The Works, Volumen11J. Johnson, 1803 |
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Jonathan Swift. RICHMOND LODGE . I pity you , dear Marble Hill ; But hope to see you flourish still . All happiness - and so adieu . MARBLE HILL . Kind Richmond Lodge , the same to you . DESIRE AND POSSESSION . 1727 . ' Tis strange what ...
Jonathan Swift. RICHMOND LODGE . I pity you , dear Marble Hill ; But hope to see you flourish still . All happiness - and so adieu . MARBLE HILL . Kind Richmond Lodge , the same to you . DESIRE AND POSSESSION . 1727 . ' Tis strange what ...
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... hope to spring some nobler game ; But all he took was just the same : Too scornful now to stop his pace , He spurn'd them in his rival's face . Possession kept the beaten road , And gather'd all his brother strow'd ; But overcharg'd ...
... hope to spring some nobler game ; But all he took was just the same : Too scornful now to stop his pace , He spurn'd them in his rival's face . Possession kept the beaten road , And gather'd all his brother strow'd ; But overcharg'd ...
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... hope to see spadillo rise ; In vain , alas ! her hope is fed ; She draws an ace , and sees it red ; In ready counters never pays , But pawns her snuff box , rings , and keys , Ever with some new fancy struck , Tries twenty charms to ...
... hope to see spadillo rise ; In vain , alas ! her hope is fed ; She draws an ace , and sees it red ; In ready counters never pays , But pawns her snuff box , rings , and keys , Ever with some new fancy struck , Tries twenty charms to ...
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... hope , my Lord , you'll call him to the helm . " — " Doctor - a glorious scheme to ease your grief ! When cures are cross , a school's a sure relief . You cannot fail of being happy there , The lake will be the Lethe of your care : The ...
... hope , my Lord , you'll call him to the helm . " — " Doctor - a glorious scheme to ease your grief ! When cures are cross , a school's a sure relief . You cannot fail of being happy there , The lake will be the Lethe of your care : The ...
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... half an inch farther .'- ' You must be obey'd ! ' - ' Your servant , sir Arthur ! My humble respects to my lady unknown .'- I hope you will use my house as your own . " " Go bring me my smock , and leave off 154 SWIFT'S POEMS .
... half an inch farther .'- ' You must be obey'd ! ' - ' Your servant , sir Arthur ! My humble respects to my lady unknown .'- I hope you will use my house as your own . " " Go bring me my smock , and leave off 154 SWIFT'S POEMS .
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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
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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.