The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ...G. Hamilton, J. Balfour, & L. Hunter, 1757 - 2984 pages |
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Page vii
... confider- able , in her own hands . She is faid to have been ex- tremely capricious and ill - natured , and to have difin- herited her fon Thomas , an only child , merely for rob- bing an orchard when he was a boy . But however this be ...
... confider- able , in her own hands . She is faid to have been ex- tremely capricious and ill - natured , and to have difin- herited her fon Thomas , an only child , merely for rob- bing an orchard when he was a boy . But however this be ...
Page xxviii
... confider of it . And the next morning , contrary to expectation , he agreed to the terms . Swift , never at a lofs for fome uncommon flight of imagination , Infifted further , that he fhould live in Dublin , and keep a coach for his ...
... confider of it . And the next morning , contrary to expectation , he agreed to the terms . Swift , never at a lofs for fome uncommon flight of imagination , Infifted further , that he fhould live in Dublin , and keep a coach for his ...
Page liii
... confider- ing its certainty or importance , This time feldom hap- pens in the chearful fimplicity of infancy , or in the first impatience of youth , when the world is all before us , " Bfo po ,, 931 1 .476 332 when We are now no longer ...
... confider- ing its certainty or importance , This time feldom hap- pens in the chearful fimplicity of infancy , or in the first impatience of youth , when the world is all before us , " Bfo po ,, 931 1 .476 332 when We are now no longer ...
Page liv
... confider the ground before us , and then perceive that at the end of the course are clouds and darkness ; that the grave will foon intercept our pursuit of temporal felicity ; and that , if we cannot ftretch to the goal that is beyond ...
... confider the ground before us , and then perceive that at the end of the course are clouds and darkness ; that the grave will foon intercept our pursuit of temporal felicity ; and that , if we cannot ftretch to the goal that is beyond ...
Page lxxxvii
... confider his fervants as poor flaves , to whofe fervice he had a right , in confi- deration merely of his money , and owed them no reci- procal obligation . He had a fervant whom he ufed to call Saunders , that lived long with him , and ...
... confider his fervants as poor flaves , to whofe fervice he had a right , in confi- deration merely of his money , and owed them no reci- procal obligation . He had a fervant whom he ufed to call Saunders , that lived long with him , and ...
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