The Life of the Rev. Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, DublinJ.F. and C. Rivington, 1787 - 488 páginas |
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... last Writer who has given any account of Swift , is Dr. Johnfon . Who feems to have under- .. taken this tafk , rather from the neceffity he was under of taking fome notice of him in the course of his Biographical History of the English ...
... last Writer who has given any account of Swift , is Dr. Johnfon . Who feems to have under- .. taken this tafk , rather from the neceffity he was under of taking fome notice of him in the course of his Biographical History of the English ...
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... last with difficulty obtained : it is no wonder , I say , all thefe circumftances confidered , that the great mind of Swift fhould have exulted in fo glorious an oppor- tunity of paying off at once the large debt which , from the ...
... last with difficulty obtained : it is no wonder , I say , all thefe circumftances confidered , that the great mind of Swift fhould have exulted in fo glorious an oppor- tunity of paying off at once the large debt which , from the ...
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... last nobly declining the highest ftation to which a fubject could be raised , when offer- ed to him , as it was at a time of life , when he found the vigour of his mind fo far abated , that he did not think himself equal to the arduous ...
... last nobly declining the highest ftation to which a fubject could be raised , when offer- ed to him , as it was at a time of life , when he found the vigour of his mind fo far abated , that he did not think himself equal to the arduous ...
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... last fi- nishing to it , the violence of parties ran fo high for fome years , and their difputes were carried on with fuch animofity , that he did not think the public in a temper fit to receive the work , fo as to produce the ef- fects ...
... last fi- nishing to it , the violence of parties ran fo high for fome years , and their difputes were carried on with fuch animofity , that he did not think the public in a temper fit to receive the work , fo as to produce the ef- fects ...
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... last Miniftry , after fome obligations , because I refused to go certain lengths they would have me . " He after- wards gives fuch an account of the whole tranfaction as might be proper to be fhewn . But in his Journal to Stella , he is ...
... last Miniftry , after fome obligations , because I refused to go certain lengths they would have me . " He after- wards gives fuch an account of the whole tranfaction as might be proper to be fhewn . But in his Journal to Stella , he is ...
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Página 443 - 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.
Página 441 - 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.
Página 448 - 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.
Página 41 - 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.
Página 288 - 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.
Página 150 - 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.
Página 169 - 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.
Página 111 - 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...
Página 256 - 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.
Página 244 - 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.