The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ...G. Hamilton, J. Balfour, & L. Hunter, 1757 - 2984 pages |
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Page viii
... fame time pulling it off , and prefenting it . The Governor told him plea- fantly , that his coat was worth little . Why then , " faid Swift , " take my waistcoat . " This was foon found to be an ufeful garment by its weight ; and it is ...
... fame time pulling it off , and prefenting it . The Governor told him plea- fantly , that his coat was worth little . Why then , " faid Swift , " take my waistcoat . " This was foon found to be an ufeful garment by its weight ; and it is ...
Page xix
... fame time catch entertainment to himself from every species of understanding ; agreeable to what is faid in that panegyric on the Dean written in the perfon of a lady in the north of Ireland . Whene'er you joke , ' tis all a cafe ...
... fame time catch entertainment to himself from every species of understanding ; agreeable to what is faid in that panegyric on the Dean written in the perfon of a lady in the north of Ireland . Whene'er you joke , ' tis all a cafe ...
Page xxviii
... fame houfe . When Swift was abfent from Laracor , Mrs Johnfon and her friend refided at the parfonage ; when he returned , they removed either to the houfe of Dr Raymond , vicar of Trim , a gentleman of great hofpitality , and Swift's ...
... fame houfe . When Swift was abfent from Laracor , Mrs Johnfon and her friend refided at the parfonage ; when he returned , they removed either to the houfe of Dr Raymond , vicar of Trim , a gentleman of great hofpitality , and Swift's ...
Page xliii
... fame time that he imagin- ed himself a fubtle diver , who dextrously shot down into the pro- foundest regions of politics , he was fuffered only to found the fhallows nearest the shore , and was scarce admitted to defcend be- low the ...
... fame time that he imagin- ed himself a fubtle diver , who dextrously shot down into the pro- foundest regions of politics , he was fuffered only to found the fhallows nearest the shore , and was scarce admitted to defcend be- low the ...
Page xlviii
... fame . WHEN he was desired by Lord Oxford to introduce Dr Parnel to his acquaintance , he refused , upon this principle , that a man of genius was a character fuperior to that of a Lord in a high ftation . He therefore obli- ged his ...
... fame . WHEN he was desired by Lord Oxford to introduce Dr Parnel to his acquaintance , he refused , upon this principle , that a man of genius was a character fuperior to that of a Lord in a high ftation . He therefore obli- ged his ...
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