The Works, Volumen11J. Johnson, 1803 |
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... O'er the moon's face a sable hue , To drive unseen her magick chair , At midnight through the darken'd air ; Wise people , who believ'd with reason That this eclipse was out of season , Affirm'd the moon was sick , and fell To cure her ...
... O'er the moon's face a sable hue , To drive unseen her magick chair , At midnight through the darken'd air ; Wise people , who believ'd with reason That this eclipse was out of season , Affirm'd the moon was sick , and fell To cure her ...
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... o'er a brazen arch : With squibs and crackers arm'd , to throw Among the trembling crowd below . All ran to prayers , both priests and laity , To pacify this angry deity : When Jove , in pity to the town , With real thunder knock'd him ...
... o'er a brazen arch : With squibs and crackers arm'd , to throw Among the trembling crowd below . All ran to prayers , both priests and laity , To pacify this angry deity : When Jove , in pity to the town , With real thunder knock'd him ...
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... o'er the Gallick coast , Such was Ierne's claim , as just as thine , Her sons descended from the British line ; Her matchless sons , whose valour still remains On French records for twenty long campaigns ; Yet , from an empress now a ...
... o'er the Gallick coast , Such was Ierne's claim , as just as thine , Her sons descended from the British line ; Her matchless sons , whose valour still remains On French records for twenty long campaigns ; Yet , from an empress now a ...
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... O'er mountains steep , o'er dusty plains , Half chok'd with dust , half drown'd with rains ; Only your Godship to implore , To let me kiss your other shore ? A boon so small ! but I may weep , While you're , like Baal , fast asleep ...
... O'er mountains steep , o'er dusty plains , Half chok'd with dust , half drown'd with rains ; Only your Godship to implore , To let me kiss your other shore ? A boon so small ! but I may weep , While you're , like Baal , fast asleep ...
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... o'er a pot of ale ) Related thus the following tale . Possession , and Desire his brother , But still at variance with each other , Were seen contending in a race ; And kept at first an equal pace : ' Tis said , their course continued ...
... o'er a pot of ale ) Related thus the following tale . Possession , and Desire his brother , But still at variance with each other , Were seen contending in a race ; And kept at first an equal pace : ' Tis said , their course continued ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Ballyspellin bard Behold better bishop Cælia cassock Chloe clouds countess of Suffolk court criticks crown dame damn'd Dean DEAN SWIFT dear death Delany delight DERMOT Dick divine doctor Drapier dreadful Dublin dullest beast ears EPIGRAM eyes face fair fame fate foes fools friends give goddess gown grace grown half head hear heart Hibernian honour Ireland JONATHAN SWIFT Jove king lady learning lord lord Carteret madam MARBLE HILL merit mind Muse ne'er never night nose numbers nymph o'er Patrick's poem poets poor Pope praise pride publick quadrille queen rhymes rogue round scorn SHEELAH shine sick sing Sir Arthur Sir Arthur Acheson Sir Thomas Prendergast soul spite spleen Strephon sure swear Swift tell thee There's thou thought thousand tongue tories true Twill verse vex'd virtue whig wise Wood
Pasajes populares
Página 226 - Offending race of human kind, By nature, reason, learning, blind ; You who, through frailty, stepp'd aside ; And you, who never fell from pride : You who in different sects were shamm'd, And come to see each other damn'd ; (So some folk told you, but they knew No more of Jove's designs than you ;) — The world's mad business now is o'er, And I resent these pranks no more. — I to such blockheads set my wit ! I damn such fools ! — Go, go, you're bit.
Página 84 - Nor do they trust their tongues alone, But speak a language of their own; Can read a nod, a shrug, a look, Far better than a printed book; Convey a libel in a frown, And wink a reputation down; Or by the tossing of the fan, Describe the lady and the man.
Página 226 - Amaz'd, confus'd, its fate unknown, The world stands trembling at his throne! While each pale sinner hung his head, Jove, nodding, shook the heavens, and said: "Offending race of human kind, By nature, reason, learning, blind; You who, through frailty...
Página 242 - Behold the fatal day arrive! How is the Dean? He's just alive. Now the departing prayer is read: He hardly breathes. The Dean is dead.
Página 239 - I believe them true : They argue no corrupted mind In him : the fault is in mankind. This maxim, more than all the rest, Is thought too base for human breast : " In all distresses of our friends, We first consult our private ends ; While nature, kindly bent to ease us, Points out some circumstance to please us.
Página 240 - tis hardly understood Which way my death can do them good, Yet thus, methinks, I hear them speak: ' See how the Dean begins to break! Poor gentleman, he droops apace! You plainly find it in his face. That old vertigo in his head Will never leave him, till he's dead. Besides, his memory decays: He recollects not what he says; He cannot call his friends to mind; Forgets the place where last he dined; Plies you with stories o'er and o'er; He told them fifty times before.
Página 289 - So geographers, in Afric maps, With savage pictures fill their gaps, And o'er unhabitable downs Place elephants for want of towns.
Página 238 - I'adversite' de nos meilleurs amis, nous trouvons toujours quelque chose qui ne nous de"plait pas ; ' — ' In the adversity of our best friends, we always find something that doth not displease us.
Página 241 - 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 152 - Dear madam, whene'er of a barrack I think, An I were to be hang'd, I can't sleep a wink: For if a new crotchet comes into my brain, I can't get it out, though I'd never so fain.