The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ...G. Hamilton, J. Balfour, & L. Hunter, 1757 - 2984 pages |
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... In this inftance the Dean exercifed his pride , his forti- tude , and his equity , in a manner peculiar to himself ; and tho ' there are many who would equally have re- warded fuch fidelity , there are few who would have ventured to ...
... In this inftance the Dean exercifed his pride , his forti- tude , and his equity , in a manner peculiar to himself ; and tho ' there are many who would equally have re- warded fuch fidelity , there are few who would have ventured to ...
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... in this inftance , as in every other , the Dean's intention was upright , tho ' his judgment might be erroneous ; and , whatever cenfure his behaviour to Stella may draw upon him , it muft infure him fome praise , and fecure him against ...
... in this inftance , as in every other , the Dean's intention was upright , tho ' his judgment might be erroneous ; and , whatever cenfure his behaviour to Stella may draw upon him , it muft infure him fome praise , and fecure him against ...
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... in a letter to Lord Ox- ford , he fays , " Since women have been left out of all meetings , except parties at play , or where worfe de- figns are carried on , our conversation has very much degenerated + . " And in this inftance , his ...
... in a letter to Lord Ox- ford , he fays , " Since women have been left out of all meetings , except parties at play , or where worfe de- figns are carried on , our conversation has very much degenerated + . " And in this inftance , his ...
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... in mufic , and fo was not able to entertain his company with a song , to which fome men of great dignity , and great parts , have condefcend- ed ; but his power of ridicule extended even to mufic , of which he gave an inftance too ...
... in mufic , and fo was not able to entertain his company with a song , to which fome men of great dignity , and great parts , have condefcend- ed ; but his power of ridicule extended even to mufic , of which he gave an inftance too ...
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... inftance of this has already been given , in his folemn addrefs to his clerk from the pulpit by the name of Roger , [ above . p . xxvi . ] ; but there are others which are lefs excufable . Soon after he was made Dean of St Patrick's ...
... inftance of this has already been given , in his folemn addrefs to his clerk from the pulpit by the name of Roger , [ above . p . xxvi . ] ; but there are others which are lefs excufable . Soon after he was made Dean of St Patrick's ...
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