| Jonathan Swift - English essays - 1713 - 436 pages
...what it was, a Tree turned upfide down , ,the Branches on the fcarth, and the Root in the Air ; 'tis now handled by every dirty Wench, condemned to do her Drudgery, and, by .a capricious kind of Fate, deftin'd to make other Things Clean, and be Nalty it felf :r At length, worn to the Stumps in the .Service... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1735 - 374 pages
...to yye with Nature, by tying that withered Bundle of Twigs to its faplefs Trunk : Ic is now at bsft but the Reverfe of what it was ; a Tree turned upfide...handled by every dirty Wench, condemned to do her Drngery ; and by a capricious Kind of Fate, deftined to make other Things clean, and be nafty it felf.... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1742 - 342 pages
...Nature, by tying that withered Bundle of Twigs to its faplefs Trunk : It is 56 A MEDITATION upon * is now at beft but the Reverfe of what it was ; a...and by a capricious kind of Fate, deftined to make other Things clean, and be nafty itfelf. At length, worn to the Stumps in the Service of the Maids,... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1752 - 356 pages
...in vain does the bufy Art of Man pretend to vye with Nature, by tying that withered Bundle of Twigs to its faplefs Trunk : It is now at beft but the reverfe...do her Drudgery ; and by a capricious Kind of Fate, deflined to make other Things clean, md be nafty itfelf. At length, worn to the Stumps in the Service... | |
| Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth - 1754 - 440 pages
...twigs to its faplefs trunk : it is now at beft but the reverfe of what it was, a tree turned upftde down, the branches on the earth, and the root in the...and by a capricious kind of fate, deftined to make other things clean, and be natty itfelf : at length worn to the .ftumps in * The fword of wit like... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1757 - 486 pages
...the bufy art of man pretend to vye with nature, by tying that withered bundle of twigs to its faplcfo trunk : it is now at beft but the reverfe of what...and by a capricious kind of fate, deftined to make other things clean, and be nafty itfelf. At length, worn to the flumps in the fervice of the maids,... | |
| Jonathan Swift - English literature - 1761 - 392 pages
...10 vye with nature, by tying that withered bundle of twigs to its (spiels trunk : it is now at bed but the reverfe of what it was ; a tree turned upfide...and, by a capricious kind of fate, deftined to make other things clean, and be nafty itfelf. At length, worn to the (lumps in the fervice of the maids,... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1768 - 448 pages
...the reverfe oj what it was,, a tree turned upfide down3 the branches on the earth, and the root iji the air; it is now handled by every dirty wench, condemned...and by a capricious kind of fate, deftined to make other things clean, and be nafty itfelf : at length worn to the ftumps in * Tic fword of wit like the... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1784 - 514 pages
...withered bundle of twigs to its faplefs trunk : it is now, at beftj but the reverfe of what it was, a free turned upfide down^ the branches on the earth, and...do her drudgery, and by a capricious kind of fate, deflined to make other things clean, and be nafty itfelf: at length, worn to the flumps in the fcrvice... | |
| Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth - 1784 - 348 pages
...at beft but the reverfe of what it was ; a tree turned upfidc down, the branches on the earth, aod the root in the air. It is now handled by every dirty...by a capricious kind of fate, deftined to • make other things clean, and be nafty itfelf. At :Voi.. VII. B b 4 length, * This paper was wrote in derifion... | |
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