Jonathan Swift ( 7 of 67 )
He had been eight years upon a project for extracting sunbeams
out of cucumbers, which were to be put read more
He had been eight years upon a project for extracting sunbeams
out of cucumbers, which were to be put in phials hermetically
sealed, and let out to warm the air in raw, inclement summers.
So, naturalists observe, a flea
Has smaller fleas that on him prey;
And these have smaller still read more
So, naturalists observe, a flea
Has smaller fleas that on him prey;
And these have smaller still to bite 'em,
And so proceed ad infinitum.
Thus every poet in his kind
Is bit by him that comes behind.
Complaint is the largest tribute Heaven receives.
Complaint is the largest tribute Heaven receives.
No preacher is listened to but time, which gives us the same train and turn of thought that elder people read more
No preacher is listened to but time, which gives us the same train and turn of thought that elder people have in vain tried to put into our heads before
I heard the little bird say so.
I heard the little bird say so.
Where Young must torture his invention
To flatter knaves, or lose his pension.
Where Young must torture his invention
To flatter knaves, or lose his pension.
An old miser kept a tame jackdaw, that used to steal pieces of
money, and hide them in a read more
An old miser kept a tame jackdaw, that used to steal pieces of
money, and hide them in a hole, which a cat observing, asked,
"Why he would hoard up those round shining things that he could
make no use of?" "Why," said the jackdaw, "my master has a whole
chestfull, and makes no more use of them that I do."
