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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... look round among the admirers of poetry ; we shall find those , who have a taste of the sublime , to be very few ; but the profund strikes universally , and is adapted to every capacity . It is a fruitless undertaking to write for men ...
... look round among the admirers of poetry ; we shall find those , who have a taste of the sublime , to be very few ; but the profund strikes universally , and is adapted to every capacity . It is a fruitless undertaking to write for men ...
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... For example ; when a true genius looks upon the sky , he immediately catches the idea of a piece of blue lute - string , or a child's mantle .. The 1 The skies , whofe spreading volumes fcarce have room , 12 MARTINUS SCRIBLERUS.
... For example ; when a true genius looks upon the sky , he immediately catches the idea of a piece of blue lute - string , or a child's mantle .. The 1 The skies , whofe spreading volumes fcarce have room , 12 MARTINUS SCRIBLERUS.
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... looks upon a tempest , he shall have an image of a tumbled bed , and describe a succeeding calm in this manner ; The ocean , joyed to see the tempest fled , New lays his waves , and smooths his ruffled bed t . The triumphs and ...
... looks upon a tempest , he shall have an image of a tumbled bed , and describe a succeeding calm in this manner ; The ocean , joyed to see the tempest fled , New lays his waves , and smooths his ruffled bed t . The triumphs and ...
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... Look down , blest saint , with pity then look down , Shed on this land thy kinder influence , And guide us through the mists of providence , In which we stray * . Neither will he , if a goodly simile come in his way , scruple to affirm ...
... Look down , blest saint , with pity then look down , Shed on this land thy kinder influence , And guide us through the mists of providence , In which we stray * . Neither will he , if a goodly simile come in his way , scruple to affirm ...
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... looks on the earth , and it trembles . He touches the hills , and they smoke . " The hills forget they're fix'd , and in their fright Cast off their weight , and ease themselves for flight : The woods with terrour wing'd outfly the wind ...
... looks on the earth , and it trembles . He touches the hills , and they smoke . " The hills forget they're fix'd , and in their fright Cast off their weight , and ease themselves for flight : The woods with terrour wing'd outfly the wind ...
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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.