The Life of the Rev. Dr. Jonathan Swift ...J.F. and C. Rivington, 1787 - 488 ページ |
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... The author of this piece concealed his name with the greatest precaution , nor was he at that time perso- nally known to any of the Nobles , in whose favour it feems feems to have been written ; and indeed , from 32 THE LIFE OF.
... The author of this piece concealed his name with the greatest precaution , nor was he at that time perso- nally known to any of the Nobles , in whose favour it feems feems to have been written ; and indeed , from 32 THE LIFE OF.
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... whose cause he should efpoufe . The Whigs therefore , who had hitherto neglected him , as confidering him in the light of a half brother , be- gan now to dread , and confequently to pay him great Their apprehenfions were quickened by ...
... whose cause he should efpoufe . The Whigs therefore , who had hitherto neglected him , as confidering him in the light of a half brother , be- gan now to dread , and confequently to pay him great Their apprehenfions were quickened by ...
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... whose active spirit seems to have known no reft at that junc- ture , and who was eager to make use of the influence he had obtained , towards doing fome great public good , laid hold of this opportunity to prefs his plan of an academy ...
... whose active spirit seems to have known no reft at that junc- ture , and who was eager to make use of the influence he had obtained , towards doing fome great public good , laid hold of this opportunity to prefs his plan of an academy ...
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... whose remarkable expreffion to the Queen was , That ber Majefty fhould be fure that the man whom she was going to make a Bishop , was a Chriftian . But as he could give no better colour for this furmife , than that Swift was fup- posed ...
... whose remarkable expreffion to the Queen was , That ber Majefty fhould be fure that the man whom she was going to make a Bishop , was a Chriftian . But as he could give no better colour for this furmife , than that Swift was fup- posed ...
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... other person to whom he fhewed much attachment , or whose friendship he cultivated to any great degree . This circumftance Swift has touched upon in drawing his character , and confiders it as a blameless part his DOCTOR SWIFT WIF 153 .
... other person to whom he fhewed much attachment , or whose friendship he cultivated to any great degree . This circumftance Swift has touched upon in drawing his character , and confiders it as a blameless part his DOCTOR SWIFT WIF 153 .
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444 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.
170 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.
451 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.
42 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.
349 ページ - ... 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...
319 ページ - 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.
245 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.
465 ページ - ... 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.
187 ページ - 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...
37 ページ - 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.