The Poems of Jonathan Swift, Volume 1G. Bell and sons, Limited, 1910 - 4 pages |
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... round , To make some great discovery , And scorn it when ' tis found . Just so the mighty Nile has suffer'd in its fame , Because ' tis said ( and perhaps only said ) We've found a little inconsiderable head , 1 That feeds the huge ...
... round , To make some great discovery , And scorn it when ' tis found . Just so the mighty Nile has suffer'd in its fame , Because ' tis said ( and perhaps only said ) We've found a little inconsiderable head , 1 That feeds the huge ...
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... Round all the circles of impertinence , Search'd in the nest where every worm did lie Before it grew a city butterfly ; I'm sure I found them other kind of things Than those with backs of silk and golden wings ; A search , no doubt , as ...
... Round all the circles of impertinence , Search'd in the nest where every worm did lie Before it grew a city butterfly ; I'm sure I found them other kind of things Than those with backs of silk and golden wings ; A search , no doubt , as ...
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... round , And in a corner of Mrs. Duke's1 box , ty'd in a rag , the money was found . 2 So next morning we told Whittle , and he fell a swearing : Then my dame Wadgar3 came , and she , you know , is thick of hearing . 5 4 " Dame , " said ...
... round , And in a corner of Mrs. Duke's1 box , ty'd in a rag , the money was found . 2 So next morning we told Whittle , and he fell a swearing : Then my dame Wadgar3 came , and she , you know , is thick of hearing . 5 4 " Dame , " said ...
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... round . At length a spark , not too well bred , Of forward face and ear acute , Advanced on tiptoe , lean'd his head , To overhear the grand dispute ; To learn what Northern kings design , Or from Whitehall some new express , Papists ...
... round . At length a spark , not too well bred , Of forward face and ear acute , Advanced on tiptoe , lean'd his head , To overhear the grand dispute ; To learn what Northern kings design , Or from Whitehall some new express , Papists ...
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... round on all , retreats . Our listener stood awhile confused , But gathering spirits , wisely ran for't , Enraged to see the world abused , By two such whispering kings of Brentford . ' THE PROBLEM , 66 THAT MY LORD BERKELEY STINKS WHEN ...
... round on all , retreats . Our listener stood awhile confused , But gathering spirits , wisely ran for't , Enraged to see the world abused , By two such whispering kings of Brentford . ' THE PROBLEM , 66 THAT MY LORD BERKELEY STINKS WHEN ...
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