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Pagina 8
... lady nor mention his name . After I dinner said the Dean , ' Lady Burlington , I hear you can sing ; sing me a song . ' The lady looked on this unceremonious manner of asking a favor with distaste , and positively refused . He said ...
... lady nor mention his name . After I dinner said the Dean , ' Lady Burlington , I hear you can sing ; sing me a song . ' The lady looked on this unceremonious manner of asking a favor with distaste , and positively refused . He said ...
Pagina 9
... lady's brocade petticoat in the mud . He eases the one of a living , the other of a patent place , the third of a little snug post about the Court , and gives them over to followers of his own . The great prize has not come yet . The ...
... lady's brocade petticoat in the mud . He eases the one of a living , the other of a patent place , the third of a little snug post about the Court , and gives them over to followers of his own . The great prize has not come yet . The ...
Pagina 14
... lady whisking her long train [ long trains were then in fashion ] swept down a fine fiddle and broke it ; Swift cried out - - " Mantua væ miseræ nimium vicina Cremona ! ' " - DR . DELANY : Observations upon Lord Orrery's " Remarks , & c ...
... lady whisking her long train [ long trains were then in fashion ] swept down a fine fiddle and broke it ; Swift cried out - - " Mantua væ miseræ nimium vicina Cremona ! ' " - DR . DELANY : Observations upon Lord Orrery's " Remarks , & c ...
Pagina 15
... lady's good graces , or run on his honor's errands.1 It was here , as he was writing at Temple's table , or following his patron's walk , that he saw and heard the men who had governed the great world - measured himself with them ...
... lady's good graces , or run on his honor's errands.1 It was here , as he was writing at Temple's table , or following his patron's walk , that he saw and heard the men who had governed the great world - measured himself with them ...
Pagina 16
... lady's train or any rival's heels in the court crowd . When that grows too hot or too agitated for him , he politely leaves it . He retires to his retreat of Shene or Moor Park ; and lets the King's party and the Prince of Orange's ...
... lady's train or any rival's heels in the court crowd . When that grows too hot or too agitated for him , he politely leaves it . He retires to his retreat of Shene or Moor Park ; and lets the King's party and the Prince of Orange's ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 131 - When I read the several dates of the tombs, of" some that died yesterday, and some six hundred years ago, I consider that great day when we shall all of us be contemporaries, and make our appearance together.
Pagina 130 - I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow: when I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions and debates of mankind.
Pagina 88 - HAvE observed, that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure, till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or a fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor, with other particulars of the like nature, that conduce very much to the right understanding of an author.
Pagina 30 - That the remaining hundred thousand may at a year old be offered in sale to the persons of quality, and fortune, through the kingdom, always advising the mother to let them suck plentifully in the last month, so as to render them plump, and fat for a good table. A child will make two dishes at an entertainment for friends, and when the family dines alone, the fore or hind quarter will make a reasonable dish, and seasoned with a little pepper or salt will be very good boiled on the fourth day, especially...
Pagina 78 - To Dr. Jonathan Swift, the most agreeable companion, the truest friend, and the greatest genius of his age.
Pagina 91 - Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Pagina 273 - Sweet AUBURN ! parent of the blissful hour, Thy glades forlorn confess the tyrant's power. Here, as I take my solitary rounds...
Pagina 191 - She comes ! she comes ! the sable throne behold Of Night primeval, and of Chaos old ! Before her, Fancy's gilded clouds decay, And all its varying rainbows die away. Wit shoots in vain its momentary fires, The meteor drops, and in a flash expires. As one by one, at dread Medea's strain, The sickening stars fade off the ethereal plain; . As Argus
Pagina 261 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in Heaven. As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm, Tho' round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
Pagina 274 - Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly. For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt...