The Life of the Rev. Dr. Jonathan Swift ...J.F. and C. Rivington, 1787 - 488 pages |
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... do him credit as a Writer . Conscious of his want of genius to produce any thing original , he applied himself diligently to a Translation of Pliny's Letters ; A 4 Letters ; but he was fo long about this task INTRODUCTION .
... do him credit as a Writer . Conscious of his want of genius to produce any thing original , he applied himself diligently to a Translation of Pliny's Letters ; A 4 Letters ; but he was fo long about this task INTRODUCTION .
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... write his Life . He was an Author of no small eminence ; a man of clear judgment , and great can- dour . He quickly ... Writer who has given any account of Swift , is Dr. Johnson . Who feems to have under- taken this task , rather from ...
... write his Life . He was an Author of no small eminence ; a man of clear judgment , and great can- dour . He quickly ... Writer who has given any account of Swift , is Dr. Johnson . Who feems to have under- taken this task , rather from ...
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Thomas Sheridan. had read the firft fketch of it in Swift's hand - writing , when he was of that age . Soon after this , his uncle Godwin was feized with a lethargy , which rendered him incapable of business ; and then it was that the ...
Thomas Sheridan. had read the firft fketch of it in Swift's hand - writing , when he was of that age . Soon after this , his uncle Godwin was feized with a lethargy , which rendered him incapable of business ; and then it was that the ...
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... writing a Laputa , he might himself have been qualified for a profefforship in the academy of that airy region . Let us only suppose Swift to have been a distinguish .. ed scholar in the Univerfity , and we may reasonably suppose also ...
... writing a Laputa , he might himself have been qualified for a profefforship in the academy of that airy region . Let us only suppose Swift to have been a distinguish .. ed scholar in the Univerfity , and we may reasonably suppose also ...
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... writing which mentioned the name of the living , and found that it was Swift's own which he had refigned in his favour , he looked at him for fome time in filence , with fuch a mixed emotion of aftonishment ' and gratitude in his ...
... writing which mentioned the name of the living , and found that it was Swift's own which he had refigned in his favour , he looked at him for fome time in filence , with fuch a mixed emotion of aftonishment ' and gratitude in his ...
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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.
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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.