The Works of Jonathan Swift: Containing Additional Letters, Tracts, and Poems, Not Hitherto Published, Volum 12Bickers, 1883 |
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... whole , comparing great things to small , I know not any Memoirs that more resemble those of Philip de Comines ( which have received so uni- versal approbation ) than those of Captain Creichton ; which are told in a manner equally ...
... whole , comparing great things to small , I know not any Memoirs that more resemble those of Philip de Comines ( which have received so uni- versal approbation ) than those of Captain Creichton ; which are told in a manner equally ...
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... whole adventure of that day and after dinner , Pocammock requested us to let him have the horse home , thereby to stifle any reflection * Thomas Baillie , Esquire of Polkemmet , great - grandfather of the late Honourable William Baillie ...
... whole adventure of that day and after dinner , Pocammock requested us to let him have the horse home , thereby to stifle any reflection * Thomas Baillie , Esquire of Polkemmet , great - grandfather of the late Honourable William Baillie ...
Pàgina 33
... whole forces marched to the Kirk of Shots , within four miles of the rebels , where they lay that night . The next morning he marched the army up an eminence , opposite to the main body of the enemy , who were encamped on the moor . The ...
... whole forces marched to the Kirk of Shots , within four miles of the rebels , where they lay that night . The next morning he marched the army up an eminence , opposite to the main body of the enemy , who were encamped on the moor . The ...
Pàgina 37
... whole been performed without at least some loss , had the enemy been serious in opposing them . But the insurgents were otherwise employed . With the strangest delusion that ever fell upon de- voted beings , they choose those precious ...
... whole been performed without at least some loss , had the enemy been serious in opposing them . But the insurgents were otherwise employed . With the strangest delusion that ever fell upon de- voted beings , they choose those precious ...
Pàgina 98
... whole fund of slander , to range over and riot in as they please . * * Sir Robert Walpole was by no means negligent of his literary assistants . But , unfortunately , like an unskilful general , he con- fided more in the number than the ...
... whole fund of slander , to range over and riot in as they please . * * Sir Robert Walpole was by no means negligent of his literary assistants . But , unfortunately , like an unskilful general , he con- fided more in the number than the ...
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The Works of Jonathan Swift: Containing Additional Letters, Tracts ..., Volum 12 Jonathan Swift,Walter Scott Visualització completa - 1883 |
The Works of Jonathan Swift: Containing Additional Letters, Tracts ..., Volum 12 Jonathan Swift,Walter Scott Visualització completa - 1883 |
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 124 - 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 314 - How's the wind ?' ' Whose chariot's that we left behind ?' Or gravely try to read the lines Writ underneath the country signs ; Or, ' Have you nothing new to-day From Pope, from Parnell, or from Gay ?' Such tattle often entertains My lord and me as far as Staines, As once a week we travel down To Windsor, and again to town, Where all that passes inter nos Might be proclaim'd at Charing-cross.
Pàgina 143 - 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 441 - See, the Muse unbars the gate ; Hark, the monkeys, how they prate ! All ye gods who rule the soul ! Styx, through Hell whose waters roll!
Pàgina 315 - Faith, sir, you know as much as I." " Ah, Doctor, how you love to jest ! 'Tis now no secret" — I protest "Tis one to me — " Then tell us, pray, When are the troops to have their pay...
Pàgina 313 - tis my first request.'— ' Be satisfied, I'll do my best:'— Then presently he falls to tease, - * ' You may for certain, if you please; I doubt not, if his lordship knew— And, Mr. Dean, one word from you.'— 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, 'What's o'clock!' and,
Pàgina 26 - Orkneys, became a Judge of the Court of Session by the title of Lord Kinnedder, and died at Edinburgh in August, 1822.
Pàgina 219 - 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 162 - 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 312 - 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.