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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... I in- quired who he was , and they told me he was a Ro- man catholick knight . I was the same evening at Will's , and saw a circle round round another gentleman , who was railing in like manner 102 A KEY TO THE LOCK .
... I in- quired who he was , and they told me he was a Ro- man catholick knight . I was the same evening at Will's , and saw a circle round round another gentleman , who was railing in like manner 102 A KEY TO THE LOCK .
Page 103
... told he was a Roman ca- tholick lord . A day or two after I happened to be in company with the young lady , to whom the poem is dedicated . She also took up the character of Belinda with much frankness and good humour , though the ...
... told he was a Roman ca- tholick lord . A day or two after I happened to be in company with the young lady , to whom the poem is dedicated . She also took up the character of Belinda with much frankness and good humour , though the ...
Page 111
... told his friends in private ; but I shall only instance in the description of the disgrace under which the duke of Marlborough then suffered , which is so apparent in these verses : Ev'n mighty Pam , that kings and queens o'erthrew ...
... told his friends in private ; but I shall only instance in the description of the disgrace under which the duke of Marlborough then suffered , which is so apparent in these verses : Ev'n mighty Pam , that kings and queens o'erthrew ...
Page 127
... told , how he was constantly admitted to all the feasts and banquets of the church officers , and the speeches he there made for the good of the parish . How he gave hints to young clergy- men men to preach ; but above all , how he ...
... told , how he was constantly admitted to all the feasts and banquets of the church officers , and the speeches he there made for the good of the parish . How he gave hints to young clergy- men men to preach ; but above all , how he ...
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... told him , that the Bulls and Frogs had served the lord Strutts with drapery - ware for many years ; that they were honest and fair dealers ; that their bills had never been questioned ; that the lord Strutts lived generously , and ...
... told him , that the Bulls and Frogs had served the lord Strutts with drapery - ware for many years ; that they were honest and fair dealers ; that their bills had never been questioned ; that the lord Strutts lived generously , and ...
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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.