The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ...G. Hamilton, J. Balfour, & L. Hunter, 1757 |
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... Loft . Thera poffibly might be found fome excufe for fuch a preference ; but in Swift's cafe there can he none . He understood the Latin language perfectly well , and he read it constantly ; but he was no Latin poet . And if the ...
... Loft . Thera poffibly might be found fome excufe for fuch a preference ; but in Swift's cafe there can he none . He understood the Latin language perfectly well , and he read it constantly ; but he was no Latin poet . And if the ...
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... while he had credit at the court of Q. Anne , he employed fo much of it in favour of Whigs in both kingdoms , that the miniftry used to rally him as the That Cupid now has loft his art , Or blunts 10 risk* prefixed, are not Dr Swift's.
... while he had credit at the court of Q. Anne , he employed fo much of it in favour of Whigs in both kingdoms , that the miniftry used to rally him as the That Cupid now has loft his art , Or blunts 10 risk* prefixed, are not Dr Swift's.
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Jonathan Swift. That Cupid now has loft his art , Or blunts the point of ev'ry dart ; - His altar now no longer fmokes , His mother's aid no youth invokes : 10 This the advocate of that party ; for feveral of whom he got employ ments ...
Jonathan Swift. That Cupid now has loft his art , Or blunts the point of ev'ry dart ; - His altar now no longer fmokes , His mother's aid no youth invokes : 10 This the advocate of that party ; for feveral of whom he got employ ments ...
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... loft her aim . Too late with grief fhe understood , Pallas had done more harm than good : For great examples are but vain , Where ignorance begets difdain .. Both fexes , arm'd with guilt and spite , Against Vaneffa's pow'r unite : To ...
... loft her aim . Too late with grief fhe understood , Pallas had done more harm than good : For great examples are but vain , Where ignorance begets difdain .. Both fexes , arm'd with guilt and spite , Against Vaneffa's pow'r unite : To ...
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... d . CUPID , tho ' all his darts were loft , Yet ftill refolv'd to spare no cost : He could not anfwer to his fame The triumphs of that stubborn dame , 490 395 A nymph fo hard to be fubdu'd , Who neither CADENUS AND VANESSA , 3.
... d . CUPID , tho ' all his darts were loft , Yet ftill refolv'd to spare no cost : He could not anfwer to his fame The triumphs of that stubborn dame , 490 395 A nymph fo hard to be fubdu'd , Who neither CADENUS AND VANESSA , 3.
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