The works of Jonathan Swift, containing additional letters, tracts, and poems, with notes, and a life of the author, by W. Scott, Volumen101824 |
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... William the Conqueror , William the Second , • 300 305 · Henry the First , 324 Stephen , 350 Henry the Second , a Fragment , Heads for Henry ii CONTENTS .
... William the Conqueror , William the Second , • 300 305 · Henry the First , 324 Stephen , 350 Henry the Second , a Fragment , Heads for Henry ii CONTENTS .
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... William Temple and the Earl of Orrery on the one side , and Mr Wotton and Bentley on the other . War and Invasions generally proceed from the at- tacks of Want and Poverty upon Plenty and Riches . The Moderns quarrel with the Ancients ...
... William Temple and the Earl of Orrery on the one side , and Mr Wotton and Bentley on the other . War and Invasions generally proceed from the at- tacks of Want and Poverty upon Plenty and Riches . The Moderns quarrel with the Ancients ...
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... opinion can be * Swift resided at Moor - park , in 1696 ; and unquestionably the companion of Sir William Temple must be considered as " living in the world . " fairly deduced from that book , which is contrary to 15 16 AN APOLOGY .
... opinion can be * Swift resided at Moor - park , in 1696 ; and unquestionably the companion of Sir William Temple must be considered as " living in the world . " fairly deduced from that book , which is contrary to 15 16 AN APOLOGY .
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... William King , the civilian , author of an Account of Den- mark , a Dissertation on Samplers , and other pieces of burlesque on the Royal Society , and the Art of Cookery , in imitation of Horace's Art of Poetry . first came out , as ...
... William King , the civilian , author of an Account of Den- mark , a Dissertation on Samplers , and other pieces of burlesque on the Royal Society , and the Art of Cookery , in imitation of Horace's Art of Poetry . first came out , as ...
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... William Temple was sufficient- ly mortified at the term . All the men of wit and po- liteness were immediately up in arms through indigna- tion , which prevailed over their contempt , by the con- sequences they apprehended from such an ...
... William Temple was sufficient- ly mortified at the term . All the men of wit and po- liteness were immediately up in arms through indigna- tion , which prevailed over their contempt , by the con- sequences they apprehended from such an ...
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Página 237 - I am glad," answered the bee, " to hear you grant, at least, that I am come honestly by my wings and my voice ; for then, it seems, I am obliged to Heaven alone for my flights and my music, and Providence would never have bestowed on me two such gifts, without designing them for the noblest ends. I visit, indeed, all the flowers and blossoms of the field and...
Página 92 - ... and, according to the laudable custom, gave rise to that fashion. Upon which the brothers, consulting their father's will, to their great astonishment, found these words : Item, I charge and command my said three sons to wear no sort of silver fringe upon or about their said coats, &c., with a penalty, in case of disobedience, too long here to insert.
Página 235 - Beelzebub,'1) with all his legions, was come to revenge the death of many thousands of his subjects whom his enemy had slain and devoured. However, he at length valiantly resolved to issue forth and meet his fate. Meanwhile, the bee had acquitted himself of his toils, and, posted securely at some distance, was employed in cleansing his wings, and disengaging them from the rugged remnants of the cobweb.
Página 236 - ... end ; he stormed and swore like a madman, and swelled till he was ready to burst. At length, casting his eye upon the bee, and wisely gathering causes from events, ( for they knew each other by sight) : "A plague split you...
Página 256 - ... such variety of actions and passages of life and government, such freedom of thought, such boldness of expression, such bounty to his friends, such scorn of his enemies, such honour of learned men, such esteem of good, such knowledge of life, such contempt of death, with such fierceness of nature and cruelty of revenge, could never be represented but by him that possessed them; and I esteem Lucian to have been no more capable of writing than of acting what Phalaris did. In all one writ, you find...
Página 167 - But when a man's fancy gets astride on his reason, when imagination is at cuffs with the senses , and common understanding , as well as common sense, is kicked out of doors, the first proselyte he makes, is himself; and when that is once compassed , the difficulty is not so great in bringing over others; a strong delusion always operating from without as vigorously as from within.
Página 149 - THE learned _^Eolists.* maintain the original cause of all things to be wind, from which principle this whole universe was at first produced, and into which it must at last be resolved...
Página 238 - You boast indeed of being obliged to no other creature, but of drawing and spinning out all from yourself; that is to say, if we may judge of the liquor in the vessel, by what issues out, you possess a good plentiful store of dirt and poison in your breast ; and, though I would by no means lessen or disparage your genuine stock of either, yet, I doubt you are somewhat obliged for an increase of both, to a little foreign assistance.
Página 264 - As when a skilful cook has trussed a brace of woodcocks, he with iron skewer pierces the tender sides of both, their legs and wings close pinioned to the ribs ; so was this pair of friends transfixed, till down they fell, joined in their lives, joined in their deaths ; so closely joined that Charon would mistake them both for one, and waft them over Styx for half his tire.
Página 48 - If I should venture in a windy day to affirm to your highness, that there is a large cloud near the horizon in the form of a bear, another in the zenith with the head of an ass, a third to the westward with claws like a dragon, and your...