10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STARMONGER»
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starmonger in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
starmonger and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Politics and Literature in the Age of Swift: English and ...
37 Swift's reductive account of Partridge in the Epitaph, not as a political
commentator or would-be student of the heavens, but as a tradesman in shoes,
patent medicines and predictions (with 'Starmonger' suggesting that the stars are
just one ...
2
The Gentleman's Magazine
Here, five foot deep, lies on his back A cobbler, starmonger, and quack, Who to
the stars, in pure good-will, Does to his best look upward still. Weep, all ye
customers, that use His pills, his almanacs, or shoes ; And you that did your
fortunes ...
Swift followed his pamphlets up with a broadside " Elegy on the Death of Mr.
Partridge," concluding with the celebrated lines — " Here, five feet deep, lies on
his back A cobbler, starmonger, and quack, Who to the stars in pure good will
Does to ...
4
Miscellaneous Works, Comical and Diverting
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that use His Pins , his Almanacks , or Shoos. And youthe: did [your Fortune: ...
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, that it i Hir Pills, L'Alman'ack's, or S oes 5 Andyau, that didyaur' Fortune' flek, ...
Loni-£5535 THE EPITAPH. 7 ERE five foot deep, lies on his back, i 6 A Cobbler,
Starmonger, and Quack ; 1 f, Who to the stars, in pure good will, Does to his best,
look upward still. Weep all you customers, that use His Pills, his Almanacks, ...
7
Lives of Illustrious Shoemakers
... Death of Partridge, the Almanac-maker," and wound up the painful business by
writing his epitaph too. THE EPITAPH. " Here, five foot deep, lies, on his back, A
cobbler, starmonger, and quack, Who to the stars, in pure goodwill, Does ...
William Edward Winks, 1883
8
The poetical works of Jonathan Swift: With a life
Here, five feet deep, lies on his back A cobbler, starmonger, and quack ; Who to
the stars, in pure good will, Does to his best look upward still. Weep, all you
customers that use His pills, his almanacks, or shoes ; And you that did your
fortune's ...
Jonathan Swift, John Mitford, 1853
9
The Complete Works of John Lyly
What meane you, a starmonger, the quipper of the firma- 26 partes] parties TV.
almanac? Br. perk, rightly 35 expect : The stair . . . hither : Who hath an (Saph. \. 3
. 6 ; M.Bom. i. 3- "8> (M. Bomb. ii. i. 117- {M. Bomb. j. i. 24-6} (Eupfi. ii. 6 1. n, 105
1 ...
John Lyly, Richard Warwick Bond, 1902
10
Notes and Queries: For Readers and Writers, Collectors and ...
Its popularity was owing to the use Swift had made of it in his satirical pamphlets
on Partridge, a Zadkiel of the period, whose epitaph by the dean describes him
as “a cobbler, starmonger, and quack.” I have not been able to discover the ...
5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STARMONGER»
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starmonger is used in the context of the following news items.
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The album's called Never were the way she was and it's due out April 28 from Canadian starmongers Constellation. As an avid reader of this site/imaginer of ... «Tiny Mix Tapes, Feb 15»
A. G. Cook drops new single, massive PC Music SXSW showcase …
The album's called Never were the way she was and it's due out April 28 from Canadian starmongers Constellation. As an avid reader of this site/imaginer of ... «Tiny Mix Tapes, Feb 15»
Colin Stetson and Sarah Neufeld announce collaborative LP on …
The album's called Never were the way she was and it's due out April 28 from Canadian starmongers Constellation. As an avid reader of this site/imaginer of ... «Tiny Mix Tapes, Feb 15»
David Cameron's face 'looming larger than ever', say astronomers
'This remote, barren object was first sighted as recently as 2005,' said telegenic starmonger Professor Brian Cox. 'Since then it has hurtled rapidly upwards, and ... «NewsBiscuit, Mar 11»
Why Celebrities Twitter
Now, the explosive growth of the microblogging platform means those starmongers have a new source of competition: the stars themselves. A quick glance at ... «Forbes, Mar 09»
