The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ...G. Hamilton, J. Balfour, & L. Hunter, 1757 - 2984 pages |
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Page xxxix
... affected it ; and it was not only his opi- d 2 nion , * Swift , conscious of his great abilities , and that he was not obliged to the miniftry , for any the leaft favour , how much foe- ver they had been obliged to him for his care and ...
... affected it ; and it was not only his opi- d 2 nion , * Swift , conscious of his great abilities , and that he was not obliged to the miniftry , for any the leaft favour , how much foe- ver they had been obliged to him for his care and ...
Page xliii
... affected rather to dictate than advife . He was . elated with the appearance of enjoying ministerial confidence . He enjoyed the fhadow : the fubftance was detained from him . He was employed , not trufted ; and at the fame time that he ...
... affected rather to dictate than advife . He was . elated with the appearance of enjoying ministerial confidence . He enjoyed the fhadow : the fubftance was detained from him . He was employed , not trufted ; and at the fame time that he ...
Page li
... affected to believe her in jeft , then to have rallied her on fo whimfical a choice , and at laft to have put her off without an abfolute refufal ; perhaps , partly , because he was unwilling to give her pain , and partly , because he ...
... affected to believe her in jeft , then to have rallied her on fo whimfical a choice , and at laft to have put her off without an abfolute refufal ; perhaps , partly , because he was unwilling to give her pain , and partly , because he ...
Page lxxviii
... affected to call themselves brother Proteftants , and fellow Chri , ftians , with the members of the established church . Up- on this occafion the Dean wrote a fhort copy of verfes [ vol . 7. p . 29.1 , in which there is a paffage that ...
... affected to call themselves brother Proteftants , and fellow Chri , ftians , with the members of the established church . Up- on this occafion the Dean wrote a fhort copy of verfes [ vol . 7. p . 29.1 , in which there is a paffage that ...
Page lxxxiii
... affected to defpife , but those that were without it ; and his converfation would have furnished a more excellent compendium of this species of wit , than was ever yet compiled , or perhaps ever will . Some of these fallies of his ...
... affected to defpife , but those that were without it ; and his converfation would have furnished a more excellent compendium of this species of wit , than was ever yet compiled , or perhaps ever will . Some of these fallies of his ...
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