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
... easy to conceive , however , that Swift , after his reputation was established , might , while he was sporting with this incident in the gaiety of his heart , pretend a mistake which never happened . From Oxford he returned to Sir ...
... easy to conceive , however , that Swift , after his reputation was established , might , while he was sporting with this incident in the gaiety of his heart , pretend a mistake which never happened . From Oxford he returned to Sir ...
Page xxxii
... easy and elegant , and her manner feminine , polite , and graceful : There was natural music in her voice , and complacen- cy in her aspect : she abounded with wit , which was always accompanied with good nature ; her virtue was founded ...
... easy and elegant , and her manner feminine , polite , and graceful : There was natural music in her voice , and complacen- cy in her aspect : she abounded with wit , which was always accompanied with good nature ; her virtue was founded ...
Page xliv
... , industrious , and neceflitous tradef- men , upon easy terms . Besides this , he fre- quently gave five and ten pounds , without any parade , when proper objects offered .. : He 1 He was diligent to relieve the poor , and xliv The LIFE of.
... , industrious , and neceflitous tradef- men , upon easy terms . Besides this , he fre- quently gave five and ten pounds , without any parade , when proper objects offered .. : He 1 He was diligent to relieve the poor , and xliv The LIFE of.
Page xlvi
Jonathan Swift. 1 carried it to such an excess , that it is not easy to determine , whether it was more a vir-- tue than a vice ; for it brought upon him the charge of irreligion , and encouraged others to be irreligious . In proportion ...
Jonathan Swift. 1 carried it to such an excess , that it is not easy to determine , whether it was more a vir-- tue than a vice ; for it brought upon him the charge of irreligion , and encouraged others to be irreligious . In proportion ...
Page xlvii
... easy for him to be frugal ; but he was also naturally high- spirited ; and therefore , as wealth is the pledge of independence , it is not strange his fruga- lity should verge to excess . However , as he acted upon Christian principles ...
... easy for him to be frugal ; but he was also naturally high- spirited ; and therefore , as wealth is the pledge of independence , it is not strange his fruga- lity should verge to excess . However , as he acted upon Christian principles ...
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