 | Jonathan Swift - 1710 - 402 pages
...conceives, her Trumpet founds beft and fartheft, when fhe ftands on a Tenth, by the Advantage of a rifing Ground, and the Echo of a hollow Vault. 'TIS true,...the Republick of dark Authors, after they once found our. this excellent Expedient of Dying, have been peculiarly happy in the Variety, as well as Extent... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1757 - 470 pages
...conceives her trumpet founds beft and fartheft, when fhe ftands on a tc,mb, by the advantage of a riling ground, and the echo of a hollow vault. 'Tis true, indeed, the republic of dark authors, after they once found out this excellent expedient of flying, have been peculiarly... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 488 pages
...fame, being a fruit grafted on the body, can hardly grow, and much less ripen, till the stock is in the earth : or, whether she be a bird of prey, and is...lured, among the rest, to pursue after the scent of a carcase : or whether she conceives her trumpet sounds best and farthest, when she stands on a tomb,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1803 - 346 pages
...fame, being a fruit grafted on She body, can hardly grow, and much less ripen* lilt the stock is in the earth : or, whether she be a bird of prey, and is lured, among the rest, to pursnc after the scent of a carcase : or whether she conceives her trumpet sounds best and farthest,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, William Wotton - 1811 - 390 pages
...Fame, being a fruit grafted on the body, can hardly grow, and much less ripen, till the stock is in the earth ; or whether she be a bird of prey, and is lured among the rest to pursue after the scent of a carcase ; or whether she conceives her trumpet sounds best and farthest, when she stands on a tomb,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1812 - 380 pages
...fame, beiug a fruit grafted on the body, can hardly grow, and much less ripen, till the stock is in the earth : or, whether she be a bird of prey, and is...of a rising ground; and the echo of a hollow vault -It is true, indeed, ihe republic of dark auihors. affn they once found out this excellent expedient... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, William Wotton - 1812 - 250 pages
...fame, being a fruit grafted on the body, can hardly grow, and much less ripen, till the stock is in the earth : or, whether she be a bird of prey, and is...of a rising ground, and the echo of a hollow vault. It is true, indeed, the republic of dark authors, after they once found out this excellent expedient... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1814 - 448 pages
...whether she be a bird of prey, and is lured, among the rest, to pursue after the scent of a carcase : or whether she conceives her trumpet sounds best and...of a rising ground, and the echo of a hollow vault. It is true, indeed, the republic of dark authors, after they once found out this excellent expedient... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1814 - 446 pages
...whether she be a bird of prey, and is lured, among the rest, to pursue after the scent of a carcase : or whether she conceives her trumpet sounds best and...the advantage of a rising ground, and the echo of a foollow vault. It is true, indeed, the republic of dark authors, after they once found out this excellent... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1814 - 442 pages
...fame, being a fruit grafted on the body, can hardly grow, and much less ripen, till the stock is in the earth : or, whether she be a bird of prey, and is...lured, among the rest, to pursue after the scent of a carcase : or whether she conceives her trumpet sounds best and farthest when she stands on a tomb,... | |
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I leave the world to taste a blessing which we mysterious writers can seldom reach till we have got into our graves, whether it is that fame being a fruit grafted on the body, can hardly grow and much less ripen till the stock is in the earth, or whether... 
