The Works of Dr. Jonathan SwiftW. Bowyer, 1768 |
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Page 40
... must therefore be fuppofed , they did not think she would be disgraced . It has indeed been faid , that Vanessa , from the time she was deserted devoted herself , like Ariadne , to Bacchus ' and perhaps it is true that in J.R. 123. the ...
... must therefore be fuppofed , they did not think she would be disgraced . It has indeed been faid , that Vanessa , from the time she was deserted devoted herself , like Ariadne , to Bacchus ' and perhaps it is true that in J.R. 123. the ...
Page 41
... must have seen the Tra- vels in manufcript , at leaft , in the year 1724. The dean alfo , in a letter to Mr. Pope , dated Sept. 29 , 1725 , fays , O ! if the world had but a dozen Ar- buthnots in it , I would burn my Travels . It may ...
... must have seen the Tra- vels in manufcript , at leaft , in the year 1724. The dean alfo , in a letter to Mr. Pope , dated Sept. 29 , 1725 , fays , O ! if the world had but a dozen Ar- buthnots in it , I would burn my Travels . It may ...
Page 51
... must insure him fome praife , and fecure him against fome calumny , for it is a demon- ftration that he was the abfolute mafter of those pas- fions , by which the greatest have been inflaved , and the best sometimes corrupted ; and , if ...
... must insure him fome praife , and fecure him against fome calumny , for it is a demon- ftration that he was the abfolute mafter of those pas- fions , by which the greatest have been inflaved , and the best sometimes corrupted ; and , if ...
Page 64
... must com- mit a fault , commit a fault that can be mended . To the rest of his fervants , indeed , he appeared to be churlish and auftere , but , in reality , was one of the best mafters in the world : he allowed them board - wages at ...
... must com- mit a fault , commit a fault that can be mended . To the rest of his fervants , indeed , he appeared to be churlish and auftere , but , in reality , was one of the best mafters in the world : he allowed them board - wages at ...
Page 67
... must be confeffed that these acts of bounty did not appear to be the effects of compaffion , for of the soft sympathy with distress that sometimes fparkles in the eye , and fometimes glows upon the cheek , he fhewed no fign , and he may ...
... must be confeffed that these acts of bounty did not appear to be the effects of compaffion , for of the soft sympathy with distress that sometimes fparkles in the eye , and fometimes glows upon the cheek , he fhewed no fign , and he may ...
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