The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, DublinC. Bathurst, J. Rivington, W. Strahan, B. Collins, J. Hinton, J. Dodsley, L. Davis and C. Reymers, R. Baldwin, and W. Bowyer, 1766 |
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Page xvi
... say , pro- ceeded from a misunderstanding of the words fpeciali gratia , in his teftimonium from Dublin , which were there supposed to be a compli- ment paid to uncommon merit ; but are more probably ascribed by others , to his known ...
... say , pro- ceeded from a misunderstanding of the words fpeciali gratia , in his teftimonium from Dublin , which were there supposed to be a compli- ment paid to uncommon merit ; but are more probably ascribed by others , to his known ...
Page xix
... says Swift , " I will lay you a " crown , that I will begin prayers before 66 you this afternoon . " Dr. Raymond ac- cepted the wager , and immediately both run as fast as they could to the church . Ray- mond , the nimbler of the two ...
... says Swift , " I will lay you a " crown , that I will begin prayers before 66 you this afternoon . " Dr. Raymond ac- cepted the wager , and immediately both run as fast as they could to the church . Ray- mond , the nimbler of the two ...
Page xxiii
... says he , " like dogs , because I expect they will use me fo .--- I never knew " a ministry do any thing for those whom they " make companions of their pleasures ; but I " care not . " In the fummer of 1711 , he foresaw the ruin of the ...
... says he , " like dogs , because I expect they will use me fo .--- I never knew " a ministry do any thing for those whom they " make companions of their pleasures ; but I " care not . " In the fummer of 1711 , he foresaw the ruin of the ...
Page xxviii
... say he to Gay , reconciling myself to the scene and business to which fortune hath condemned me ; " and stupidity was what I had recourse to . " The first remarkable event of his life , after his fettlement at the deanery , was his ...
... say he to Gay , reconciling myself to the scene and business to which fortune hath condemned me ; " and stupidity was what I had recourse to . " The first remarkable event of his life , after his fettlement at the deanery , was his ...
Page xxxv
... says , " vexed him moft . " These complaints were afterwards repeated in a strain of yet greater sensibility and self - pity : " All my friends have forsaken me : " “ Vertiginosus , inops , Surdus , male gratus " amicis . " Deaf , giddy ...
... says , " vexed him moft . " These complaints were afterwards repeated in a strain of yet greater sensibility and self - pity : " All my friends have forsaken me : " “ Vertiginosus , inops , Surdus , male gratus " amicis . " Deaf , giddy ...
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againſt almoſt alſo ancient anſwer aſſiſtance becauſe beſides beſt buſineſs cauſe Chriſtianity church clergy cloſe confcience conſequence conſtitution courſe cuſtom Dean defire deſign diſcourſe diſpoſed eaſy eſpecially eſtabliſhed expoſe faid falſe fame fatire fide fince firſt fome foon fuch fure hath Hawkef honour houſe inſtance intereſt itſelf JONATHAN SWIFT juſt laſt learned leaſt leſs Lord manifeſt mankind modern moſt muſt nature neceſſary never obſerved occafion Orrery paſs paſſages perſon Peter Pindar pleaſe poſſible preſent preſerve prince propoſed publiſhed purpoſe raiſed reader reaſon refolved religion reſpect reſt ſaid ſame ſay ſcheme ſeems ſenſe ſerve ſervice ſet ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhew ſhort ſhould ſince Sir William Temple ſmall ſome ſometimes ſpeak ſpirit ſtand ſtate ſtation ſtill ſtrength ſtrong ſtyle ſubject ſuch ſuppoſe Swift ſyſtem themſelves ther theſe things thoſe thought tion treatiſe underſtanding univerſal uſe uſual utmoſt wherein whole whoſe Wotton writers