The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin: Including the Whole of His Posthumous Pieces, Letters, &c, Volume 11C. Elliot, 1784 |
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... adminiftration , upon that invincible reason of having been in fome de- gree of truft and confidence with the former I have not found the tranfition very difficult in- to ; . to a private life , for which I am better.
... adminiftration , upon that invincible reason of having been in fome de- gree of truft and confidence with the former I have not found the tranfition very difficult in- to ; . to a private life , for which I am better.
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... reason to believe , he began to be fen- fible . But he was fond of mixing pleasure and bufinefs , and of being efteemed excellent at both ; upon which account he had a great respect for the characters of Alcibiades and Petronius ...
... reason to believe , he began to be fen- fible . But he was fond of mixing pleasure and bufinefs , and of being efteemed excellent at both ; upon which account he had a great respect for the characters of Alcibiades and Petronius ...
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... reasons , too great an inequality in the balance . When the parliament met , they foon began to difcover more zeal than the Queen expected or defired : She had entertained the notion of form- ing a moderate or comprehenfive scheme ...
... reasons , too great an inequality in the balance . When the parliament met , they foon began to difcover more zeal than the Queen expected or defired : She had entertained the notion of form- ing a moderate or comprehenfive scheme ...
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... reason , and univer- fal applaufe . When the feffion was over , the Queen thought fit to give him a title ; and , that he might not lofe his rank , created him Vif- D 2 count . count . There had been an Earldom in his name ( 39 )
... reason , and univer- fal applaufe . When the feffion was over , the Queen thought fit to give him a title ; and , that he might not lofe his rank , created him Vif- D 2 count . count . There had been an Earldom in his name ( 39 )
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... reason , or at least give a countenance for that fudden and univerfal fweep they thought fit to make on their firft appearance ; whereas they might as well have fpared that ceremony , by a fhort recourfe to the royal prerogative , which ...
... reason , or at least give a countenance for that fudden and univerfal fweep they thought fit to make on their firft appearance ; whereas they might as well have fpared that ceremony , by a fhort recourfe to the royal prerogative , which ...
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Page 328 - Never was any of her sex born with better gifts of the mind, or who more improved them by reading and conversation. Yet her memory was not of the best, and was impaired in the latter years of her life. But I cannot call to mind that I ever once heard her make a wrong judgment of persons, books, or affairs. Her advice was always the best, and with the greatest freedom, mixed with the greatest decency. She had a gracefulness, somewhat more than human, in every motion, word, and action.
Page 201 - As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
Page 173 - I confess myself to be touched with a very sensible pleasure, when I hear of a mortality in any country parish or village, where the wretches are forced, to pay for a filthy cabin, and two ridges of potatoes, treble the worth; brought up to steal or beg, for want of work; to whom death would be the best thing to be wished for, on account both of themselves and the public*.
Page 94 - Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
Page 327 - She was sickly from her childhood until about the age of fifteen, but then grew into perfect health, and was looked upon as one of the most beautiful, graceful, and agreeable young women in London, only a little too fat. Her hair was blacker than a raven, and every feature of her face in perfection.
Page 175 - And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel ? God forbid : as the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground ; for he hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not.
Page 330 - This is the night of the funeral, which my sickness will not suffer me to attend. It is now nine at night ; and I am removed into another apartment, that I may not see the light in the church, which is just over against the window of my bed-chamber.
Page 263 - I am not answerable to God for the doubts that arise in my own breast, since they are the consequence of that reason which he hath planted in me, if I take care to conceal those doubts from others, if I use my best endeavours to subdue them, and if they have no influence on the conduct of my life.
Page 349 - When she was extremely ill, her physician said, 'Madam, you are near the bottom of the hill, but we will endeavour to get you up again.
Page 326 - Surrey, on the thirteenth day of March, in the year 1681. Her father was a younger brother of a good family in Nottinghamshire, her mother of a lower degree ; and indeed she had little to boast of her birth.