The Works of Jonathan Swift: Containing Additional Letters, Tracts, and Poems, Not Hitherto Published, Volumen10Bickers, 1883 |
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... answer of the Ancients not accepted . A war ensues ; in which rivulets of ink are spilt ; and both parties hang out their trophies , books of controversy . These books haunted with disorderly spirits ; though often bound to the peace in ...
... answer of the Ancients not accepted . A war ensues ; in which rivulets of ink are spilt ; and both parties hang out their trophies , books of controversy . These books haunted with disorderly spirits ; though often bound to the peace in ...
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... answer . Bentley and Wotton march together . Bentley attacks Phalaris and Æsop . Wotton attacks Temple in vain . Boyle pursues Wotton ; and , meeting Bentley in his way , he pur- sues and kills them both . * Samuel Wesley , rector of ...
... answer . Bentley and Wotton march together . Bentley attacks Phalaris and Æsop . Wotton attacks Temple in vain . Boyle pursues Wotton ; and , meeting Bentley in his way , he pur- sues and kills them both . * Samuel Wesley , rector of ...
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... answered any scurrilous lampoon , when it was in my power to have exposed my enemies and , being naturally vindictive , have suffered in silence , and possessed my soul in quiet . " The recollection of his contemned Odes still rankled ...
... answered any scurrilous lampoon , when it was in my power to have exposed my enemies and , being naturally vindictive , have suffered in silence , and possessed my soul in quiet . " The recollection of his contemned Odes still rankled ...
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... answer to all which , the author solemnly protests , he is entirely innocent ; and never had it once in his thoughts , that anything he said would in the least be capable of such inter- pretations , which he will engage to deduce full ...
... answer to all which , the author solemnly protests , he is entirely innocent ; and never had it once in his thoughts , that anything he said would in the least be capable of such inter- pretations , which he will engage to deduce full ...
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... answered at all . There is indeed an exception , when any great genius thinks it worth his while to expose a foolish piece ; so we still read Marvell's answer to Parker * with pleasure , though the book it answers be sunk long ago : so ...
... answered at all . There is indeed an exception , when any great genius thinks it worth his while to expose a foolish piece ; so we still read Marvell's answer to Parker * with pleasure , though the book it answers be sunk long ago : so ...
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Æsop affirm ancient and modern appeared army battle began Bentley bishops body bookseller Boyle brain brother called castles church crown discourse Duke Earl Earl of Chester Earl of Gloucester Edgar Atheling empress enemy England farther favour force friends give hands head Henry honour immediately invention Irenæus Jack king King of England King of France King of Scots king's kingdom late Lord mankind manner Martin matter Matthew Pilkington means modern learning Momus nature never nobles Normandy observed occasion Paracelsus peace person Peter Phalaris Pindar Pope possession present pretend prince quarrel reader reason received reign religion resolved Robert Rome satire Scythian sent shew Sir William Temple soon spirit spleen Stephen things thought tion took treatise true critic valour wherein whereof whole wholly William wise word Wotton writers
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Página 79 - As to his body there can be no dispute; but examine even the acquirements of his mind, you will find them all contribute in their order towards furnishing out an exact dress : to instance no more ; is not religion a cloak, honesty a pair of shoes worn out in the dirt, selflove a surtout, vanity a shirt, and conscience a pair of breeches, which, though a cover for lewdness as well ag nastinesa, is easily slipt down for the service of both...
Página 217 - The avenues to his castle were guarded with turnpikes and palisadoes, all after the modern way of fortification. After you had passed several courts you came to the centre, wherein you might behold the constable himself in his own lodgings, which had windows fronting to each avenue, and ports to sally out upon all occasions of prey or defence.
Página 232 - The brave ancient suddenly started, as one possessed with surprise and disappointment together: for the helmet was nine times too large for the head, which appeared situate far in the hinder part, even like the lady in a lobster, or like a mouse under a canopy of state, or like a shrivelled beau, from within the penthouse of a modern periwig : and the voice was suited to the visage, sounding weak and remote.
Página 86 - ... 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 111 - Dining one day at an alderman's in the city, Peter observed him expatiating, after the manner of his brethren, in the praises of his sirloin of beef. Beef, said the sage magistrate, is the king of meat ; beef comprehends in it the quintessence of partridge, and quail, and venison, and pheasant, and plum-pudding, and custard.
Página 220 - 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 76 - On their first appearance, our three adventurers met with a very bad reception ; and soon with great sagacity guessing out the reason, they quickly began to improve in the good qualities of the town : they writ, and rallied, and rhymed, and sung, and said, and said nothing : they drank, and fought, and whored, and slept, and swore, and took snuff...
Página 153 - Having therefore so narrowly passed through this intricate difficulty, the reader will, I am sure, agree with me in the conclusion, that if the moderns mean by madness, only a disturbance or transposition of the brain, by force of certain vapours issuing up from the lower faculties, then has this madness been the parent of all those mighty revolutions that have happened in empire, in philosophy, and in religion.
Página 155 - Last week I saw a woman flayed, and you will hardly believe how much it altered her person for the worse.
Página 219 - 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 garden ; but whatever I collect thence...