The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D. ...: With Notes, Historical and Critical, Volumen17J. Johnson, 1808 |
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... thou shalt share with me . SHEELAH . In at the pantry door this morn I slipt , And from the shelf a charming crust I whipt : Dennis was out , and I got hither safe ; And thou , my dear , shalt have the bigger half Who was a great lover ...
... thou shalt share with me . SHEELAH . In at the pantry door this morn I slipt , And from the shelf a charming crust I whipt : Dennis was out , and I got hither safe ; And thou , my dear , shalt have the bigger half Who was a great lover ...
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... thou art grown the detestation Of all thy party through the nation : Thy peevish and perpetual teasing With plots , and jacobites , and treason , Thy busy never - meaning face , Thy screw'd - up front , thy state grimace , Thy formal ...
... thou art grown the detestation Of all thy party through the nation : Thy peevish and perpetual teasing With plots , and jacobites , and treason , Thy busy never - meaning face , Thy screw'd - up front , thy state grimace , Thy formal ...
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... thou'rt the Punch to stir up trouble in ; You wriggle , fidge , and make a rout , Put all your brother puppets out , Run on in a perpetual round , To tease , perplex , disturb , confound ; Intrude with monkey grin and clatter To ...
... thou'rt the Punch to stir up trouble in ; You wriggle , fidge , and make a rout , Put all your brother puppets out , Run on in a perpetual round , To tease , perplex , disturb , confound ; Intrude with monkey grin and clatter To ...
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... thou make a fouler show , Thou must go naked all the year . Fresh Fresh from the mud a wallowing sow Would then be 28 SWIFT'S POEMS . Dick a Maggot Clad all in Brown.
... thou make a fouler show , Thou must go naked all the year . Fresh Fresh from the mud a wallowing sow Would then be 28 SWIFT'S POEMS . Dick a Maggot Clad all in Brown.
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... thou wert in a cart I fear Thou would'st be pelted worse than they're . Yet , when we see thee thus array'd , The neighbours think it is but just , That thou should'st take an honest trade , And weekly carry out the dust . Of cleanly ...
... thou wert in a cart I fear Thou would'st be pelted worse than they're . Yet , when we see thee thus array'd , The neighbours think it is but just , That thou should'st take an honest trade , And weekly carry out the dust . Of cleanly ...
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Página 190 - Here shift the scene, to represent How those I love my death lament. Poor Pope will grieve a month, and Gay A week, and Arbuthnot a day. St. John himself will scarce forbear To bite his pen, and drop a tear. The rest will give a shrug, and cry, "I'm sorry— but we all must die!
Página 187 - To hear his out-of-fashion wit? But he takes up with younger folks, Who for his wine will bear his jokes. Faith, he must make his stories shorter, Or change his comrades once a quarter: In half the time he talks them round, There must another set be found.
Página 237 - Blot out, correct, insert, refine, Enlarge, diminish, interline ; Be mindful, when invention fails, To scratch your head, and bite your nails.
Página 13 - Now voices over voices rise, While each to be the loudest vies : They contradict, affirm, dispute, No single tongue one moment mute; All mad to speak, and none to hearken, They set the very lap-dog barking; Their chattering makes a louder din Than fishwives o'er a cup of gin ; Not schoolboys at a...
Página 191 - I'll venture for the vole.) Six deans, they say, must bear the pall : (I wish I knew what king to call.) Madam, your husband will attend The funeral of so good a friend.
Página 235 - Brutes find out where their talents lie: A bear will not attempt to fly ; A founder'd horse will oft debate, Before he tries a five-barr'd gate ; A dog by instinct turns aside, Who sees the ditch too deep and wide. But man we find the only creature Who, led by Folly, combats Nature ; Who, when she loudly cries Forbear, With obstinacy fixes there ; And, where his genius least inclines, Absurdly bends his whole designs.
Página 248 - Short by the knees, entreat for peace. The consort of his throne and bed, A perfect goddess born and bred, Appointed sov'reign judge to sit On learning, eloquence, and wit. Our eldest hope, divine lulus, (Late, very late, O may he rule us !) What early manhood has he shown, Before his downy beard was grown ! Then think, what wonders will be done By going on as he begun, An heir for Britain to secure As long as sun and moon endure. The remnant of the royal blood Comes pouring on me like a flood; Bright...
Página 195 - Two kingdoms, just as faction led, Had set a price upon his head; But, not a traitor could be found, To sell him for six hundred pound. 'Had he but spar'd his tongue and pen, He might have rose like other men...
Página 260 - J shall ask, and you instruct me. See, the Muse unbars the gate ; Hark, the monkeys, how they prate ! All ye gods who rule the soul ! Styx, through Hell whose waters roll!
Página 264 - Hogarth !*' Thou, I hear, a pleasant rogue art. Were but you and I acquainted, Every Monster should be painted : You should try your graving tools On this odious group of Fools; Draw the beasts as I describe them...