The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ...G. Hamilton, J. Balfour, & L. Hunter, 1757 - 2984 pages |
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Page xix
... hath often told his friends , that whatever money he faved by this manner of travelling , he conftantly threw it away , as foon as he went to London , upon a fine waistcoat , or some additional gaiety upon a fuit of cloaths , D. S. p ...
... hath often told his friends , that whatever money he faved by this manner of travelling , he conftantly threw it away , as foon as he went to London , upon a fine waistcoat , or some additional gaiety upon a fuit of cloaths , D. S. p ...
Page lvii
... hath condemned " me ; and stupidity was what I had recourse to * " [ volv 4. p . 33. ] 1 " Ir has been fuggested , that the acquaintance he fell into with men of learning , made it neceffary for him about this time to review his Greek ...
... hath condemned " me ; and stupidity was what I had recourse to * " [ volv 4. p . 33. ] 1 " Ir has been fuggested , that the acquaintance he fell into with men of learning , made it neceffary for him about this time to review his Greek ...
Page xcix
... hath entirely baffled all endeavours hitherto made , either by friends or ene- mies . SWIFT's natural temper feems to have been a miracu- lous compound of the placid and the severe . The pla- cid frequently had the fuperiority in his ...
... hath entirely baffled all endeavours hitherto made , either by friends or ene- mies . SWIFT's natural temper feems to have been a miracu- lous compound of the placid and the severe . The pla- cid frequently had the fuperiority in his ...
Page cxvii
... hath never been equalled by any other writer . The truth of this af fertion will more evidently appear , by comparing him . with fome of the authors of his own time . Of these Dr Tillotfon and Mr Addifon are to be numbered among the ...
... hath never been equalled by any other writer . The truth of this af fertion will more evidently appear , by comparing him . with fome of the authors of his own time . Of these Dr Tillotfon and Mr Addifon are to be numbered among the ...
Page cxxiii
... hath feen the productions but of two anfwerers , one of which at first appeared as from an un- known hand , but fince avowed by a perfont , who upon fome occafions hath discovered no ill vein of humour . " Tis a pity any occafion fhould ...
... hath feen the productions but of two anfwerers , one of which at first appeared as from an un- known hand , but fince avowed by a perfont , who upon fome occafions hath discovered no ill vein of humour . " Tis a pity any occafion fhould ...
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