The Life of the Rev. Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, DublinJ.F. and C. Rivington, 1787 - 488 pàgines |
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Pàgina 11
... same time had a double claim to his favour , as related by blood to a wife for whom he had the highest honour and affection ; and as the offspring of a family with whom his father had lived in the clofeft ties of friend- ship . He ...
... same time had a double claim to his favour , as related by blood to a wife for whom he had the highest honour and affection ; and as the offspring of a family with whom his father had lived in the clofeft ties of friend- ship . He ...
Pàgina 22
... same time Mifs Johnfon , afterwards fo well known by the name of Stella , was a fellow ftudent with the other young Lady , and partook of the benefit of the fame inftruction . Mifs Johnfon was daughter to Sir William Temple's steward ...
... same time Mifs Johnfon , afterwards fo well known by the name of Stella , was a fellow ftudent with the other young Lady , and partook of the benefit of the fame inftruction . Mifs Johnfon was daughter to Sir William Temple's steward ...
Pàgina 89
... every coffee - house ) are faid to have arisen from the same fountain ; while , on one fide , very great reserve , and certainly very great refentment refentment on the other , have inflamed animofities to fuch DOCTOR SWIFT . 89.
... every coffee - house ) are faid to have arisen from the same fountain ; while , on one fide , very great reserve , and certainly very great refentment refentment on the other , have inflamed animofities to fuch DOCTOR SWIFT . 89.
Pàgina 169
... same spi- rit of benevolence into all with whom he was connect- ed . He was the life and foul of that famous fociety of fixteen , confifting of some of the first men of the age , in point of talents , rank , and virtue . To tie them ...
... same spi- rit of benevolence into all with whom he was connect- ed . He was the life and foul of that famous fociety of fixteen , confifting of some of the first men of the age , in point of talents , rank , and virtue . To tie them ...
Pàgina 481
... same , without fine . Provided always , and it is my will and earnest defire , that no lease of any part of the faid lands , fo to be purchased as aforefaid , fhall ever be made to , or in truft for any perfon any way concerned in the ...
... same , without fine . Provided always , and it is my will and earnest defire , that no lease of any part of the faid lands , fo to be purchased as aforefaid , fhall ever be made to , or in truft for any perfon any way concerned in the ...
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The Life of the Rev. Dr. Jonathan Swift: Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin Thomas Sheridan Visualització completa - 1785 |
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 443 - But, by what I have gathered from your own relation, and the answers I have with much pains wringed and extorted from you, I cannot but conclude the bulk of your natives, to be the most pernicious race of little odious vermin that nature ever suffered to crawl upon the surface of the earth.
Pàgina 441 - That, although he hated the Yahoos of this Country, yet he no more blamed them for their odious Qualities, than he did a Gnnayh (a Bird of Prey) for its Cruelty, or a sharp Stone for cutting his Hoof. But when a Creature pretending to Reason could be capable of such Enormities, he dreaded lest the Corruption of that Faculty might be worse than Brutality itself.
Pàgina 448 - No, we" had rather talk with you than drink with you.' ' But, if you had supped with me, as in all reason you ought to have done, you must then have drunk with me.
Pàgina 41 - than I can say ; I never remember any weather that was not too hot, or too cold ; too wet, or too dry ; but, however God Almighty contrives it, at the end of the year 'tis all very well.
Pàgina 288 - From whence that decency of mind, So lovely in the female kind, Where not one careless thought intrudes, Less' modest than the speech of prudes ; Where never blush was call'd in aid, That spurious virtue in a maid, A virtue but at second-hand ; They blush because they understand.
Pàgina 150 - I always loved you just so much the worse for your station ; for, in your public capacity, you have often angered me to the heart, but, as a private man, never once.
Pàgina 169 - I took Parnell this morning, and we walked to see poor Harrison. I had the hundred pounds in my pocket. I told Parnell I was afraid to knock at the door; my mind misgave me. I knocked, and his man in tears told me his master was dead an hour before.
Pàgina 111 - I am altogether a stranger) did, a month or two ago, vindicate me from having any concern in it ? Should not Mr. Steele have first expostulated with me as a friend ? Have I deserved this usage from Mr. Steele, who knows very well that my lord treasurer has kept him in his employment upon my...
Pàgina 256 - Thou, Stella, wert no longer young, When first for thee my harp was strung, Without one word of Cupid's darts, Of killing eyes, or bleeding hearts ; With friendship and esteem possest, I ne'er admitted Love a guest.
Pàgina 244 - tis his will : Let but the commons hear this testament, (Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read) And they would go and kiss dead Caesar's wounds, And dip their napkins in his sacred blood ; Yea, beg a hair of him for memory, And, dying, mention it within their wills, Bequeathing it, as a rich legacy, Unto their issue.