The Works of the English Poets: SwiftH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... should I daub it o'er with transitory praise , And water - colours of thefe days : Thefe days ! where e'en th ' extravagance of Is at a lofs for figures to exprefs Mens ' folly , whimsies , and inconftancy , poetry And by a faint ...
... should I daub it o'er with transitory praise , And water - colours of thefe days : Thefe days ! where e'en th ' extravagance of Is at a lofs for figures to exprefs Mens ' folly , whimsies , and inconftancy , poetry And by a faint ...
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... should say , Now you may go hang yourself for me ! and fo went away . Well I thought I should have swoon'd . Lord ! faid I , what shall I do ? Lhave loft my money , and shall lose my true love too ! * Dr. Swift . Then Then my cry ; Lord ...
... should say , Now you may go hang yourself for me ! and fo went away . Well I thought I should have swoon'd . Lord ! faid I , what shall I do ? Lhave loft my money , and shall lose my true love too ! * Dr. Swift . Then Then my cry ; Lord ...
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... should some nymph , who ne'er was cruel , Like Charlton cheap , or fam'd Du - Ruel , Receive the filth which he ejects , She foon would find the fame effects D 2 Her Her tainted carcafe to pursue , As from the Salamander's THE 35 ...
... should some nymph , who ne'er was cruel , Like Charlton cheap , or fam'd Du - Ruel , Receive the filth which he ejects , She foon would find the fame effects D 2 Her Her tainted carcafe to pursue , As from the Salamander's THE 35 ...
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... Should bundle thistles up with roles . Who ever yet a union faw Of kingdoms without faith or law ? Henceforward let no statesman dare A kingdom to a fhip compare ; Left he should call our commonweal A veffel with a double keel : Which ...
... Should bundle thistles up with roles . Who ever yet a union faw Of kingdoms without faith or law ? Henceforward let no statesman dare A kingdom to a fhip compare ; Left he should call our commonweal A veffel with a double keel : Which ...
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... should have kifs'd it in your distress , And then return'd it to your mistress ; Or made it a Newmarket * fwitch , And not a rod for thy own breech . But fince old Sid has broken this , His next may be a rod in pifs . ATLAS ; OR , THE ...
... should have kifs'd it in your distress , And then return'd it to your mistress ; Or made it a Newmarket * fwitch , And not a rod for thy own breech . But fince old Sid has broken this , His next may be a rod in pifs . ATLAS ; OR , THE ...
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Halaman 20 - Madam, I die without your grace"— « Item, for half a yard of lace." Who that had wit would place it here, For every peeping fop to jeer ? In power of fpittle and a clout, Whene'er he pleafe, to blot it out; And then, to heighten the difgrace, Clap his own nonfenfe in the place. Whoe'er
Halaman 49 - to the top> As if they ne'er had touch'da drop. The good old couple were amaz'd, 35 And often on each other gaz'd ; For both were frighten'd to the heart, And juft began to cry, — What art! Then foftly turn'd afide to view Whether the lights were burning blue.
Halaman 92 - From Pope, from Parnell, or from Gay ?" Such tattle often entertains • 95 My lord and me as far as Staines, As once a week we travel down To Windfor, and again to town, Where all that pafles inter
Halaman 89 - clear, •*• For life, fix hundred pounds a-year, A handfome houfe to lodge a friend,. A river at my garden's end, A terrace-walk, and half a rood £: Of land fet out to plant a Wood. Well, now I have all this and more, I afk not to increafe my
Halaman 334 - afliam'd to ufe a glafs; And till I fee them with thefe eyes, •» ' Whoever fays you have them, lies. No length of time can make you quit Honour and virtue, fenfe and wit : Thus you may ftill be young to me, While I can better bear than fee. Oh, ne'er may Fortune
Halaman 159 - Tis never by invention got, Men have it when they know it not. Our converfation to refine, Humour and wit muft both combine : From both we learn to railly well, Wherein fometimes the French excel. Voiture, in various lights, difplays That irony which turns to praife : His genius firft
Halaman 25 - Truly, fays he, Mrs. Nab, it might become you to be more civil; If your money be gone, as a learned divine fays, d'ye fee, You .are no text for my handling ; fo take that from me : I was never taken for a conjurer before, I'd have you to know.
Halaman 170 - you live to fee the day When Stella's locks muft all be grey. When age muft print a furrow'd trace On every feature of her face ; Though you, and all your fenfelefs tribe, Could art, or time, or nature bribe, To make you look like Beauty's
Halaman 51 - which it cannot turn. The groaning-chair began to crawl, •85 Like a huge fnail, along the wall; There ftuck aloft in public view, And, with fmall change, a pulpit grew. The porringers, that in a row Hung high, and made a glittering
Halaman 95 - the Queen A dangerous treatife J writ againft the fpleen; Which, by the ftyle, the matter, and the drift, 'Tis thought could be the work of none but Swift. Poor York ! the harmlefs tool of others hate j He fues for pardon ||, and repents too late. Now,