The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ...G. Hamilton, J. Balfour, & L. Hunter, 1757 - 2984 pages |
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Page v
... kind . His character and manners , fingular in every respect , awakened general curiofity . By his good fenfe and penetration , his public fpirit , and his charities , emi- nent and estimable in a very high degree : by his pecu- liar ...
... kind . His character and manners , fingular in every respect , awakened general curiofity . By his good fenfe and penetration , his public fpirit , and his charities , emi- nent and estimable in a very high degree : by his pecu- liar ...
Page xi
... kind of lethargy , or dotage , which deprived him by degrees of his fpeech and memory , and rendered him totally incapable of being of the leaft fervice to his family and friends . But , in the hidft of this diftrefsful fituation , as ...
... kind of lethargy , or dotage , which deprived him by degrees of his fpeech and memory , and rendered him totally incapable of being of the leaft fervice to his family and friends . But , in the hidft of this diftrefsful fituation , as ...
Page xv
... kind of difho- nourable degree ; and the record of it , notwithstanding Dr Swift's prefent established character throughout the learned world , muft for ever remain against him in the academical register at Dublin + . BUT upon Swift ...
... kind of difho- nourable degree ; and the record of it , notwithstanding Dr Swift's prefent established character throughout the learned world , muft for ever remain against him in the academical register at Dublin + . BUT upon Swift ...
Page xx
... kind- nefs , that during the remainder of his life , which was about four years , his behaviour was fuch as produced the utmost harmony between them . Swift , as a tefti- mony of his friendship and esteem , wrote the battle of the books ...
... kind- nefs , that during the remainder of his life , which was about four years , his behaviour was fuch as produced the utmost harmony between them . Swift , as a tefti- mony of his friendship and esteem , wrote the battle of the books ...
Page xxi
... kind of chaff , which the breath of a minister bloweth , and scattereth away from the face of a court . Swift's petition had no effect . It was either totally for- gotten , or drowned amidst the clamours of more urgent claims . From ...
... kind of chaff , which the breath of a minister bloweth , and scattereth away from the face of a court . Swift's petition had no effect . It was either totally for- gotten , or drowned amidst the clamours of more urgent claims . From ...
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