The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, Volume 1C. Bathurst, 1755 |
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... themselves . Lord Orrery's Letters contained many of the principal events , inter- mingled with many characteristic incidents fupported in general upon better authority ; but fometimes founded upon false information . Some of these mif ...
... themselves . Lord Orrery's Letters contained many of the principal events , inter- mingled with many characteristic incidents fupported in general upon better authority ; but fometimes founded upon false information . Some of these mif ...
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... themselves which at laft effected it ; and it was not only his opinion , but their own , that if they could not carry a peace , they would not D.S. 332 . Lett . to S. be able to B 3 be LIFE OF Dr. SWIFT . 21 bout an hundred parliament ...
... themselves which at laft effected it ; and it was not only his opinion , but their own , that if they could not carry a peace , they would not D.S. 332 . Lett . to S. be able to B 3 be LIFE OF Dr. SWIFT . 21 bout an hundred parliament ...
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... themselves out of the Tower , even though they fhould agree . In order therefore to facilitate this great event , Swift wrote the Conduct of the Allies , a piece which he confeffes coft him much pains , and which fucceeded even beyond ...
... themselves out of the Tower , even though they fhould agree . In order therefore to facilitate this great event , Swift wrote the Conduct of the Allies , a piece which he confeffes coft him much pains , and which fucceeded even beyond ...
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... themselves ; but it feems probable that thefe accounts however contradictory may both be true , and that Swift at this time might be the Sacheveral of Ireland , followed by the mob of one faction with execrations , and by the other with ...
... themselves ; but it feems probable that thefe accounts however contradictory may both be true , and that Swift at this time might be the Sacheveral of Ireland , followed by the mob of one faction with execrations , and by the other with ...
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... themselves before him , ordered them to take notice , that Robert was no longer his fervant ; he is now , faid the dean , Mr. Blakely , the verger of St. Patrick's cathedral , a place which I give him as a reward for his fidelity . The ...
... themselves before him , ordered them to take notice , that Robert was no longer his fervant ; he is now , faid the dean , Mr. Blakely , the verger of St. Patrick's cathedral , a place which I give him as a reward for his fidelity . The ...
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Page 173 - In the proportion that credulity is a more peaceful possession of the mind than curiosity, so far preferable is that wisdom which converses about the surface to that pretended philosophy which enters into the depth of things, and then comes gravely back with informations and discoveries that in the inside they are good for nothing.
Page 140 - Lords, learn their Titles exactly, and then brag of their Acquaintance. Or Secondly, which is indeed the choicer, the profounder, and politer Method, to get a thorough Insight into the Index, by which the whole Book is governed and turned, like Fishes by the Tail. For, to enter the Palace of Learning at the great Gate, requires an Expence of Time and Forms; therefore Men of much Haste and little Ceremony, are content to get in by the Back-Door.
Page 24 - In the Attic commonwealth,* it was the privilege and birth-right of every citizen and poet to rail aloud, and in public...
Page 4 - Books, like men their authors, have no more than one way of coming into the world, but there are ten thousand to go out of it, and return no more.
Page 245 - ... defence. In this mansion he had for some time dwelt in peace and plenty, without danger to his person by swallows from above, or to his palace by brooms from below : when it was the pleasure of fortune to conduct thither a wandering bee, to whose curiosity a broken pane in the glass had discovered itself, and in he...
Page 57 - These postulata being admitted, it will follow in due course of reasoning that those beings, which the world calls improperly suits of clothes, are in reality the most refined species of animals ; or, to proceed higher, that they are rational creatures, or men.
Page 312 - Too intense a contemplation is not the business of flesh and blood; it must by the necessary course of things, in a little time let go its hold and fall into matter. Lovers, for the sake of celestial converse, are but another sort of Platonics who pretend to see stars and heaven in ladies...
Page 246 - I am glad," answered the bee, "to hear you grant at least that I am come honestly by my wings and my voice; for then, it seems, I am obliged to Heaven alone for my flights and my music; and Providence would never have bestowed on me two such gifts without designing them for the noblest ends.
Page 171 - ... whether things that have place in the imagination may not as properly be said to exist as those that are seated in the memory...
Page 45 - 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.