The Works of Jonathan Swift: Containing Additional Letters, Tracts, and Poems, Not Hitherto Published, Volume 10Bickers, 1883 |
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... cause . The great antipathy of Peter and Jack made them both run into extremes , where they often met . The degenerate ears of this age cannot afford a sufficient handle to hold men by . The senses and passions afford many handles ...
... cause . The great antipathy of Peter and Jack made them both run into extremes , where they often met . The degenerate ears of this age cannot afford a sufficient handle to hold men by . The senses and passions afford many handles ...
Page 47
... caused many reams of verse to be published , whereof both himself and his bookseller , ( if lawfully required , ) can still produce authentic copies , and therefore wonders why the world is pleased to make such a secret of it . There is ...
... caused many reams of verse to be published , whereof both himself and his bookseller , ( if lawfully required , ) can still produce authentic copies , and therefore wonders why the world is pleased to make such a secret of it . There is ...
Page 55
... cause I observe many of these polite prefaces to be not only from the same hand , but from those who are most voluminous in their several productions . Upon which , I shall tell the reader a short tale . A mountebank , in Leicester ...
... cause I observe many of these polite prefaces to be not only from the same hand , but from those who are most voluminous in their several productions . Upon which , I shall tell the reader a short tale . A mountebank , in Leicester ...
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... cause on the bench : or , how such an orator makes long speeches in the senate , with much thought , little sense , and to no purpose ; whoever , I say , should venture to be thus particular , must expect to be imprisoned for scanda ...
... cause on the bench : or , how such an orator makes long speeches in the senate , with much thought , little sense , and to no purpose ; whoever , I say , should venture to be thus particular , must expect to be imprisoned for scanda ...
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... cause is little agreed in ; and it seems to me , that very few philo- sophers have fallen into a true , natural solution of this phenomenon . The deepest account , and the most fairly digested of any I have yet met with , is this ; that ...
... cause is little agreed in ; and it seems to me , that very few philo- sophers have fallen into a true , natural solution of this phenomenon . The deepest account , and the most fairly digested of any I have yet met with , is this ; that ...
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Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 155 - Last week I saw a woman flayed, and you will hardly believe how much it altered her person for the worse.
Page 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...