The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, Volume 11Bell, 1907 |
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Page 36
... horse ? Sallads and eggs and lighter fare Tune the Italian spark's guitar . And , if I take Dan Congreve right , Pudding and beef make Britons fight . Tokay and coffee cause the work Between the German and the Turk ; And both as they ...
... horse ? Sallads and eggs and lighter fare Tune the Italian spark's guitar . And , if I take Dan Congreve right , Pudding and beef make Britons fight . Tokay and coffee cause the work Between the German and the Turk ; And both as they ...
Page 54
... horses of a par- ticular colour , or the like . In process of time this distinction was lost , and the word was applied to all fine men , as the lower female vulgar term them . As soon as beau became a nomen multitudinis , there was a ...
... horses of a par- ticular colour , or the like . In process of time this distinction was lost , and the word was applied to all fine men , as the lower female vulgar term them . As soon as beau became a nomen multitudinis , there was a ...
Page 83
... horse , and speaking French ; not to mention some other secondary , or subaltern accomplishments , which are more easily acquired . So that the difference between good breeding and good manners lies in this , that the former cannot be ...
... horse , and speaking French ; not to mention some other secondary , or subaltern accomplishments , which are more easily acquired . So that the difference between good breeding and good manners lies in this , that the former cannot be ...
Page 104
... horse's face , and the piece will certainly go off the better for it . The os magna sonaturum , which , if I remember right , Horace makes one qualification of a good poet , may teach you not to gag your muse , or stint yourself in ...
... horse's face , and the piece will certainly go off the better for it . The os magna sonaturum , which , if I remember right , Horace makes one qualification of a good poet , may teach you not to gag your muse , or stint yourself in ...
Page 241
... are pleased to divert yourselves ; but , as I hope to be saved , there's no- thing in it . Lady Smart . Touch a gall'd horse , and he'll wince : Love will creep where it dare not go : I'd hold XI . R POLITE CONVERSATION 241.
... are pleased to divert yourselves ; but , as I hope to be saved , there's no- thing in it . Lady Smart . Touch a gall'd horse , and he'll wince : Love will creep where it dare not go : I'd hold XI . R POLITE CONVERSATION 241.
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