The Works of Jonathan Swift: Historical tracts. Political poetry. Poems chiefly relating to Irish politicsA. Constable, 1814 |
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Pàgina vii
... Brother Protestants , & c . 530 532 Bettesworth's Exultation , 534 Epigram inscribed to the Hon . Sergeant Kite , 536 Song , The Yahoo's overthrow , 537 Poem , on the Archbishop of Cashel and Bettesworth , 541 on the Irish Club , 542 on ...
... Brother Protestants , & c . 530 532 Bettesworth's Exultation , 534 Epigram inscribed to the Hon . Sergeant Kite , 536 Song , The Yahoo's overthrow , 537 Poem , on the Archbishop of Cashel and Bettesworth , 541 on the Irish Club , 542 on ...
Pàgina 14
... brother in consequence thereof , pre- pared a great fleet and army to invade England ; nor did there want any occasion to promote his interest , if the slowness , the softness , and credu- lity of his nature , could have suffered him to ...
... brother in consequence thereof , pre- pared a great fleet and army to invade England ; nor did there want any occasion to promote his interest , if the slowness , the softness , and credu- lity of his nature , could have suffered him to ...
Pàgina 15
... brother upon the terms of a small pension , and a mutual promise of succeeding to each other's dominions on failure of issue , forced to resign his pretensions , and return with a shattered fleet to Normandy . About this time died ...
... brother upon the terms of a small pension , and a mutual promise of succeeding to each other's dominions on failure of issue , forced to resign his pretensions , and return with a shattered fleet to Normandy . About this time died ...
Pàgina 16
... brother in Normandy ; but upon what ground or pretext , the writers of that age are not very exact ; whether it were from a principle fre- quent among unjust princes , That old oppressions are best justified by new ; or , whether having ...
... brother in Normandy ; but upon what ground or pretext , the writers of that age are not very exact ; whether it were from a principle fre- quent among unjust princes , That old oppressions are best justified by new ; or , whether having ...
Pàgina 17
... brothers to concert the measures of a peace . This was treated and agreed with great advan- tages on the side of king William ; for he kept all the towns he had taken , obliged his brother to banish Edgar Atheling out of Normandy , and ...
... brothers to concert the measures of a peace . This was treated and agreed with great advan- tages on the side of king William ; for he kept all the towns he had taken , obliged his brother to banish Edgar Atheling out of Normandy , and ...
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Frases i termes més freqüents
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 355 - So spake the false dissembler unperceived; For neither man nor angel can discern Hypocrisy, the only evil that walks Invisible, except to GOD alone, By His permissive will, through heav'n and earth: And oft, though wisdom wake, suspicion sleeps At wisdom's gate, and to simplicity Resigns her charge, while goodness thinks no ill Where no ill seems...
Pàgina 398 - Of land, set out to plant a wood. Well, now I have all this and more, I ask not to increase my store ; But here a grievance seems to lie, All this is mine but till I die ; 10 I can't but think 'twould sound more clever, To me and to my heirs for ever.
Pàgina 211 - I, AB, do in the Presence of Almighty God promise, vow and protest, To maintain and defend as far as lawfully I may, with my life, power and estate, the True Reformed Protestant Religion, expressed in the Doctrine of the Church of England...
Pàgina 231 - And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more right in David than ye: why then did ye despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king?
Pàgina 400 - To-morrow my appeal comes on; Without your help the cause is gone.'— ' The duke expects my lord and you About some great affair at two.'— ' Put my Lord Bolingbroke in mind To get my warrant quickly sign'd : Consider, 'tis my first request...
Pàgina 400 - And take it kindly meant to show What I desire the world should know. I get a whisper, and withdraw, When twenty fools I never saw Come with petitions fairly penn'd, Desiring i would stand their friend.
Pàgina 402 - And chose me for an humble friend : Would take me in his coach to chat, And question me of this and that ; As, 'What's o'clock?
Pàgina 291 - The senseless plea of right by Providence Was, by a flattering priest, invented since; And lasts no longer than the present sway; But justifies the next who comes in play.
Pàgina 397 - I'VE often wish'd that I had clear For life, six hundred pounds a year, A handsome house to lodge a friend, A river at my garden's end, A terrace walk, and half a rood Of land, set out to plant a wood.
Pàgina 401 - Tis (let me see) three years and more (October next it will be four) Since Harley bid me first attend, And chose me for an humble friend; Would take me in his coach to chat, And question me of this and that; As,