smile upon thy face. Let day improve on day, and year on year, Without a pain, a trouble, or a fear...
Página 263 - HERE continueth to rot The Body of FRANCIS CHARTRES, Who, with an INFLEXIBLE CONSTANCY, and INIMITABLE UNIFORMITY of Life, PERSISTED, In spite of AGE and INFIRMITIES, In the Practice of EVERY HUMAN VICE, Excepting PRODIGALITY and HYPOCRISY : His insatiable AVARICE exempted him from the first, His matchless IMPUDENCE from the second.
Página 30 - 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.
Página 43 - A sable cloud athwart the welkin flings, That swill'd more liquor than it could contain, And, like a drunkard, gives it up again.
Página 196 - To raise the lumber from the earth. But view him in another scene, When all his drink is Hippocrene, His money...
Página 300 - I'll venture for the vole.) Six deans, they say, must bear the pall : (I wish I knew what king to call.) Madam, your husband will attend The funeral of so good a friend.
Página 45 - Forget their feuds, and join to save their wigs. Box'd in a chair, the beau impatient sits, While spouts run clattering o'er the roof by fits, And ever and anon with frightful din The leather sounds ; he trembles from within...
Página 301 - 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 146 - 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 299 - He'll treat me as he does my betters, Publish my will, my life, my letters ; Revive the libels born to die : Which Pope must bear as well as I. Here shift the scene, to represent How those I love my death lament.