The Life of the Rev. Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, DublinJ.F. and C. Rivington, 1787 - 488 pages |
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... a degree of public favour , as no man in that country had ever reached . Praife was united to his name , admira¬ tion and affection to his perfon ; and this just tribute was was ever after paid to him during his life , INTRODUCTION .
... a degree of public favour , as no man in that country had ever reached . Praife was united to his name , admira¬ tion and affection to his perfon ; and this just tribute was was ever after paid to him during his life , INTRODUCTION .
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... tion , with fo much elegance of language , and force of fentiment . " Accordingly he has produced little new on the fubject , except fome obfervations of his own , which are far from being favourable to the character of Swift . It is ...
... tion , with fo much elegance of language , and force of fentiment . " Accordingly he has produced little new on the fubject , except fome obfervations of his own , which are far from being favourable to the character of Swift . It is ...
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... 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 had had read the firft fketch of it in Swift's hand DOCTOR SWIFT .
... 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 had had read the firft fketch of it in Swift's hand DOCTOR SWIFT .
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... tion in the College been rendered easy to him , so that he might have purfued his ftudies with an undisturbed mind ; had his emulation been rouzed in fuch a way as to make him enter into a competition with thofe of his own ftanding ; it ...
... tion in the College been rendered easy to him , so that he might have purfued his ftudies with an undisturbed mind ; had his emulation been rouzed in fuch a way as to make him enter into a competition with thofe of his own ftanding ; it ...
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... tion , and time of life . The first good office that Sir William could do him , therefore , was to put him into a courfe of reading , in order that he might redeem loft time . Accordingly we find , that Swift , during his re- fidence ...
... tion , and time of life . The first good office that Sir William could do him , therefore , was to put him into a courfe of reading , in order that he might redeem loft time . Accordingly we find , that Swift , during his re- fidence ...
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Page 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.
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Page 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.
Page 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.