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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... leave it to time and experience to ftrengthen and direct it properly ; nor would he run the risk of having it warped or falfely biaffed , by any fyftem of rules laid down by fuch ftupid writers ; of the bad effects of which he had but ...
... leave it to time and experience to ftrengthen and direct it properly ; nor would he run the risk of having it warped or falfely biaffed , by any fyftem of rules laid down by fuch ftupid writers ; of the bad effects of which he had but ...
Pàgina 7
... leave that kingdom , and to vifit his mother at Leicester , in order to confult with her upon his future plan of life . Such was the opening of this great man's life ; and from fuch a beginning , who could at that time have imagined ...
... leave that kingdom , and to vifit his mother at Leicester , in order to confult with her upon his future plan of life . Such was the opening of this great man's life ; and from fuch a beginning , who could at that time have imagined ...
Pàgina 15
... leaving behind him a corrected copy of all his writings , done under his own infpection , he could not bear the thought that Swift should leave him , till that point was accomplished . He had already ex- perienced the use that he was of ...
... leaving behind him a corrected copy of all his writings , done under his own infpection , he could not bear the thought that Swift should leave him , till that point was accomplished . He had already ex- perienced the use that he was of ...
Pàgina 21
... leave him at liberty to purfue his own intereft . * During this space Swift's time was fully and ufefully employed . He devoted eight hours a day , as before , to the profecution of his ftudies . His function as a clergyman was confined ...
... leave him at liberty to purfue his own intereft . * During this space Swift's time was fully and ufefully employed . He devoted eight hours a day , as before , to the profecution of his ftudies . His function as a clergyman was confined ...
Pàgina 22
... leaving Swift a legacy , and the care , truft , and advantage , of publishing his pofthumous writings . As he had aifo obtained a promife from King William , that he would give Swift a prebend , either of Canterbury or Weft- minster ...
... leaving Swift a legacy , and the care , truft , and advantage , of publishing his pofthumous writings . As he had aifo obtained a promife from King William , that he would give Swift a prebend , either of Canterbury or Weft- minster ...
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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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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.