The Life of the Rev. Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, DublinJ.F. and C. Rivington, 1787 - 488 ページ |
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... given , coincided with the general prejudices founded on common fame , readily received them as true . And that spirit of envy , an inmate in the breasts of most men , which delights in feeing those of fuperior ta- lents degraded , and ...
... given , coincided with the general prejudices founded on common fame , readily received them as true . And that spirit of envy , an inmate in the breasts of most men , which delights in feeing those of fuperior ta- lents degraded , and ...
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... given of his life is very imperfect ; many of the most important articles are omitted , and others ftill left in a very doubtful state . The last Writer who has given any account of Swift , is Dr. Johnfon . Who feems to have under ...
... given of his life is very imperfect ; many of the most important articles are omitted , and others ftill left in a very doubtful state . The last Writer who has given any account of Swift , is Dr. Johnfon . Who feems to have under ...
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... given to affertions or opinions not fupported by the moft convincing proofs : which therefore , in all difputable points , I hope I fhall be indulged in pro- ducing at full length . And I doubt not but that the difplay of Swift's true ...
... given to affertions or opinions not fupported by the moft convincing proofs : which therefore , in all difputable points , I hope I fhall be indulged in pro- ducing at full length . And I doubt not but that the difplay of Swift's true ...
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... given , rather as an alms doled out for charity , than an act of beneficence due from so near a relation ; who was fuppofed by him , as well as by the reft of the world , to be in circumftances that might have afforded a much more ...
... given , rather as an alms doled out for charity , than an act of beneficence due from so near a relation ; who was fuppofed by him , as well as by the reft of the world , to be in circumftances that might have afforded a much more ...
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... given him , and he would leave it to time and experience to ftrengthen and direct it properly ; nor would he run the risk of having it warped or falfely biaffed , by any fyftem of rules laid down by fuch ftupid writers ; of the bad ...
... given him , and he would leave it to time and experience to ftrengthen and direct it properly ; nor would he run the risk of having it warped or falfely biaffed , by any fyftem of rules laid down by fuch ftupid writers ; of the bad ...
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443 ページ - But, by what I have gathered from your own relation, and the answers I have with much pains wringed and extorted from you, I cannot but conclude the bulk of your natives, to be the most pernicious race of little odious vermin that nature ever suffered to crawl upon the surface of the earth.
441 ページ - 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.
448 ページ - 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.
41 ページ - 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.
288 ページ - From whence that decency of mind, So lovely in the female kind, Where not one careless thought intrudes, Less' modest than the speech of prudes ; Where never blush was call'd in aid, That spurious virtue in a maid, A virtue but at second-hand ; They blush because they understand.
150 ページ - I always loved you just so much the worse for your station ; for, in your public capacity, you have often angered me to the heart, but, as a private man, never once.
169 ページ - 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.
111 ページ - I am altogether a stranger) did, a month or two ago, vindicate me from having any concern in it ? Should not Mr. Steele have first expostulated with me as a friend ? Have I deserved this usage from Mr. Steele, who knows very well that my lord treasurer has kept him in his employment upon my...
256 ページ - Thou, Stella, wert no longer young, When first for thee my harp was strung, Without one word of Cupid's darts, Of killing eyes, or bleeding hearts ; With friendship and esteem possest, I ne'er admitted Love a guest.
244 ページ - 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.