The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ...G. Hamilton, J. Balfour, & L. Hunter, 1757 - 2984 pages |
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Page xii
... prefent fubfiftence merely from the precarious bounty of an uncle , and having no other object of hope but the continuance of it * , that he could not refift the temptation to neglect many neceffary objects of acade- mic While Swift was ...
... prefent fubfiftence merely from the precarious bounty of an uncle , and having no other object of hope but the continuance of it * , that he could not refift the temptation to neglect many neceffary objects of acade- mic While Swift was ...
Page xv
... prefent , whether it be a folly or a fault , is feldom unpunished ; and Swift foon found himself in the fitua- tion of a man who had burned his bed to warm his hands ; for , at the end of four years , in the 1685 , he was refused his ...
... prefent , whether it be a folly or a fault , is feldom unpunished ; and Swift foon found himself in the fitua- tion of a man who had burned his bed to warm his hands ; for , at the end of four years , in the 1685 , he was refused his ...
Page xxxii
... prefent miniftry have a difficult task , and " want me , & c . According to the best judgment I have , they are ... prefent pofture of things . I " always apprehended that any falling out would ruin them , and " fo I have told them ...
... prefent miniftry have a difficult task , and " want me , & c . According to the best judgment I have , they are ... prefent pofture of things . I " always apprehended that any falling out would ruin them , and " fo I have told them ...
Page xxxiii
... prefent minifters , teafing me to death for my affiftance , lay- ing the whole weight of their affairs upon it ; and flipping oppor " tunities . " [ O. 31. 1711. ] D. S. p . 329 , 30 , 1 . 86 66 + Swift was reprefented to Mr Harley , as ...
... prefent minifters , teafing me to death for my affiftance , lay- ing the whole weight of their affairs upon it ; and flipping oppor " tunities . " [ O. 31. 1711. ] D. S. p . 329 , 30 , 1 . 86 66 + Swift was reprefented to Mr Harley , as ...
Page xxxvii
... prefent of the young Hercules , to the character of Alcides in the poem called Atlas , the Earl being confcious to himself how much the Doctor had fupported the conftitution , the Queen , and the miniftry . But what , I think , fhewed ...
... prefent of the young Hercules , to the character of Alcides in the poem called Atlas , the Earl being confcious to himself how much the Doctor had fupported the conftitution , the Queen , and the miniftry . But what , I think , fhewed ...
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