The works of Jonathan Swift, containing additional letters, tracts, and poems, with notes, and a life of the author, by W. Scott, Volum 41824 |
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Pàgina 7
... hope it will be incredible to the next . And because the relation I am going to make may be judged rather a history of his excellency than of his go- vernment , I must here declare , that I have not the least view to his person in any ...
... hope it will be incredible to the next . And because the relation I am going to make may be judged rather a history of his excellency than of his go- vernment , I must here declare , that I have not the least view to his person in any ...
Pàgina 11
... hope , will pardon me any slips I shall make in that or any other kind , while I keep ex- actly to the truth . Thomas Proby , Esq . chirurgeon - general of Ireland , a person universally esteemed , and whom I have formerly seen here ...
... hope , will pardon me any slips I shall make in that or any other kind , while I keep ex- actly to the truth . Thomas Proby , Esq . chirurgeon - general of Ireland , a person universally esteemed , and whom I have formerly seen here ...
Pàgina 29
... hope you will put into some method , and correct the style , and publish as speedi- ly as you can . Note , Mr Savage , beside the prosecution about his fees , was turned out of the council for giving his vote in parliament , in a case ...
... hope you will put into some method , and correct the style , and publish as speedi- ly as you can . Note , Mr Savage , beside the prosecution about his fees , was turned out of the council for giving his vote in parliament , in a case ...
Pàgina 44
... hope , at least , it is a stranger to those foul terms he has strewed throughout his letter ; otherwise I fear I know it too well for out of the abundance of the heart , the mouth speaketh . But , however , actions are pretty good dis ...
... hope , at least , it is a stranger to those foul terms he has strewed throughout his letter ; otherwise I fear I know it too well for out of the abundance of the heart , the mouth speaketh . But , however , actions are pretty good dis ...
Pàgina 55
... hope , be convinced , by facts not to be controlled , how miserably this poor kingdom had been deluded to the very brink of destruction . He would have it , that the people of England have lost their senses ; are bewitched and cheated ...
... hope , be convinced , by facts not to be controlled , how miserably this poor kingdom had been deluded to the very brink of destruction . He would have it , that the people of England have lost their senses ; are bewitched and cheated ...
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Pàgina 175 - His watchmen are blind : they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark ; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand : they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.
Pàgina 398 - An Act for the further Limitation of the Crown, and better securing the Rights and Liberties of the Subject...
Pàgina 160 - Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? Thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal? Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? Thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege? Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God?
Pàgina 175 - Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand : they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter. " Come ye," say they, " I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink ; and to-morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.
Pàgina 364 - This pow'r has praise, that virtue scarce can warm, Till fame supplies the universal charm. Yet reason frowns on war's unequal game, Where wasted nations raise a single name. And mortgaged states their grandsires...
Pàgina 151 - A Specimen of some errors and defects in the History of the Reformation of the Church of England, written by Gilbert Burnet, DD
Pàgina 59 - I had rather be thought a good Englishman, than the best poet, or greatest scholar that ever wrote.
Pàgina 8 - ... climacteric, without any visible effects of old age, either on his body or his mind, and in spite of a continual prostitution to those vices which usually wear out both. His behaviour is in all the forms of a young man at five-and-twenty. Whether he walks, or whistles, or swears, or talks bawdy, or calls names, he acquits himself in each, beyond a templar of three years standing.
Pàgina 123 - Ihe places sacred to his worship !) to spoil for a time this beautiful and pleasing prospect, and give us in its stead, — I know not what. Our enemies will tell the rest with pleasure.
Pàgina 232 - The offence consisted in his having said, when the clergy were about to move a Tory address, "Those who have turned the world upside down are come hither also...