The Life of the Rev. Dr. Jonathan Swift ...J.F. and C. Rivington, 1787 - 488 psl. |
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... fhould afford in himfelf a pattern of fuch perfect virtue , as was rarely to be found in the annals of the ancient Republic of Rome , when virtue was the mode . Yet if it can be fhewn that even at this day , when corruption seems to ...
... fhould afford in himfelf a pattern of fuch perfect virtue , as was rarely to be found in the annals of the ancient Republic of Rome , when virtue was the mode . Yet if it can be fhewn that even at this day , when corruption seems to ...
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... fhould be found a man resembling him in all these points , it is fit the memorial of him , together with that of his immortal compeer , fhould be handed down to latest posterity : and that fuch a one does exist , will be acknowledged by ...
... fhould be found a man resembling him in all these points , it is fit the memorial of him , together with that of his immortal compeer , fhould be handed down to latest posterity : and that fuch a one does exist , will be acknowledged by ...
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... fhould appoint on his return . Swift went to town , and reprefented the poor curate's cafe to his patron in fuch ftrong terms , as foon prevailed on him to confent that Swift's living fhould , upon his refignation , which was propofed ...
... fhould appoint on his return . Swift went to town , and reprefented the poor curate's cafe to his patron in fuch ftrong terms , as foon prevailed on him to confent that Swift's living fhould , upon his refignation , which was propofed ...
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... fhould releafe him from the bene- volent task , and leave him at liberty to pursue his own interest . During this space Swift's time was fully and usefully employed , He devoted eight hours a day , as before , to the profecution of his ...
... fhould releafe him from the bene- volent task , and leave him at liberty to pursue his own interest . During this space Swift's time was fully and usefully employed , He devoted eight hours a day , as before , to the profecution of his ...
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... fhould be roused , that they might be guarded against the undermining artifices of its ene- mies , fecretly carried on under covert of her pretended friends ; who in their hearts were little follicitous about her interests , being ...
... fhould be roused , that they might be guarded against the undermining artifices of its ene- mies , fecretly carried on under covert of her pretended friends ; who in their hearts were little follicitous about her interests , being ...
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The Life of the Rev. Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin Thomas Sheridan Visos knygos peržiūra - 1787 |
The Life of the Rev. Dr. Jonathan Swift– Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin Thomas Sheridan Visos knygos peržiūra - 1785 |
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againſt anſwer Archbishop of Dublin aſked becauſe beſt Biſhop cafe caufe cauſe character circumftances confequence confidered converfation Dean Deanery defign defire Doctor Dublin expreffed faid fame favour fays feems feen fent fervant ferve fervice feveral fhall fhew fhewn fhould fince firft firſt fituation fome foon fpirit friendſhip ftate ftill fubject fuch fuffer fuppofed fupport fure greateſt higheſt himſelf houfe houſe Houyhnhnm humour inftances intereft Ireland JONATHAN SWIFT Lady laft laſt leaft leaſt lefs letter Lord Bolingbroke Lord Oxford Lord Treaſurer meaſures mind Minifter Miniftry moft moſt muſt myſelf neceffary never obferved occafion paffage paffed paffion party perfon pleaſed pleaſure poffeffed poffible prefent publiſhed purpoſe Queen raiſed reafon ſaid ſays ſeveral ſhall ſhe Sheridan Sir William Sir William Temple ſtate Stella ſuch Swift thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe tion told ufual uſed utmoſt vifit Whigs whofe
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444 psl. - 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 psl. - 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 psl. - 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 psl. - 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 psl. - ... 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 psl. - 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 psl. - 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 psl. - ... 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 psl. - 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 psl. - 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.