The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ...G. Hamilton, J. Balfour, & L. Hunter, 1757 - 2984 pages |
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Page vii
... fhall be as fhort as pof- ble ; fince , ( as Lord Orrery obferves ) , though his an- cestors were perfons of very decent and reputable cha- racters , [ and the elder branch of the family ennobled ] , he himself has been the herald to ...
... fhall be as fhort as pof- ble ; fince , ( as Lord Orrery obferves ) , though his an- cestors were perfons of very decent and reputable cha- racters , [ and the elder branch of the family ennobled ] , he himself has been the herald to ...
Page xxiii
... fhall not prefume to determine . However , it is by no means improbable , that Swift's prodigious talents , which appear throughout his whole life to have been dreaded by all his contemporaries , not excepting even thole minifters , who ...
... fhall not prefume to determine . However , it is by no means improbable , that Swift's prodigious talents , which appear throughout his whole life to have been dreaded by all his contemporaries , not excepting even thole minifters , who ...
Page lxxx
... fhall never fee you again . ' In this manner he would fre- quently express the defire he had to get rid of the world , after a day spent in chearfulness , without any provocation from anger , melancholy , or difappointment . D. S. p ...
... fhall never fee you again . ' In this manner he would fre- quently express the defire he had to get rid of the world , after a day spent in chearfulness , without any provocation from anger , melancholy , or difappointment . D. S. p ...
Page lxxxvi
... fhall hear it still , " and immediately he fung out fo lively , and yet fo ridi- culous an imitation of it , that all the company were kept in continual laughter till it was over , except one old gentleman , who fat with great compofure ...
... fhall hear it still , " and immediately he fung out fo lively , and yet fo ridi- culous an imitation of it , that all the company were kept in continual laughter till it was over , except one old gentleman , who fat with great compofure ...
Page ciii
... fhall find him , altho ' not fo grave , yet at least as per- fect , as the most famous of his contemporaries . His first setting out in the world may be thought fomewhat fingular , in this profane , hypocritical , corrupted age . We are ...
... fhall find him , altho ' not fo grave , yet at least as per- fect , as the most famous of his contemporaries . His first setting out in the world may be thought fomewhat fingular , in this profane , hypocritical , corrupted age . We are ...
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