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... leave to print his works in Ireland , he told him he would give no leave ; and when he printed them without , he declared it was much to his discontent ; the same sentiment is also more strongly expressed in a letter now in the hands of ...
... leave to print his works in Ireland , he told him he would give no leave ; and when he printed them without , he declared it was much to his discontent ; the same sentiment is also more strongly expressed in a letter now in the hands of ...
Pàgina 78
... own part , he was contented with that portion of reason which God had given him , and he would leave it to time and experience to strengthen and direct it properly nor would he run the risk of having it 78 THE LIFE OF.
... own part , he was contented with that portion of reason which God had given him , and he would leave it to time and experience to strengthen and direct it properly nor would he run the risk of having it 78 THE LIFE OF.
Pàgina 81
... leave that kingdom , and to visit his mother at Leicester , in order to consult with her upon his future plan of life . Such was the opening of this great man's life ; and from such a beginning , who could at that time have ima- He was ...
... leave that kingdom , and to visit his mother at Leicester , in order to consult with her upon his future plan of life . Such was the opening of this great man's life ; and from such a beginning , who could at that time have ima- He was ...
Pàgina 89
... leave him , and up- on some accounts , he thought him a little necessary to him . * Swift was indeed by this time become very ne- cessary to a man in the decline of life , generally in an ill state of health , and often tortured with ...
... leave him , and up- on some accounts , he thought him a little necessary to him . * Swift was indeed by this time become very ne- cessary to a man in the decline of life , generally in an ill state of health , and often tortured with ...
Pàgina 90
... leaving behind him a corrected copy of all his writings , done under his own inspection , he could not bear the thought that Swift should leave him , till that point was accomplished . He had already experienced the use that he was of ...
... leaving behind him a corrected copy of all his writings , done under his own inspection , he could not bear the thought that Swift should leave him , till that point was accomplished . He had already experienced the use that he was of ...
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Pàgina 229 - I think Mr. St. John the greatest young man I ever knew ; wit, capacity, beauty, quickness of apprehension, good learning, and an excellent taste ; the best orator in the house of commons, admirable conversation, good nature, and good manners ; generous, and a despiser of money.
Pàgina 116 - 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 139 - Don't you remember how I used to be in pain when Sir William Temple would look cold and out of humour for three or four days, and I used to suspect a hundred reasons. I have plucked up my spirit since then, faith ; he spoiled a fine gentleman.
Pàgina 242 - I was to see a poor poet, one Mr Diaper, in a nasty garret, very sick. I gave him twenty guineas from Lord Bolingbroke, and disposed the other sixty to two other authors...
Pàgina 313 - I am so stupid and confounded, that I cannot express the mortification I am under both in body and mind. All I caB say is, that I am not in torture; but I daily and hourly expect it. Pray let me know how your health is, and your family. I hardly understand one word I write. I am sure my days will be very few; few and miserable they must be.
Pàgina 314 - 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 209 - I take nothing ill of him but his not giving me timely notice, as he promised to do, if he found the Queen would do nothing for me.
Pàgina 267 - ... author's design was to bring in the Pretender; although there was not a single syllable of party in the whole treatise, and although it was known that the most eminent of those who professed his own principles, publicly disallowed his proceedings.
Pàgina 136 - MD's letter ? one of these oddcome-shortlies. This is a week old, you see, and no farther yet. Mr Harley desired I would dine with him again today ; but I refused him, for I fell out with him yesterday, and will not see him again till he makes me amends ; and so I go to bed.
Pàgina 295 - Motte 8 received the copy (he tells me) he knew not from whence, nor from whom, dropped at his house in the dark, from a hackney coach : by computing the time, I found it was after you left England, so, for my part, I suspend my judgment.