 And here a simile comes pat in ; Though chickens take a month to fatten, The guests in less than half an hour Will more than half a score devour. So, after toiling twenty days To earn a stock of pence and praise, Thy labours, grown the...  A New Miscellany for the Year 1734 - Page 11by Jonathan Swift - 1734 - 23 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Jonathan Swift - 1733 - 52 pages
...fmall thy Gains 1 How unproportion'd to thy Pains ! 60 And here a Simile comes Pat in : Tho' Chickens take a Month to fatten, The Guefts in lefs than half...half a Score devour. So, after toiling twenty Days, 6$ To earn a Stock of Pence and Praife, Thv é * Paid to the Poet Laureat, which Place was given to... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1735 - 502 pages
...Gains ! How unproportional to thy Pains ! And here a Simile comes pat in : Though Chickens take a Week to fatten* The Guefts in lefs than half an Hour Will...after toiling twenty Days, To earn a Stock of Pence and Praife, Thy Labours grown the Critick's Prey, Are fwallow'd o'er a Difh of Tea ; Gone, to be never... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1744 - 416 pages
...unproportion'd to thy Pains ! And here a Simile comes pat in : Though Chickens take a Week to fatten, TheGuefts in lefs than half an Hour, Will more than half a Score...after toiling twenty Days, To earn a Stock of Pence and Praife, Thy Labours grown the Criticks Prey, Are fwallow'd o'er a Difh of Tea ; Gone, to be never... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1757 - 426 pages
...whi(* place »a$ given to Mr Colley CSbber, a player.. And here a fimile comes pat in : Though chickens take a month to fatten, The guefts in lefs than half an hour Will more than Tialf a fcore devour. So after toiling twenty days 65 To earn a ftock of pence and praife, Thy labours... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1767 - 294 pages
...fmall thy gains I How unproportion'd to thy pains ! And here a fimile comes pat in : Though chickens take a month to fatten, The guefts, in lefs than half an hour, Will more than half a fcore devour : So, after toiling twenty days To earn a ftock of pence and praife, Thy labours, grown... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1779 - 408 pages
...thy gains ! ' ' How unpropbrtkm'd to thy pains ! to And here zfimile comes pat in : Though chickens take a month to fatten, The guefts in lefs than half an hour XVill more than half a fcore devour. , • So, after toiling twenty days t3 To earn a ftock of pence... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1784 - 398 pages
...fmall thy gains ! How unproportion'd to thy pains ! 60 And here a fimile comes pat in : Though chickens take a month to fatten, The guefts in lefs than half an hour Will more than half a fcore devour. So, after toiling twenty days 65 To earn a ftock of pence and praife, Thy labours, grown... | |
 | 1787 - 446 pages
...pains ! 60 And here a simile comes pat in; Tho' chickens take a month to fatten, The guests in less than half an hour Will more than half a score devour. So after toiling twenty days 65 To earn a stock of pence and praise, Thy labours, grown the critic's prey, Are swallow'd o'er a... | |
 | English poets - 1790 - 326 pages
...fmall thy gains ! How unproportion'd to thy pains! 60 And here a.jlmih comes pat in: Though chickens take a month to fatten, The guefts in lefs than half an hour Will more than half a fcore devour. So, after toiling twenty days 65 To earn a ftoclc of pence and praife, Thy labours, grown... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 516 pages
...how fmall thy gain! How unproportion'd to thy pains i And here ajinilt comes pat in : Though cbukcm take a month to fatten, The guefts in lefs than half an. hour Will more than half a (core devour. So, after toiling twenty days To earn a ftock of pence and praife. Thy labours, grown... | |
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