The Life of the Rev. Dr. Jonathan Swift ...J.F. and C. Rivington, 1787 - 488 pages |
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... feems to have under- taken this task , rather from the neceflity he was under of taking fome notice of him in the course of his Biographical History of the English Poets , than from choice . He has prefented us only with a fhort ...
... feems to have under- taken this task , rather from the neceflity he was under of taking fome notice of him in the course of his Biographical History of the English Poets , than from choice . He has prefented us only with a fhort ...
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... feems to have been chiefly induced , from the great honour and refpect which he had for his excellent Lady : whofe virtues he has celebrated in fo masterly a manner , in the Introduc tion to the Project for the Advancement of Religion ...
... feems to have been chiefly induced , from the great honour and refpect which he had for his excellent Lady : whofe virtues he has celebrated in fo masterly a manner , in the Introduc tion to the Project for the Advancement of Religion ...
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... feems to have been under the dominion of a still more powerful paffion , that of ambition : a paffion which , from his boyish days , had taken ftrong hold of his mind ... feems feems to have been written ; and indeed , from 32 THE LIFE OF.
... feems to have been under the dominion of a still more powerful paffion , that of ambition : a paffion which , from his boyish days , had taken ftrong hold of his mind ... feems feems to have been written ; and indeed , from 32 THE LIFE OF.
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Thomas Sheridan. feems to have been written ; and indeed , from the fpi- rit of the piece itself , we may fee that Swift was indu- ced to write it from other motives than fuch as were private and perfonal . As no one understood the Eng ...
Thomas Sheridan. feems to have been written ; and indeed , from the fpi- rit of the piece itself , we may fee that Swift was indu- ced to write it from other motives than fuch as were private and perfonal . As no one understood the Eng ...
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... feems to have taken ftrong poffef- fion of Swift , and not to have quitted him for fome time , as we find he mentions it in a letter to Colonel Hunter , in the beginning of the following year . However , if this defign failed , he was ...
... feems to have taken ftrong poffef- fion of Swift , and not to have quitted him for fome time , as we find he mentions it in a letter to Colonel Hunter , in the beginning of the following year . However , if this defign failed , he was ...
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Page 170 - I took Parnell this morning, and we walked to see poor Harrison. I had the hundred pounds in my pocket. I told Parnell I was afraid to knock at the door; my mind misgave me. I knocked, and his man in tears told me his master was dead an hour before.
Page 451 - No, we" had rather talk with you than drink with you.' ' But, if you had supped with me, as in all reason you ought to have done, you must then have drunk with me.
Page 42 - than I can say ; I never remember any weather that was not too hot, or too cold ; too wet, or too dry ; but, however God Almighty contrives it, at the end of the year 'tis all very well.
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Page 319 - 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.
Page 245 - tis his will : Let but the commons hear this testament, (Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read) And they would go and kiss dead Caesar's wounds, And dip their napkins in his sacred blood ; Yea, beg a hair of him for memory, And, dying, mention it within their wills, Bequeathing it, as a rich legacy, Unto their issue.
Page 465 - ... conclude — No man ever deserved better of any country, than Swift did of his ; a steady, persevering, inflexible friend ; a wise, a watchful, and a faithful counsellor, under many severe trials and bitter persecutions, to the manifest hazard both of his liberty and fortune. " He lived a blessing, he died a benefactor, and his name will ever live an honour, to Ireland.
Page 187 - I am not fuffered to run quietly among the common herd of people, whofe opinions unfortunately differ from thofe which lead to Favour and Preferment. I ought to let you know, that the Thing we called...
Page 37 - I should think, that in order to preserve the constitution entire in church and state, whoever has a true value for both, would be sure to avoid the extremes of whig, for the sake of the former; and the extremes of tory, on account of the latter.