The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ...G. Hamilton, J. Balfour, & L. Hunter, 1757 - 2984 pages |
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Page lxxxii
... fhould spend the evening with him ; and which was as much as to fay , You will ruin me in wine . 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 ...
... fhould spend the evening with him ; and which was as much as to fay , You will ruin me in wine . 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 ...
Page lxxxiii
... fhould by no means be omitted , IN Company he neither wrapped himself up in his own . importance without deigning to communicate his know- ledge , or exert his wit ; nor did he ingrofs the conver- fation by perpetual and overbearing ...
... fhould by no means be omitted , IN Company he neither wrapped himself up in his own . importance without deigning to communicate his know- ledge , or exert his wit ; nor did he ingrofs the conver- fation by perpetual and overbearing ...
Page lxxxvii
... fhould find themfelves in victuals , and all other ne- ceflaries , except the liveries which he gave them . If , in this fituation , their expences were greater than their in- come , it was judged a fufficient reafon to discharge them ...
... fhould find themfelves in victuals , and all other ne- ceflaries , except the liveries which he gave them . If , in this fituation , their expences were greater than their in- come , it was judged a fufficient reafon to discharge them ...
Page lxxxix
... fhould be repaid in a year .. [ 7. R. p . 203 , 4. ] . BESIDES this , he frequently gave away 5 and 10 f . when proper objects offered , without any parade . He was indeed diligent to relieve the poor , and at the fame time to encourage ...
... fhould be repaid in a year .. [ 7. R. p . 203 , 4. ] . BESIDES this , he frequently gave away 5 and 10 f . when proper objects offered , without any parade . He was indeed diligent to relieve the poor , and at the fame time to encourage ...
Page xc
... fhould not hastily be admitted , it must yet be confeffed , that the first article in which men leffen their expences , is generally the money they have been ufed to give away , and that they gradually lose the in- clination to do good ...
... fhould not hastily be admitted , it must yet be confeffed , that the first article in which men leffen their expences , is generally the money they have been ufed to give away , and that they gradually lose the in- clination to do good ...
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