The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ...G. Hamilton, J. Balfour, & L. Hunter, 1757 - 2984 pages |
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Page xvi
... feems to be intimated in Swift's let- ter to him , [ in vol . 4. p . 197. ] after he had received it : " I am fill , " fays he , 66 to thank you for your care in my teftimonium ; and it was to very good purpose , for I was never more ...
... feems to be intimated in Swift's let- ter to him , [ in vol . 4. p . 197. ] after he had received it : " I am fill , " fays he , 66 to thank you for your care in my teftimonium ; and it was to very good purpose , for I was never more ...
Page xxxvi
... feems to have enjoyed his diftinction , only in proportion as it was participated with Stella ; for amidst all the bu- finefs , and all the honours that crouded upon him , he wrote every day an account of whatever occurred , and fent ...
... feems to have enjoyed his diftinction , only in proportion as it was participated with Stella ; for amidst all the bu- finefs , and all the honours that crouded upon him , he wrote every day an account of whatever occurred , and fent ...
Page li
... feems to have been at once to compliment and to rally her ; to apologize for his conduct , and foften a tacit denial , by leaving the event undetermined . THIS poem appears to have been written about the year 1713 , a fhort time before ...
... feems to have been at once to compliment and to rally her ; to apologize for his conduct , and foften a tacit denial , by leaving the event undetermined . THIS poem appears to have been written about the year 1713 , a fhort time before ...
Page liii
... feems probable , that these ac- counts , however contradictory , may both be true ; and that Swift at this time might be the Sacheverel of Ire- land , followed by the mob of one faction with execra- tions , and by the other with shouts ...
... feems probable , that these ac- counts , however contradictory , may both be true ; and that Swift at this time might be the Sacheverel of Ire- land , followed by the mob of one faction with execra- tions , and by the other with shouts ...
Page lvii
... feems to have had no heart to apply himself to study of any kind , but to have refigned himself wholly to fuch amusements as of fered , that he might not think of his fituation , the mif fortune of his friends , and the disappointment ...
... feems to have had no heart to apply himself to study of any kind , but to have refigned himself wholly to fuch amusements as of fered , that he might not think of his fituation , the mif fortune of his friends , and the disappointment ...
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