indignity, or endured by clemency and condefcenfion. Of Swift's general habits of thinking if his Letters can be fuppofed to afford any evidence, he was not a man to be either loved or envied. He feems to have wafted life in difcontent,. by the rage of... The Works of the English Poets: Prefaces - Page 99by Samuel Johnson - 1781Full view - About this book
| Samuel Johnson - 1781 - 602 pages
...that encroaches on another's dignity, puts himfelf in his power ; he is either repelled with helplefs indignity, or endured by clemency and condefcenfion,...neglected pride, and the languifhment of unfatisfied defire. He is querulous and faftidious, arrogant and malignant; he fcarcely fpeaks of himfelf but with... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1783 - 454 pages
...that encroaches on another's dignity, puts himfelf in his power; he is either repelled with helplefs indignity, or endured by clemency and condefcenfion....neglected pride, and the languifhment of unfatisfied defire. He is querulous and faftidious, arrogant and malignant; he fcarcely fpeaks of himfelf but with... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 450 pages
...on another's dignity, puts himfelf in his power; he is either repelled with helplefs indig-r pjty, or endured by clemency and condefcenfion. Of Swift's...Letters can be fuppofed to afford any evidence, he wa$ not * man to be either loved or envied. He feems to have wafted life in difcontent, by the rage... | |
| English poets - 1790 - 332 pages
...that encroaches on another's dignity, puts himfelf in his power; he is either repelled with helplefs indignity, or endured by clemency and condefcenfion....difcontent, by the rage of neglected pride, and the languifhmcnt of unfatisried defire. He is querulous and faftidious, arrogant and malignant ; he fcarcely... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 422 pages
...that encroaches on another's dignity, puts himfelf in his power; he is either repelled with helplefs indignity, or endured by clemency and condefcenfion....neglected pride, and the languifhment of unfatisfied tlefire. He is querulous and faftidious, arrogant and malignant; he fcarcely fpeaks of himfelf but... | |
| 1794 - 954 pages
...either repelled with helplefs indignity, or endured by clemency and eondcfct-nfion. . . * Of Swift"» general habits of thinking, if his letters can be...fuppofed to afford any evidence, he was not a man to he cither loved or envied. He fcems to have wafted life in difcontent, by the läge of ncglcncd pride,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 714 pages
...by clemency and condescension. Of Swift's general habits of thinking, if his Letters can be supposed to afford any evidence, he was not a man to be either loved or envied. He seems to have wasted life in discontent, by the rage of neglected pride, and the languishment of unsatisfied... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 422 pages
...by clemency and condescension. Of Swift's general habits of thinking, if his letters can be supposed to afford any evidence, he was not a man to be either loved or envied. He seems to have wasted life in discontent, by the rage of neglected pride, and the languishment of unsatisfied... | |
| Great Britain - 1804 - 716 pages
...by clemency and condescension. Of Swift's general habits of thinking, if his Letters can be supposed to afford any evidence, he was not a man to be either loved or envied. He seems to have wasted life in discontent, by the ra^e of neglected pride, and the languishment of unsatisfied... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 418 pages
...that encroaches on another's dignity, puts himfelf in his power; he Is either repelled with helplefs indignity, or endured by clemency and condefcenfion....neglected pride, and the languifhment of unfatisfied defire. He is querulous and faftidious, arrogant and malignant; he fcarcely fpeaks of himfelf but with... | |
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