The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, Volume 17J. Johnson, J. Nichols, R. Baldwin, Otridge and Son, J. Sewell, F. and C. Rivington, T. Payne, R. Faulder, G. and J. Robinson, R. Lea, J. Nunn, W. Cuthell, T. Egerton, ... [and 12 others], 1801 |
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... lord mayor's day ; " and he be- holds those glorious beings celebrating their creator , by huzzaing , making illuminations , and flinging squibs , crackers , and sky - rockets . Glorious illuminations , made on high By all the stars and ...
... lord mayor's day ; " and he be- holds those glorious beings celebrating their creator , by huzzaing , making illuminations , and flinging squibs , crackers , and sky - rockets . Glorious illuminations , made on high By all the stars and ...
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... lord of nature in the air Spreads forth his clouds , his sable canvass , where His pencil , dipt in heavenly colour bright , Paints his fair rainbow , charming to the sight t Now he is a CHEMIST . Th ' almighty chemist does his work ...
... lord of nature in the air Spreads forth his clouds , his sable canvass , where His pencil , dipt in heavenly colour bright , Paints his fair rainbow , charming to the sight t Now he is a CHEMIST . Th ' almighty chemist does his work ...
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... Lord H. 3. The ostriches are such , whose heaviness rarely permits them to raise themselves from the ground ; their wings are of no use to lift them up , and their motion is between flying and walking ; but then they run very fast ...
... Lord H. 3. The ostriches are such , whose heaviness rarely permits them to raise themselves from the ground ; their wings are of no use to lift them up , and their motion is between flying and walking ; but then they run very fast ...
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... lords above are angry and talk big * . Or if you would describe a rich man refunding his treasures , express it thus , Tho ' he ( as said ) may riches gorge , the spoil Painful in massy vomit shall recoil : Soon shall he perish with a ...
... lords above are angry and talk big * . Or if you would describe a rich man refunding his treasures , express it thus , Tho ' he ( as said ) may riches gorge , the spoil Painful in massy vomit shall recoil : Soon shall he perish with a ...
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... lords the judges , the honourable the directors of the academy , and the court of aldermen , who shall all have their places frank . 3. If Westminster - hall be not allotted to this ser- vice ( which by reason of its proximity to the ...
... lords the judges , the honourable the directors of the academy , and the court of aldermen , who shall all have their places frank . 3. If Westminster - hall be not allotted to this ser- vice ( which by reason of its proximity to the ...
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Page 417 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And, without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike...
Page 112 - And strike to dust th' imperial tow'rs of Troy; Steel could the works of mortal pride confound, And hew triumphal arches to the ground. What wonder then, fair nymph! thy hairs should feel The conqu'ring force of unresisted steel?
Page 115 - Form'da vast buckle for his widow's gown: Her infant grandame's whistle next it grew, The bells she jingled, and the whistle blew; Then in a bodkin grac'd her mother's hairs, Which long she wore, and now Belinda wears.) Boast not my fall (he cry'd) insulting foe ! Thou by some other shalt be laid as low.
Page 113 - The rebel Knave, who dares his prince engage, Proves the just victim of his royal rage.
Page 117 - Haste, then, ye spirits! to your charge repair: The flutt'ring fan be Zephyretta's care; The drops to thee, Brillante, we consign; And, Momentilla, let the watch be thine; Do thou, Crispissa, tend her fav'rite Lock; Ariel himself shall be the guard of Shock. To fifty chosen Sylphs, of special note, We trust th...
Page 416 - Pretty ! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms ! The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there.
Page 111 - Warn'd by the sylph, oh pious maid, beware ! This to disclose is all thy guardian can ; Beware of all, but most beware of man ! He said ; when Shock, who thought she slept too long, Leap'd up, and wak'd his mistress with his tongue.
Page 416 - But each man's secret standard in his mind, That casting-weight pride adds to emptiness, This, who can gratify ? for who can guess * The bard whom pilfer'd pastorals renown, Who turns a Persian tale for half a crown, Just writes to make his barrenness appear, And strains from hard-bound brains eight lines a year...
Page 59 - THE DESCRIPTIONS. For a tempest.—" Take Eurus, Zephyr, Auster and Boreas, and cast them together in one verse. Add to these of rain, lightning, and of thunder, the loudest you can, quantum sufficit.
Page 144 - John was quick, and understood his business very well; but no man alive was more careless in looking into his accounts, or more cheated by partners, apprentices, and servants.