The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ...G. Hamilton, J. Balfour, & L. Hunter, 1757 - 2984 pages |
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Page xxxvii
... between the " Whigs on one fide , and violent Tories on the other . They are " able fea - men ; but the tempeft is too great , the ship too is rotten , " and 66 get off five or fix heads * . " THE LIFE OF DR xxxvii SWIFT .
... between the " Whigs on one fide , and violent Tories on the other . They are " able fea - men ; but the tempeft is too great , the ship too is rotten , " and 66 get off five or fix heads * . " THE LIFE OF DR xxxvii SWIFT .
Page xxxviii
Jonathan Swift. 66 get off five or fix heads * . " Let . to S. Feb. 18. 1710 . [ D. S. p . 319. 320. ] BUT , if Swift thought this party too precipitant , it is certain he thought Lord Oxford too flow ; and he once told him so in a ...
Jonathan Swift. 66 get off five or fix heads * . " Let . to S. Feb. 18. 1710 . [ D. S. p . 319. 320. ] BUT , if Swift thought this party too precipitant , it is certain he thought Lord Oxford too flow ; and he once told him so in a ...
Page xli
... head , and I fhould only be hanged , " and fo carry my body entire to the grave . ' [ Dec. 8 - And fhortly after talking of thefe affairs , " Here are " ( faith the Doctor ) " the first steps towards the ruin of an excellent miniftry ...
... head , and I fhould only be hanged , " and fo carry my body entire to the grave . ' [ Dec. 8 - And fhortly after talking of thefe affairs , " Here are " ( faith the Doctor ) " the first steps towards the ruin of an excellent miniftry ...
Page xlvii
... head , and I thought no subject's favour was " worth it . I told him , that I defigned to let my Lord Keeper and Mr Harley know the fame thing , " that they may ufe me accordingly . " 66 THE Secretary received the reproof like a friend ...
... head , and I thought no subject's favour was " worth it . I told him , that I defigned to let my Lord Keeper and Mr Harley know the fame thing , " that they may ufe me accordingly . " 66 THE Secretary received the reproof like a friend ...
Page lii
... heads and hearts elated by affluence , and unre ftrained by forefight or difcretion , the widow Vanhomrigh and.ber two daughters quitted the luxurious foil of their nat native country , for the more elegant pleafures of the English ...
... heads and hearts elated by affluence , and unre ftrained by forefight or difcretion , the widow Vanhomrigh and.ber two daughters quitted the luxurious foil of their nat native country , for the more elegant pleafures of the English ...
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