The Life of the Rev. Dr. Jonathan Swift ...J.F. and C. Rivington, 1787 - 488 pages |
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... knew him well , in two words , fummed up his character in this respect , by faying , that Swift was a bypocrite reverfed . In fhort , he always appeared to the world in a mafk , which he never took off but in the company of his moft ...
... knew him well , in two words , fummed up his character in this respect , by faying , that Swift was a bypocrite reverfed . In fhort , he always appeared to the world in a mafk , which he never took off but in the company of his moft ...
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... knew that fatyr was likely to procure a rapid fale to the book , than panegyrick . All regard therefore to truth , justice , honour , and humanity , was to be facrificed , when- they came in competition with this great end . The event ...
... knew that fatyr was likely to procure a rapid fale to the book , than panegyrick . All regard therefore to truth , justice , honour , and humanity , was to be facrificed , when- they came in competition with this great end . The event ...
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... knew the inflexibility of his temper , had not stepped in , and obtained it for him ; though in a man- ner little to his credit , as it was inferted in the Col- lege Registry , that he obtained it fpeciali gratia , by fpecial favour ...
... knew the inflexibility of his temper , had not stepped in , and obtained it for him ; though in a man- ner little to his credit , as it was inferted in the Col- lege Registry , that he obtained it fpeciali gratia , by fpecial favour ...
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... knew alfo that a coufin German of her fon's , the Revd . Thomas Swift , had been Chaplain to Sir William Temple , and had been provided for by him in the Church , on the score of family connections . She recommended it therefore to her ...
... knew alfo that a coufin German of her fon's , the Revd . Thomas Swift , had been Chaplain to Sir William Temple , and had been provided for by him in the Church , on the score of family connections . She recommended it therefore to her ...
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... knew any thing of the value of his young guest , till about this time ; and Swift himself fays that it was then he began to grow into fome confidence with him . The little progrefs Swift had made in learning at his firft arrival at ...
... knew any thing of the value of his young guest , till about this time ; and Swift himself fays that it was then he began to grow into fome confidence with him . The little progrefs Swift had made in learning at his firft arrival at ...
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againſt anſwer Archbishop of Dublin aſked becauſe beſt Biſhop cafe caufe cauſe character circumftances confequence confidered converfation Dean Deanery defign defire Doctor Dublin expreffed faid fame favour fays feems feen fent fervant ferve fervice feveral fhall fhew fhewn fhould fince firft firſt fituation fome foon fpirit friendſhip ftate ftill fubject fuch fuffer fuppofed fupport fure greateſt higheſt himſelf houfe houſe Houyhnhnm humour inftances intereft Ireland JONATHAN SWIFT Lady laft laſt leaft leaſt lefs letter Lord Bolingbroke Lord Oxford Lord Treaſurer meaſures mind Minifter Miniftry moft moſt muſt myſelf neceffary never obferved occafion paffage paffed paffion party perfon pleaſed pleaſure poffeffed poffible prefent publiſhed purpoſe Queen raiſed reafon ſaid ſays ſeveral ſhall ſhe Sheridan Sir William Sir William Temple ſtate Stella ſuch Swift thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe tion told ufual uſed utmoſt vifit Whigs whofe
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Page 444 - That, although he hated the Yahoos of this Country, yet he no more blamed them for their odious Qualities, than he did a Gnnayh (a Bird of Prey) for its Cruelty, or a sharp Stone for cutting his Hoof. But when a Creature pretending to Reason could be capable of such Enormities, he dreaded lest the Corruption of that Faculty might be worse than Brutality itself.
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.
Page 349 - ... a curtain worn to half a stripe ; a pair of bellows, without pipe; a dish which might good meat afford once; an Ovid, and an old Concordance...
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.