The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ...G. Hamilton, J. Balfour, & L. Hunter, 1757 - 2984 pages |
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... fenfe and penetration , his public fpirit , and his charities , emi- nent and estimable in a very high degree : by his pecu- liar and amazing genius for wit and ridicule , the wonder of the age in which he lived ; by his caprices and ...
... fenfe and penetration , his public fpirit , and his charities , emi- nent and estimable in a very high degree : by his pecu- liar and amazing genius for wit and ridicule , the wonder of the age in which he lived ; by his caprices and ...
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... fenfe of truth or honour , he said not a word to the King . + What then was to be done ? Honour , or , to use a properer word , pride hindered him from staying long in a state of servility and contempt . Orrery , let . 3 . Here was ...
... fenfe of truth or honour , he said not a word to the King . + What then was to be done ? Honour , or , to use a properer word , pride hindered him from staying long in a state of servility and contempt . Orrery , let . 3 . Here was ...
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... fenfe of his mortality , and feels the force of a truth to which he has confented merely from cuftom , without confider- ing its certainty or importance , This time feldom hap- pens in the chearful fimplicity of infancy , or in the ...
... fenfe of his mortality , and feels the force of a truth to which he has confented merely from cuftom , without confider- ing its certainty or importance , This time feldom hap- pens in the chearful fimplicity of infancy , or in the ...
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... fenfe , and much hot mour . He was married to a woman of great sprightli nefs , good - nature , and generofity ; remarkably cleanly and elegant in her perfon , in her house , and at her ta- ble . But there is another particular in Mr ...
... fenfe , and much hot mour . He was married to a woman of great sprightli nefs , good - nature , and generofity ; remarkably cleanly and elegant in her perfon , in her house , and at her ta- ble . But there is another particular in Mr ...
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... fenfe , to aggravate folly into vice , and diftrefs into infamy , have not much exalted their own character , or ftrengthened their claim to the candour of others . If Vaneffa , by her fondness for the gaieties of life , encou- raged by ...
... fenfe , to aggravate folly into vice , and diftrefs into infamy , have not much exalted their own character , or ftrengthened their claim to the candour of others . If Vaneffa , by her fondness for the gaieties of life , encou- raged by ...
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