The Life of the Rev. Dr. Jonathan Swift ...J.F. and C. Rivington, 1787 - 488 psl. |
Knygos viduje
Rezultatai 1–5 iš 60
psl.
... firft , excited fome ex- pectation ; which was foon fucceeded by disappoint- ment , and the Work configned to oblivion . Where let it reft . On the publication of a new edition of Swift's Works , the proprietors applied to Dr ...
... firft , excited fome ex- pectation ; which was foon fucceeded by disappoint- ment , and the Work configned to oblivion . Where let it reft . On the publication of a new edition of Swift's Works , the proprietors applied to Dr ...
5 psl.
... firft rude draft of the Tale of a Tub , written by him at the age of nineteen , though communicated to no - body but his chamber - fellow Mr. Waryng ; who , after the publica- tion of the book , made no fcruple to declare that he B 3 ...
... firft rude draft of the Tale of a Tub , written by him at the age of nineteen , though communicated to no - body but his chamber - fellow Mr. Waryng ; who , after the publica- tion of the book , made no fcruple to declare that he B 3 ...
6 psl.
Thomas Sheridan. had read the firft fketch of it in Swift's hand - writing , when he was of that age . Soon after this , his uncle Godwin was feized with a lethargy , which rendered him incapable of business ; and then it was that the ...
Thomas Sheridan. had read the firft fketch of it in Swift's hand - writing , when he was of that age . Soon after this , his uncle Godwin was feized with a lethargy , which rendered him incapable of business ; and then it was that the ...
12 psl.
... firft arrival at Shene , must have given Sir William but a mean opi- nion of his capacity ; and the few things which he wrote during his first two years refidence with him , could have given him no very high idea of his genius , For ...
... firft arrival at Shene , must have given Sir William but a mean opi- nion of his capacity ; and the few things which he wrote during his first two years refidence with him , could have given him no very high idea of his genius , For ...
13 psl.
... firft fhewed it to Sir William . A work , bearing fuch a stamp of original genius , must , in a man of Sir William Temple's de- licate tafte , and nice difcernment , have at once raised the author into a high place in his esteem , and ...
... firft fhewed it to Sir William . A work , bearing fuch a stamp of original genius , must , in a man of Sir William Temple's de- licate tafte , and nice difcernment , have at once raised the author into a high place in his esteem , and ...
Kiti leidimai - Peržiūrėti viską
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 |
Pagrindiniai terminai ir frazės
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
Populiarios ištraukos
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.