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"Miscellanea" Quotes from Famous Books
... are all fond of, and about a year or two come from the University, one Harrison,(12) a little pretty fellow, with a great deal of wit, good sense, and good nature; has written some mighty pretty things; that in your 6th Miscellanea,(13) about the Sprig of an Orange, is his: he has nothing to live on but being governor to one of the Duke of Queensberry's(14) sons for forty pounds a year. The fine fellows are always inviting him to the tavern, and make him pay his club. Henley(15) is a great crony of his: ... — The Journal to Stella • Jonathan Swift |
Words linked to "Miscellanea" : farrago, hotchpotch, accumulation, aggregation, range, assortment, potpourri, witches' brew, mingle-mangle, collection, odds and ends, sampler, alphabet soup, melange, mishmash, motley, omnium-gatherum, salmagundi, ragbag, variety |
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