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 fome 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 fome additional gaiety upon a fuit of cloaths . D. S. p ...
Page lvii
... hath condemned " me ; and stupidity was what I had recourfe to * [ volvr4 . p . 33. ] Ir has been fuggefted , that the acquaintance he fell into with men of learning , made it neceffary for him about this time to review his Greek and ...
... hath condemned " me ; and stupidity was what I had recourfe to * [ volvr4 . p . 33. ] Ir has been fuggefted , that the acquaintance he fell into with men of learning , made it neceffary for him about this time to review his Greek and ...
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 fevere . 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 fevere . The pla- cid frequently had the fuperiority in his ...
Page cxvii
... hath never been equalled by any other writer . The truth of this as- 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 most ...
... hath never been equalled by any other writer . The truth of this as- 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 most ...
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 perfon † , who upon fome occafions hath discovered no ill vein of humour . " Tis a pity any occafion ...
... 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 perfon † , who upon fome occafions hath discovered no ill vein of humour . " Tis a pity any occafion ...
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