The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ...G. Hamilton, J. Balfour, & L. Hunter, 1757 |
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... better known in London , than that 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 lost his art , Or 10.
... better known in London , than that 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 lost his art , Or 10.
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... compofe , Conceiv'd a project in her head To work her ends ; which , if it fped ,. Would fhew the merits of the cause Far better than confulting laws . 135 In a glad hour Lucina's aid Produc'd on earth a CADENUS AND VANESSA . 21.
... compofe , Conceiv'd a project in her head To work her ends ; which , if it fped ,. Would fhew the merits of the cause Far better than confulting laws . 135 In a glad hour Lucina's aid Produc'd on earth a CADENUS AND VANESSA . 21.
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... better friends above . And tho ' fhe muft with grief reflect , To fee a mortal virgin deck'd With graces hitherto unknown ' To female breafts , except her own ; Yet she would act as best became A goddess of unspotted fame . She knew ...
... better friends above . And tho ' fhe muft with grief reflect , To fee a mortal virgin deck'd With graces hitherto unknown ' To female breafts , except her own ; Yet she would act as best became A goddess of unspotted fame . She knew ...
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... better fancy . With all her wit , I would not ask Her judgment how to buy a mask . We begg'd her but to patch her face , She never hit one proper place ; 420 VANESSA . Which ev'ry girl at five years old Can C 3 CADENUS AND VANESSA . 29.
... better fancy . With all her wit , I would not ask Her judgment how to buy a mask . We begg'd her but to patch her face , She never hit one proper place ; 420 VANESSA . Which ev'ry girl at five years old Can C 3 CADENUS AND VANESSA . 29.
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... 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 , Pallas had done more harm than ...
... 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 , Pallas had done more harm than ...
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againſt Becauſe beſt Cadenus Cælia cafe call'd cauſe court Dean defire diff'rent Dr Swift ev'ry eyes fafe faid fame fatire fave fcorn fecret feen fent feven fhall fhew fhould fide filks fince fing firft firſt fome foon foul fpirits ftand ftill fuch fure fweet Guife hath Hawkef heart himſelf honour houſe Jove juft juſt Lady laft laſt leaſt lefs loft Lord Lord Bolingbroke Madam mattadore mind moft moſt mufe muft muſt ne'er never nymph o'er paffion Pallas paſt perfon pleaſe pleaſure poem poets Pope pow'r praiſe pride profe Quadrille Queen raiſe reafon reft rhyme rife round ſcarce ſeen ſhall ſhe ſpeak ſtate Stella STEPHEN DUCK ſtill thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand thro uſe Vaneffa verfes vex'd virtue Whig whofe wife worfe writ Written
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Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.