A Supplement to Dr. Swift's Works: Containing, I. Miscellanies, by Dr. Arbuthnot. II. Several Pieces, by Dr. Swift and Mr. Pope. III. Poems on Several Occasions

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G. Hamilton and J. Balfour., 1753 - 347 pages
 

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Page 138 - Or o'er the glebe distil the kindly rain; Others on earth o'er human race preside, Watch all their ways, and all their actions guide: Of these the chief the care of nations own, And guard with arms divine the British throne. 'Our humbler province is to tend the fair, Not a less pleasing, though less glorious care; To save the powder from too rude a gale, Nor let th...
Page 306 - Poem. AN Epic Poem, the Critics agree, is the greateft work human nature is capable of, They have already laid down many mechanical rules for...
Page 20 - ... island; the nearer John came to it the further it went from him. New trials upon new points still arose, new doubts, new matters to be cleared; in short, lawyers seldom part with so good a cause till they have got the oyster and their clients the shell.
Page 185 - His aspect was furious, his eyes were rather fiery than lively, which he rolled about in an uncommon manner. He often opened his mouth, as if he would have uttered some matter of importance, but the sound seemed lost inwardly.
Page 308 - Take of deities, male and female, as many as you can use. Separate them into two equal parts, and keep Jupiter in the middle. Let Juno put him in a ferment, and Venus mollify him. Remember on all occasions to make use of volatile Mercury. If you have need of devils, draw them out of Milton's Paradise, and extract your spirits from Tasso.
Page 263 - I have undertaken this arduous but necessary task, to lead them as it were by the hand, and step by step, the gentle downhill way to the Bathos; the bottom, the end, the central point, the non plus ultra of true modern poesy!
Page 330 - Who sett'st our entrails free ! Vain is thy Art, thy Powder vain, Since Worms shall eat ev'n thee. Our fate thou only canst adjourn Some few short years, no more ! Ev'n Button's Wits to Worms shall turn, Who Maggots were before.
Page 306 - ... nay, without learning or much reading. This...
Page 29 - there are a prodigious number of learned words in this law; what a pretty science it is ! » « Ay but, husband, you have paid for every syllable and letter of these fine words. Bless me, what immense sums are at the bottom of the account!
Page 270 - When an audience behold a coach turned into a wheelbarrow, a conjurer into an old woman, or a man's head...

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