1720

Explore 4 quotes from the year 1720

Proper words in proper places, make the true definition of a style.

Jonathan Swift

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Topic

Good writing Writing

Author

Jonathan Swift

Language

English

Time

1720 1720s 18th century

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Original Citation

Swift, Jonathan. Letter to a Young Clergyman Lately Entered into Holy Orders. 9 Jan. 1720.

Current Citation

Swift, Jonathan. "Letter to a Young Clergyman Lately Entered into Holy Orders (1720)." A Modest Proposal and Other Writings, edited by Carole Fabricant. Penguin, 2009.

A woman's friendship ever ends in love.

John Gay

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Topic

Friendship between men and women Men and women

Author

John Gay

Source

Dione

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1720 1720s 18th century

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Citation

Gay, John. "Dione." Poems on Several Occasions. London: J. Roberts, 1720, act 4, sc. 6.

They'll tell thee, sailors, when away,
In ev'ry port a mistress find.

John Gay

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Topic

Sailors Sailing

Author

John Gay

Source

Sweet William's Farewell to Black-Eyed Susan

Medium

Song

Language

English

Time

1720 1720s 18th century

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Citation

Gay, John. "Sweet William's Farewell to Black-Eyed Susan." Poems on Several Occasions. London: Jacob Tonson and Bernard Lintot, 1720, I. 27.

Methinks God has punish'd the Avaritious as he often punishes sinners, in their own way, in the very sin itself: the thirst of gain was their crime, that thirst continued became their punishment and ruin.

Alexander Pope

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Topic

Consequences of greed Greed

Author

Alexander Pope

Source

Letters of Alexander Pope

Medium

Letter

Language

English

Time

1720 1720s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Pope, Alexander. Letter to the Bishop of Rochester. 23 Sept. 1720.

Current Citation

Pope, Alexander. "To Atterbury, Sept. 23, 1720." Alexander Pope: Selected Letters, edited by Howard Erksine-Hill. Oxford University Press, 2000, no. 61.