The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ...G. Hamilton, J. Balfour, & L. Hunter, 1757 - 2984 pages |
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Page ix
... honour of her lineage , her for- tune was small ; and about two years after her marriage , fhe was left a widow with one child , a daughter , and pregnant with another ; having no means of fubfiftence but an annuity of 20 which her ...
... honour of her lineage , her for- tune was small ; and about two years after her marriage , fhe was left a widow with one child , a daughter , and pregnant with another ; having no means of fubfiftence but an annuity of 20 which her ...
Page xxi
... 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 în a state of fervility and contempt . Orrery , lèt . 3 . Here was another disappointment ...
... 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 în a state of fervility and contempt . Orrery , lèt . 3 . Here was another disappointment ...
Page xxiii
... honour of being ranked among his best friends , had a greater fhare in obftructing . his promotion to the deanery of Derry , than perhaps any filly , tri- fling objections against his youth and sprightlinefs . D. S. p . 114 . * As Swift ...
... honour of being ranked among his best friends , had a greater fhare in obftructing . his promotion to the deanery of Derry , than perhaps any filly , tri- fling objections against his youth and sprightlinefs . D. S. p . 114 . * As Swift ...
Page xxviii
... honour than to promife what he could not perform ; and fo the match was broken off . D. S. p . 87.89 . - See Lord Orrery's account of this lady , and of Dr Swift's correfpondence with her , in vol . 4. p . 291. in the notes , This ...
... honour than to promife what he could not perform ; and fo the match was broken off . D. S. p . 87.89 . - See Lord Orrery's account of this lady , and of Dr Swift's correfpondence with her , in vol . 4. p . 291. in the notes , This ...
Page xxix
... honour of Dr Swift , that when he rofe into the confidence and efteem of thefe great men who fat at the helm of affairs during the last years of Q. Anne's reign , he fearce ever loft himself , or grew giddy by the plenitude of power ...
... honour of Dr Swift , that when he rofe into the confidence and efteem of thefe great men who fat at the helm of affairs during the last years of Q. Anne's reign , he fearce ever loft himself , or grew giddy by the plenitude of power ...
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