The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ...G. Hamilton, J. Balfour, & L. Hunter, 1757 - 2984 pages |
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Page xv
... mind with pleafing images , and for a while fufpend the fense of his condition The facrifice of the future to : the prefent , whether it be a folly or a fault , is feldom unpunished ; and Swift foon found himself in the fitua- tion of a ...
... mind with pleafing images , and for a while fufpend the fense of his condition The facrifice of the future to : the prefent , whether it be a folly or a fault , is feldom unpunished ; and Swift foon found himself in the fitua- tion of a ...
Page xxv
... mind , he ufed frequently to declare ; he hoped , he faid , that , by diligent and conftant application , he fhould fo far excel , that the fexton might fometimes be asked on a Sunday morning , Pray , does the Doctor " preach to - day ...
... mind , he ufed frequently to declare ; he hoped , he faid , that , by diligent and conftant application , he fhould fo far excel , that the fexton might fometimes be asked on a Sunday morning , Pray , does the Doctor " preach to - day ...
Page xxvii
... mind in thofe happy years of ductility , when the foul is apt to re- ceive all the finest impreffions ; which , like feed thrown upon rich and fertile foil , might have prejudiced her inclinations to have a tenderness for him . D. S. p ...
... mind in thofe happy years of ductility , when the foul is apt to re- ceive all the finest impreffions ; which , like feed thrown upon rich and fertile foil , might have prejudiced her inclinations to have a tenderness for him . D. S. p ...
Page xxviii
... mind , which infpires , like the demon of So- crates , courage and refolution into the fouls of the innocent , com- forted and fupported the religious and virtuous Mrs Johnson , under all the bitterness and preffures of her restraint ...
... mind , which infpires , like the demon of So- crates , courage and refolution into the fouls of the innocent , com- forted and fupported the religious and virtuous Mrs Johnson , under all the bitterness and preffures of her restraint ...
Page xxxvi
... mind , whofe perpetual aim was a fettlement in England , a dignity in any other kingdom must ap pear ( as perhaps it was defigned ) only an honourable and profit- able banishment . O. let . 4 . * The Earl of Oxford had a real friendship ...
... mind , whofe perpetual aim was a fettlement in England , a dignity in any other kingdom must ap pear ( as perhaps it was defigned ) only an honourable and profit- able banishment . O. let . 4 . * The Earl of Oxford had a real friendship ...
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