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Page 51
... fear .'- Letters of Miss Vanhomrigh to Swift . Cf. the story of the barber who besought him on his knees not to put him into print , for that he was a poor barber , and had a large family to maintain ( vol . i . , p . 415 ) . 2 Letter ...
... fear .'- Letters of Miss Vanhomrigh to Swift . Cf. the story of the barber who besought him on his knees not to put him into print , for that he was a poor barber , and had a large family to maintain ( vol . i . , p . 415 ) . 2 Letter ...
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... fear of approaching madness , which embittered his life , and 1 ' Proper words in proper places make the true definition of a style .'- Letter to a Young Clergyman . 2 Cf. ' Candide ' with the introduction to the Tale of a Tub . ' 1717 ...
... fear of approaching madness , which embittered his life , and 1 ' Proper words in proper places make the true definition of a style .'- Letter to a Young Clergyman . 2 Cf. ' Candide ' with the introduction to the Tale of a Tub . ' 1717 ...
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... fear I know not perfectly my Pater - noster as the priest says it . I know ballads of Robin Hood and of Randolph , Earl of Chester , but of our Lord and of our Lady not the least rime ever made . I have vowed forty vows , and forgot ...
... fear I know not perfectly my Pater - noster as the priest says it . I know ballads of Robin Hood and of Randolph , Earl of Chester , but of our Lord and of our Lady not the least rime ever made . I have vowed forty vows , and forgot ...
Page 94
... fear of their masters , and some were so sullen and grave in their understandings that ere they came to the close they were so encumbered that they could not explain the conclusion . WILLIAM DUNBAR [ 1459 ? -1513 ? ] . 6 From The Dance ...
... fear of their masters , and some were so sullen and grave in their understandings that ere they came to the close they were so encumbered that they could not explain the conclusion . WILLIAM DUNBAR [ 1459 ? -1513 ? ] . 6 From The Dance ...
Page 138
... fears , nor their old harms . Rams and slings now are silly battery ; Pistolets are the best artillery . And they who write to lords , rewards to get , Are they not like singers at doors for meat ? And they who write , because all write ...
... fears , nor their old harms . Rams and slings now are silly battery ; Pistolets are the best artillery . And they who write to lords , rewards to get , Are they not like singers at doors for meat ? And they who write , because all write ...
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Page 211 - Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of Mankind is Man. Plac'd on this isthmus of a middle state, A Being darkly wise, and rudely great: With too much knowledge for the Sceptic side, With too much weakness for the Stoic's pride, He hangs between; in doubt to act, or rest, In doubt to deem himself a God, or Beast; In doubt his Mind or Body to prefer...
Page 250 - Dictionary is recommended to the public, were written by your Lordship. To be so distinguished is an honour which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge.
Page 280 - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it or blame it too much ; Who, born for the universe, narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind...
Page 279 - Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head. Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossom'd furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skill'd to rule, The village master taught his little school ; A man severe he was, and stern to view, I knew him well, and every truant knew...
Page 192 - He sought the storms ; but, for a calm unfit, Would steer too nigh the sands to boast his wit. Great wits are sure to madness near allied, And thin partitions do their bounds divide ; Else why should he, with wealth and honour blest, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest?
Page 172 - Twas Presbyterian true blue, For he was of that stubborn crew Of Errant Saints, whom all men grant To be the true Church Militant...
Page 173 - The wrong, than others the right way; Compound for sins they are inclined to By damning those they have no mind to.
Page 234 - He is taller, by almost the breadth of my nail, than any of his court, 'which alone is enough to strike an awe into the beholders. His features are strong and masculine, with an Austrian lip and arched nose ; his complexion olive, his countenance erect, his body and limbs well proportioned, all his motions graceful, and his deportment majestic. He...
Page 216 - Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way.
Page 207 - Of all the Causes which conspire to blind Man's erring judgment, and misguide the mind, What the weak head with strongest bias rules, Is Pride, the never-failing vice of fools.