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 xviii
... turn to dispose of it , Swift , in- ftead of receiving it as an atonement for his late ufage , was put off with the livings of Laracor and Rathbegging , in the diocese of Meath , which together did not amount to half its value . He went ...
... turn to dispose of it , Swift , in- ftead of receiving it as an atonement for his late ufage , was put off with the livings of Laracor and Rathbegging , in the diocese of Meath , which together did not amount to half its value . He went ...
Page xxxiv
... turn con- fented , and fuffered her to difpofe entirely of her own fortune , by her own name , to a public charity , when fhe died . From the death of Stella his life became much retired , and the aufterity of his tem- per increased ...
... turn con- fented , and fuffered her to difpofe entirely of her own fortune , by her own name , to a public charity , when fhe died . From the death of Stella his life became much retired , and the aufterity of his tem- per increased ...
Page xli
... turns of wit of a higher kind . The Dean also greatly excelled in telling a ftory , his fentences were- fhort and perfpicuous , his obfervations pier-- cing ; and though in the latter part of his life he was very apt to tell his ftories ...
... turns of wit of a higher kind . The Dean also greatly excelled in telling a ftory , his fentences were- fhort and perfpicuous , his obfervations pier-- cing ; and though in the latter part of his life he was very apt to tell his ftories ...
Page xlii
... " has a fcullion that does her drudgery , and " one part of the business of my groom " and footman , is conftantly to clean her fhoes by turns " if they fcrupled this , the the treaty was at an end ; if not , xlii The LIFE of.
... " has a fcullion that does her drudgery , and " one part of the business of my groom " and footman , is conftantly to clean her fhoes by turns " if they fcrupled this , the the treaty was at an end ; if not , xlii The LIFE of.
Page li
... turning his cye on the looking - glafs , he efpied the butler opening a bottle of ale ; and helping himfelf to the firit glafs , he very kindly jumbled the reft together , that his master and guests might all fare alike . " Ha ! friend ...
... turning his cye on the looking - glafs , he efpied the butler opening a bottle of ale ; and helping himfelf to the firit glafs , he very kindly jumbled the reft together , that his master and guests might all fare alike . " Ha ! friend ...
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