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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... Against our fov'reign lady's peace , Against the statute in that cafe , • This poem is founded up on an offer of marriage made by a young lady to her precep- tor : whether fuch an incident really happened , or what gave the poet ...
... Against our fov'reign lady's peace , Against the statute in that cafe , • This poem is founded up on an offer of marriage made by a young lady to her precep- tor : whether fuch an incident really happened , or what gave the poet ...
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Jonathan Swift John Hawkesworth, Deane Swift. Against her dignity and crown : Then pray'd an answer , and fat down . The nymphs with fcorn beheld their foes : When the defendant's council rofe , And , what no lawyer ever lack'd , With ...
Jonathan Swift John Hawkesworth, Deane Swift. Against her dignity and crown : Then pray'd an answer , and fat down . The nymphs with fcorn beheld their foes : When the defendant's council rofe , And , what no lawyer ever lack'd , With ...
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... good : For great examples are but vain , Where ignorance begets difdain . Both fexes , arm'd with guilt and fpite , Against Vaneffa's pow'r unite : To To copy her few nymphs aspir'd ; Her virtues fewer 18 CADENUS and VANESSA .
... good : For great examples are but vain , Where ignorance begets difdain . Both fexes , arm'd with guilt and fpite , Against Vaneffa's pow'r unite : To To copy her few nymphs aspir'd ; Her virtues fewer 18 CADENUS and VANESSA .
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... against their charms , But never gave me equal arms ; Your leffons found the weakest part , Aim'd at the head , but reach'd the heart . 2 Vanela , confcious that her paffion was virtuous , had no motive to conceal it : for " Virtue ...
... against their charms , But never gave me equal arms ; Your leffons found the weakest part , Aim'd at the head , but reach'd the heart . 2 Vanela , confcious that her paffion was virtuous , had no motive to conceal it : for " Virtue ...
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... against the men . But , in a weighty cafe like this To fhew she did not judge amifs , Which evil tongues might elfe report , She made a speech in open court ; Wherein the grievously complains , " How she was cheated by the fwains ; " On ...
... against the men . But , in a weighty cafe like this To fhew she did not judge amifs , Which evil tongues might elfe report , She made a speech in open court ; Wherein the grievously complains , " How she was cheated by the fwains ; " On ...
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Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 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!
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...