The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ...G. Hamilton, J. Balfour, & L. Hunter, 1757 - 2984 pages |
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Page v
... lived ; by his caprices and odd- neffes , reduced to the common level of mankind . A cha- racter of this kind , is more eagerly enquired into , and to the bulk of mankind more interefting than that of philofophers or heroes . HAPPILY ...
... lived ; by his caprices and odd- neffes , reduced to the common level of mankind . A cha- racter of this kind , is more eagerly enquired into , and to the bulk of mankind more interefting than that of philofophers or heroes . HAPPILY ...
Page xi
... lived , he was so far from seriously denying or concealing his being a native of Ireland , that he often mentioned , and even pointed out the house in which he was born . He has also been thought by some to have been a na- tural fon of ...
... lived , he was so far from seriously denying or concealing his being a native of Ireland , that he often mentioned , and even pointed out the house in which he was born . He has also been thought by some to have been a na- tural fon of ...
Page xii
... lived in perfect re- gularity , and obeyed the statutes with the utmost ex- actness . But the morofenefs of his temper often ren- dered him very unacceptable to his companions ; so that he was little regarded , and less beloved : and he ...
... lived in perfect re- gularity , and obeyed the statutes with the utmost ex- actness . But the morofenefs of his temper often ren- dered him very unacceptable to his companions ; so that he was little regarded , and less beloved : and he ...
Page xvi
... lived with Sir William Temple . [ D. S. p . 276. ] ABOUT a year after his return from Ireland , he thought it expedient to take his degree of Mafter of Arts at Ŏx- ford . With this view he appears to have written to his uncle William ...
... lived with Sir William Temple . [ D. S. p . 276. ] ABOUT a year after his return from Ireland , he thought it expedient to take his degree of Mafter of Arts at Ŏx- ford . With this view he appears to have written to his uncle William ...
Page xx
... lived , that he made him give up his living in this country to ftay with him at Moorpark , and promised to get him one in England : but death came in between , and has " left him unprovided both of friend and living . " D. S. p . 66 ...
... lived , that he made him give up his living in this country to ftay with him at Moorpark , and promised to get him one in England : but death came in between , and has " left him unprovided both of friend and living . " D. S. p . 66 ...
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