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, Volume 6C. Bathurst, 1754 |
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Page 15
... o'er their cant of ftupid lyes , And tell the murders of her eyes . With filent fcorn Vanessa fat , Scarce lift'ning to their idle chat ; Further than fometimes by a frown , When they grew pert , to pull them down . At last she ...
... o'er their cant of ftupid lyes , And tell the murders of her eyes . With filent fcorn Vanessa fat , Scarce lift'ning to their idle chat ; Further than fometimes by a frown , When they grew pert , to pull them down . At last she ...
Page 29
... o'er the mass : As rivers , though they bend and twine , Still to the fea their courfe incline ; Or , as philofophers , who find Some fav'rite fyftem to their mind , In ev'ry point to make it fit , Will force all nature to fubmit ...
... o'er the mass : As rivers , though they bend and twine , Still to the fea their courfe incline ; Or , as philofophers , who find Some fav'rite fyftem to their mind , In ev'ry point to make it fit , Will force all nature to fubmit ...
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... o'er old ftories paft , They went by chance amidst their talk To the church - yard to take a walk ; When Baucis haftily cry'd out , My dear , I see your forehead sprout ! Sprout ! Sprout ! quoth the man ; what's this you tell BAUCIS and ...
... o'er old ftories paft , They went by chance amidst their talk To the church - yard to take a walk ; When Baucis haftily cry'd out , My dear , I see your forehead sprout ! Sprout ! Sprout ! quoth the man ; what's this you tell BAUCIS and ...
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... o'er Her frolicks , and purfues her tail no more . Returning home at night , you'll find the fink Strike your offended fenfe with double ftink . If you be wife , then go not far to dine ; You'll spend in coach - hire more than save in ...
... o'er Her frolicks , and purfues her tail no more . Returning home at night , you'll find the fink Strike your offended fenfe with double ftink . If you be wife , then go not far to dine ; You'll spend in coach - hire more than save in ...
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... o'er the roof by fits ; And ever and anon with frightful din The leather founds ; he trembles from within . So when Troy chairmen bore the wooden steed , Pregnant with Greeks impatient to be freed , ( Those bully Greeks , who , as the ...
... o'er the roof by fits ; And ever and anon with frightful din The leather founds ; he trembles from within . So when Troy chairmen bore the wooden steed , Pregnant with Greeks impatient to be freed , ( Those bully Greeks , who , as the ...
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