| Henry Mackenzie - 1808 - 434 pàgines
...There are now lying before me some original letters of that celebrated lady. " Dean Swift," says she, " gives the most exact account of kings, ministers,...the courts of justice, that is possible to be writ. — I could not help wishing, since I read his books, that we had had his assistance in the opposition... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1814 - 512 pàgines
...true it is, that disappointed ambition can do more than distress itself to spite us at the world. * " Dean Swift gives the most exact account of kings,...a vast deal of wit; and since he could contribute to the pulling down the most honest and hest-intentioned ministry that ever I knew, with the IK-IP... | |
| Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1814 - 490 pàgines
...true it is, that disappointed ambition can do more than distress itself to spite us at the world. » " Dean Swift gives the most exact account of kings,...bishops, and the courts of justice, that is possible to he writ. He has certainly a vast deal of wit; and since he could contribute to the pulling down the... | |
| James Ferguson - 1819 - 328 pàgines
...There are now lying before me some original letters of that celebrated lady. 'Dean Swift,' says she, ' gives the most exact account of kings, ministers,...the courts of justice, that is possible to be writ. — I could not help wishing, since I read his books, that we had had his assistance in the opposition... | |
| 1822 - 326 pàgines
...There are now lying before me some original letters of that celebrated lady. ' Dean Swift,' says she, ' gives the most exact account of kings, ministers,...the courts of justice, that is possible to be writ. — I could not help wishing, since I read his books, that we had had his assistance in the opposition... | |
| Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823 - 690 pàgines
...There are now lying before me some original letters of that celebrated lady. " Dean Swift," says she, " gives the most exact account of kings, ministers,...the courts of justice, that is possible to be writ. — I could not help wishing, since I read his books, that we had had his' assistance in the opposition... | |
| British essayists - 1823 - 762 pàgines
...There are now lying before me some original letters of that celebrated lady. ' Dean Swift,' says she, ' gives the most exact account of kings, ministers,...the courts of justice, that is possible to be writ. — I could not help wishing, since I read his books, that we had had his assistance in the opposition... | |
| Louisa Stuart Costello - 1844 - 416 pàgines
...and that her "Vindication" had entirely confuted aJl he had advanced against her. "1736. SWIFT. — Dean Swift gives the most exact account of kings,...contribute so much to the pulling down the most honest and best-intentioned ministry that ever I knew, with the help only of Abigail and one or two more, and... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1856 - 356 pàgines
...There are now lying before me some original letters of that celebrated lady. ' Dean Swift,' says she, ' gives the most exact account of kings, ministers,...the courts of justice, that is possible to be writ. I could not help wishing, since I read his books, that we had had his assistance in the opposition... | |
| Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1883 - 466 pàgines
...and he kissed the hands of the new king and queen three days after their accession." — JOHNSON. * "Dean Swift gives the most exact account of kings,...a Vast deal of wit ; and since he could contribute to the pulling"clown the most honest and best-intentioned ministry that ever I knew, with the help... | |
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