The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ...G. Hamilton, J. Balfour, & L. Hunter, 1757 - 2984 pages |
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Page xxxiv
... tell you " [ faith the Doctor ] a great piece of refinement " in Harley . " [ This was but four days after their firft acquain- tance . ] " He charged me to come to fee him often . 1 told " him I was loth to trouble him in fo much ...
... tell you " [ faith the Doctor ] a great piece of refinement " in Harley . " [ This was but four days after their firft acquain- tance . ] " He charged me to come to fee him often . 1 told " him I was loth to trouble him in fo much ...
Page xxxviii
... tell you one great ftate - fecret . The Queen , fenfible how much fhe was governed by the late ministry , runs a little into the other extreme , and is jealous in that point e- ven of those who got her out of the other's hands . The ...
... tell you one great ftate - fecret . The Queen , fenfible how much fhe was governed by the late ministry , runs a little into the other extreme , and is jealous in that point e- ven of those who got her out of the other's hands . The ...
Page xlvii
... tell him the caufe , but would be glad to fee he was in better ; and warned him never to be- have to him with filent reserve , for that he would not be treated like schoolboy ; and that he had felt too much of that in his life already ...
... tell him the caufe , but would be glad to fee he was in better ; and warned him never to be- have to him with filent reserve , for that he would not be treated like schoolboy ; and that he had felt too much of that in his life already ...
Page lxxx
... tell him , I will anfwer his letter foon ; " I love him above all the rest of mankind . " [ vol . 4. p . 3.1 . He has alfo called Mr Pope , his dearest friend in his will [ vol . 4. p . 339. ] ; and Mr Pope , in a letter which was ...
... tell him , I will anfwer his letter foon ; " I love him above all the rest of mankind . " [ vol . 4. p . 3.1 . He has alfo called Mr Pope , his dearest friend in his will [ vol . 4. p . 339. ] ; and Mr Pope , in a letter which was ...
Page lxxxiii
... telling a story : and tho ' in the latter part of his life he was very apt to tell his ftories too often , yet his wit , as well as his virtue , was always fuperior to the wretched expedients of those despicable babblers , who are ...
... telling a story : and tho ' in the latter part of his life he was very apt to tell his ftories too often , yet his wit , as well as his virtue , was always fuperior to the wretched expedients of those despicable babblers , who are ...
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Page lxxxiv - 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.