The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, Volumen 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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... jack - pudding ; a maid of honour selling bar- gains ; a footman speaking like a philosopher ; and a fine gentleman like a scholar . Whoever is con- versant in modern plays , may make a most noble col- lection of this kind , and at the ...
... jack - pudding ; a maid of honour selling bar- gains ; a footman speaking like a philosopher ; and a fine gentleman like a scholar . Whoever is con- versant in modern plays , may make a most noble col- lection of this kind , and at the ...
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... jack - daw , speaks twice as much by being split : as this of Mr. Dennis . Bullets , that wound , like Parthians as they fly : or this excellent one of Mr. Welsted , Behold the virgin lye Naked , and only cover'd by the sky § . To which ...
... jack - daw , speaks twice as much by being split : as this of Mr. Dennis . Bullets , that wound , like Parthians as they fly : or this excellent one of Mr. Welsted , Behold the virgin lye Naked , and only cover'd by the sky § . To which ...
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... Jack of all trades † ; sometimes you would see him behind his counter sel- ling broad - cloth , sometimes measuring linen ; next day he would be dealing in mercery - ware high heads , ribands , gloves , fans , and lace , he understood ...
... Jack of all trades † ; sometimes you would see him behind his counter sel- ling broad - cloth , sometimes measuring linen ; next day he would be dealing in mercery - ware high heads , ribands , gloves , fans , and lace , he understood ...
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... Jack of all trades , which made the rest of the tradesmen jealous , as well as Bull and Frog ; they hearing of the quarrel , were glad of an opportunity of joining against old Lewis Baboon , provided that Bull and Frog would bear the ...
... Jack of all trades , which made the rest of the tradesmen jealous , as well as Bull and Frog ; they hearing of the quarrel , were glad of an opportunity of joining against old Lewis Baboon , provided that Bull and Frog would bear the ...
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... Jack , Jack had of late been her inclinations * : lord Peter she detested ; nor did Martin stand much better in her good graces , but Jack hath found the way to her heart . I have often admired , what charms she discovered in that ...
... Jack , Jack had of late been her inclinations * : lord Peter she detested ; nor did Martin stand much better in her good graces , but Jack hath found the way to her heart . I have often admired , what charms she discovered in that ...
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Página 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...
Página 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?
Página 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.
Página 113 - The rebel Knave, who dares his prince engage, Proves the just victim of his royal rage.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.