The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ...G. Hamilton, J. Balfour, & L. Hunter, 1757 - 2984 pages |
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Page xxiii
... fhall not prefume to determine . However , it is by no means improbable , that Swift's prodigious talents , which appear throughout his whole life to have been dreaded by all his contemporaries , not excepting even thole minifters , who ...
... fhall not prefume to determine . However , it is by no means improbable , that Swift's prodigious talents , which appear throughout his whole life to have been dreaded by all his contemporaries , not excepting even thole minifters , who ...
Page lxxx
... fhall never fee you again . ' In this manner he would fre- quently express the defire he had to get rid of the world , after a day spent in chearfulness , without any provocation from anger , melancholy , or difappointment . D. S. p ...
... fhall never fee you again . ' In this manner he would fre- quently express the defire he had to get rid of the world , after a day spent in chearfulness , without any provocation from anger , melancholy , or difappointment . D. S. p ...
Page lxxxvi
... fhall hear it fill , " and immediately he fung out fo lively , and yet fo ridi- culous an imitation of it , that all the company were kept in continual laughter till it was over , except one old gentleman , who fat with great compofure ...
... fhall hear it fill , " and immediately he fung out fo lively , and yet fo ridi- culous an imitation of it , that all the company were kept in continual laughter till it was over , except one old gentleman , who fat with great compofure ...
Page xcii
... fhall I fly , from thy prefence ? " To jail , you dog you , to jail , " faid the Doctor , in a voice loud e- nough to be heard by many that were about him . But the next morning he forgave the poor finner , on his promise of amend ...
... fhall I fly , from thy prefence ? " To jail , you dog you , to jail , " faid the Doctor , in a voice loud e- nough to be heard by many that were about him . But the next morning he forgave the poor finner , on his promise of amend ...
Page xcix
... fhall however remark fome few particulars , without venturing to attempt the delineation of a character , which hath entirely baffled all endeavours hitherto made , either by friends or ene- mies . SWIFT's natural temper feems to have ...
... fhall however remark fome few particulars , without venturing to attempt the delineation of a character , which hath entirely baffled all endeavours hitherto made , either by friends or ene- mies . SWIFT's natural temper feems to have ...
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