 | James Wills - 1876 - 738 pàgines
...she distinguished every book she gave him, — "Esther Johnson's gift to Jonathan Swifr, 1719." • Would he deny his marriage with a woman of good fortune...more than human, in every motion, word, and action." This is the view of Dr Lyon, to whom the care of Swift in his last state of imbecility had fallen ;... | |
 | Alfred Webb - 1878 - 616 pàgines
...Her advice was always the best, and with the greatest freedom, mixed with the greatest SWI decency. She had a gracefulness somewhat more than human, in every motion, word, and action. Never was so happy a conjunction of civility, freedom, easiness, and sincerity. . . With all the softness... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1882 - 622 pàgines
...affairs. Her advice was always the best, and with the greatest freedom, mixed with the greatest decency. She had a gracefulness, somewhat more than human, in every motion, word, and action. Never was so happy a conjunction of civility, freedom, easiness, and sincerity. There seemed to be... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1882 - 622 pàgines
...affairs. Her advice was always the best, and with the greatest freedom, mixed with the greatest decency. She had a gracefulness, somewhat more than human, in every motion, word, and action. Never was so happy a conjunction of civility, freedom, easiness, and sincerity. There seemed to be... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1883 - 530 pàgines
...and so he distinguished every book she gave him : Esther Johnson's gift to Jonathan Swift — 1719. Would he deny his marriage with a woman of good fortune...text, and form the best opinion which he can upon an event which, take it either way, is enveloped in mystery and inconsistency. * It is proper to state,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1883 - 488 pàgines
...affairs. Her advice was always the best, and with the greatest freedom, mixed with the greatest decency. She had a gracefulness, somewhat more than human, in every motion, word, and action. Never was so happy a conjunction of civility, freedom, easiness, and sincerity. There seemed to be... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Sir Walter Scott - 1883 - 494 pàgines
...affairs. Her advice was always the best, and with the greatest freedom, mixed with the greatest decency. She had a gracefulness, somewhat more than human, in every motion, word, and action. Never was so happy a conjunction of civility, freedom, easiness, and sincerity. There seemed to be... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Sir Walter Scott - 1883 - 496 pàgines
...affairs. Her advice was always the best, and with the greatest freedom, mixed with the greatest decency. She had a gracefulness, somewhat more than human, in every motion, word, and action. Never was so happy a conjunction of civility, freedom, easiness, and sincerity. There seemed to be... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1885 - 338 pàgines
...affairs. Her advice was always the best, and with the greatest freedom, mixed with the greatest decency. She had a gracefulness somewhat more than human, in every motion, word, and action. Never was so happy a conjunction of civility, freedom, easiness, and sineerily. There seemed to be... | |
 | Howard Williams, Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope - 1886 - 634 pàgines
...little too fat. Her hair was blacker than a raven, and every feature of her face in perfection. . . . She had a gracefulness somewhat more than human, in every motion, word, and action. Never was so happy a conjunction of civility, freedom, easiness, and sincerity. There seemed to bo... | |
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Her advice was always the best, and with the greatest freedom mixed with the greatest decency. She had a gracefulness, somewhat more than human, in every motion, word, and action. 
