The Life of the Rev. Dr. Jonathan Swift ...J.F. and C. Rivington, 1787 - 488 pàgines |
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... one of her letters to him , has the following paffage . " You once had a maxim , which was - To act what was right , and not mind what the world would say . " we shall not be surprised , that even among his A 3 we INTRODUCTION .
... one of her letters to him , has the following paffage . " You once had a maxim , which was - To act what was right , and not mind what the world would say . " we shall not be surprised , that even among his A 3 we INTRODUCTION .
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... paffage in Swift's Journal of the following year , dated June 30 , 1711 , where he fays , that , " Mr. Harley and Mr. Secretary St. John , frequently protested , after he had become their intimate , that he was the only man in England ...
... paffage in Swift's Journal of the following year , dated June 30 , 1711 , where he fays , that , " Mr. Harley and Mr. Secretary St. John , frequently protested , after he had become their intimate , that he was the only man in England ...
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... paffage of the Journal , February 12 , 1710 . " I DINED to - day with Mr. Secretary St. John : I went to the Court of Requests at noon , and fent Mr. Harley into the House to call the Secretary , to let him know I would not dine with ...
... paffage of the Journal , February 12 , 1710 . " I DINED to - day with Mr. Secretary St. John : I went to the Court of Requests at noon , and fent Mr. Harley into the House to call the Secretary , to let him know I would not dine with ...
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... paffage . February 17 , 1710-11 . " THE Miniftry are good honeft hearty fellows : I ufe them like dogs , because I expect they will use me fo . They call me nothing but Jonathan , and I said I believed they would leave me Jonathan as ...
... paffage . February 17 , 1710-11 . " THE Miniftry are good honeft hearty fellows : I ufe them like dogs , because I expect they will use me fo . They call me nothing but Jonathan , and I said I believed they would leave me Jonathan as ...
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... paffage of his Jour- nal . October 31 , 1711 . " THE Duce is in the Secretary ; when I went to him this morning he had people with him ; but fays , we are to dine with Prior to - day , and then will do all our bufinefs in the afternoon ...
... paffage of his Jour- nal . October 31 , 1711 . " THE Duce is in the Secretary ; when I went to him this morning he had people with him ; but fays , we are to dine with Prior to - day , and then will do all our bufinefs in the afternoon ...
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The Life of the Rev. Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin Thomas Sheridan Visualització completa - 1787 |
The Life of the Rev. Dr. Jonathan Swift: Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin Thomas Sheridan Visualització completa - 1785 |
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Pàgina 444 - 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 170 - 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 451 - 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 42 - 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 349 - ... a curtain worn to half a stripe ; a pair of bellows, without pipe; a dish which might good meat afford once; an Ovid, and an old Concordance...
Pàgina 319 - Surrey, on the thirteenth day of March, in the year 1681. Her father was a younger brother of a good family in Nottinghamshire, her mother of a lower degree: and indeed she had little to boast of her birth.
Pàgina 245 - 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.
Pàgina 465 - ... conclude — No man ever deserved better of any country, than Swift did of his ; a steady, persevering, inflexible friend ; a wise, a watchful, and a faithful counsellor, under many severe trials and bitter persecutions, to the manifest hazard both of his liberty and fortune. " He lived a blessing, he died a benefactor, and his name will ever live an honour, to Ireland.
Pàgina 187 - I am not fuffered to run quietly among the common herd of people, whofe opinions unfortunately differ from thofe which lead to Favour and Preferment. I ought to let you know, that the Thing we called...
Pàgina 37 - I should think, that in order to preserve the constitution entire in church and state, whoever has a true value for both, would be sure to avoid the extremes of whig, for the sake of the former; and the extremes of tory, on account of the latter.