The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin ...W. Bowyer, C. Bathurst, W. Owen, W. Strahan, J. Rivington, J. Hinton, L. Davis, and C. Reymers, R. Baldwin, J. Dodsley, S. Crowder and Company and B. Collins., 1768 |
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... she must interpofe a cloud : For , if the heav'nly folk fhould know Thefe pleadings in the courts below , That mortals here difdain to love , She ne'er could fhew her face above ; For Gods , their betters , are too wife To value that ...
... she must interpofe a cloud : For , if the heav'nly folk fhould know Thefe pleadings in the courts below , That mortals here difdain to love , She ne'er could fhew her face above ; For Gods , their betters , are too wife To value that ...
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... She then referr'd them to a place In Virgil ( vide Dido's cafe ; ) As for Tibullus's reports , They never pafs'd for ... She'd hear the cause another day ; And fo fhe did , and then a third ; She heard it -- there fhe kept her word : But ...
... She then referr'd them to a place In Virgil ( vide Dido's cafe ; ) As for Tibullus's reports , They never pafs'd for ... She'd hear the cause another day ; And fo fhe did , and then a third ; She heard it -- there fhe kept her word : But ...
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... She threw her law - books on the shelf , And thus debated with herself . Since men alledge , they ne'er can find Those beauties in a female mind , Which raise a flame , that will endure For ever uncorrupt and pure ; If ' tis with reason ...
... She threw her law - books on the shelf , And thus debated with herself . Since men alledge , they ne'er can find Those beauties in a female mind , Which raise a flame , that will endure For ever uncorrupt and pure ; If ' tis with reason ...
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... She knew in our degen❜rate days Bare virtue could not live on praise ; That meat must be with money bought : She therefore , upon fecond thought , Infus'd , Infus'd , yet as it were by stealth , Some 10 CADENUS and VANESSA .
... She knew in our degen❜rate days Bare virtue could not live on praise ; That meat must be with money bought : She therefore , upon fecond thought , Infus'd , Infus'd , yet as it were by stealth , Some 10 CADENUS and VANESSA .
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... she grew up , there ftay'd A tincture in the prudent maid : She manag'd her estate with care , Yet lik'd three footmen to her chair . But , left he should neglect his studies Like a young heir , the thrifty Goddess ( For fear young ...
... she grew up , there ftay'd A tincture in the prudent maid : She manag'd her estate with care , Yet lik'd three footmen to her chair . But , left he should neglect his studies Like a young heir , the thrifty Goddess ( For fear young ...
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Page 148 - 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...
Page 72 - Then the Bell rung, and I went down to put my Lady to Bed, And, God knows, I thought my Money was as safe as my Maidenhead. So when I came up again, I found my Pocket feel very light, But when I search'd, and miss'd my Purse, Lord! I thought I should have sunk outright: Lord! Madam, says Mary, how d'ye do? Indeed...
Page 148 - 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!
Page 39 - Having through all the village past, To a small cottage came at last, Where dwelt a good old honest ye'man, Call'd in the neighbourhood Philemon ; Who kindly did these saints invite In his poor hut to pass the night ; And then the hospitable...
Page 265 - 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.
Page 303 - 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 - 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 56 - And that they ne'er consider'd yet. ' Good Mr. Dean, go change your gown, Let my lord know you're come to town.
Page 304 - To fancy they could live a year ! I find you're but a stranger here. The Dean was famous in his time, And had a kind of knack at rhyme : His way of writing now is past ; The town has got a better taste. I keep no antiquated stuff, But spick and span I have enough.
Page 125 - 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...