The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ...G. Hamilton, J. Balfour, & L. Hunter, 1757 - 2984 pages |
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Page xxxix
... pass under the foft and gentle appellation of wit and humour . " I dined to - day " ( faith he ) " with Mr Secretary St John . I went to the court of requests at .. " noon , and sent Mr Harley into the house to call the Secretary , to ...
... pass under the foft and gentle appellation of wit and humour . " I dined to - day " ( faith he ) " with Mr Secretary St John . I went to the court of requests at .. " noon , and sent Mr Harley into the house to call the Secretary , to ...
Page lxxi
... pass the winter either near Salisbury - plain , or in France . That he might not be interrupted by company , and condemned to the torment of fuppreffing his forrow , to preserve the rules of good - breeding , he quitted the house of Mr ...
... pass the winter either near Salisbury - plain , or in France . That he might not be interrupted by company , and condemned to the torment of fuppreffing his forrow , to preserve the rules of good - breeding , he quitted the house of Mr ...
Page lxxv
... pass " the evening with me . " He complains also about the same time , in a letter to Mr Pope , that he was in danger of dying poor and friendless , even his female friends hav- ing forsaken him ; which , as he fays , was what vexed him ...
... pass " the evening with me . " He complains also about the same time , in a letter to Mr Pope , that he was in danger of dying poor and friendless , even his female friends hav- ing forsaken him ; which , as he fays , was what vexed him ...
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... pass . " SWIFT's spirit was formed with a strong reluctance to fubmiffion of any kind ; and particularly he paid no re- gard to the monitions of his friends and phyficians , who had , had frequently admonished him of his over - exercise ...
... pass . " SWIFT's spirit was formed with a strong reluctance to fubmiffion of any kind ; and particularly he paid no re- gard to the monitions of his friends and phyficians , who had , had frequently admonished him of his over - exercise ...
Page cxxv
... pass they have fuch a perpetual itch towards it them- selves ? To instance only in the answerer already mention- ed ; it is grievous to fee him , in fome of his writings , at every turn going out of his way to be waggish , to tell us of ...
... pass they have fuch a perpetual itch towards it them- selves ? To instance only in the answerer already mention- ed ; it is grievous to fee him , in fome of his writings , at every turn going out of his way to be waggish , to tell us of ...
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Page lxxxv - Soon after he again endeavoured, with a good deal of pain, to find words; but at last, after many efforts, not being able, he fetched a deep sigh, and was afterwards silent.