The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ...G. Hamilton, J. Balfour, & L. Hunter, 1757 - 2984 pages |
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Page xxix
... nature . Not all the metamorphofes of Ovid can produce a parallel equal to the change that appears in the fame man , when from a patriot he becomes a courtier . Yet it may be afferted , and will redound to the honour of Dr Swift , that ...
... nature . Not all the metamorphofes of Ovid can produce a parallel equal to the change that appears in the fame man , when from a patriot he becomes a courtier . Yet it may be afferted , and will redound to the honour of Dr Swift , that ...
Page xxxv
... nature would permit ; but as a minister of ftate he ever appeared myfterious and enigmatical , delivering his oracles , like the Delphian deity , in occult terms and ambiguous expreffions . 1 8 WHATEVER excellence we poffefs , or ...
... nature would permit ; but as a minister of ftate he ever appeared myfterious and enigmatical , delivering his oracles , like the Delphian deity , in occult terms and ambiguous expreffions . 1 8 WHATEVER excellence we poffefs , or ...
Page xxxvii
... nature I take fome prefents to have been which the Earl made to the Doctor , particularly his own picture enamelled by Zink , the feal of Julius Cæfar , and efpecially the feal of the young Hercules , which were both given to the Farl ...
... nature I take fome prefents to have been which the Earl made to the Doctor , particularly his own picture enamelled by Zink , the feal of Julius Cæfar , and efpecially the feal of the young Hercules , which were both given to the Farl ...
Page lv
... nature , and generofity ; remarkably cleanly and elegant in her perfon , in her house , and at her ta- ble . But there is another particular in Mr Worral's character which greatly contributed to his intimacy with the Dean he was a good ...
... nature , and generofity ; remarkably cleanly and elegant in her perfon , in her house , and at her ta- ble . But there is another particular in Mr Worral's character which greatly contributed to his intimacy with the Dean he was a good ...
Page lxxvii
... nature fuited to Swift as a com- panion in the highest degree . He had a vein of humour that was a constant occafion of merriment ; he had an absence of mind , which rendered him a perpetual object of raillery , and an indolent good nature ...
... nature fuited to Swift as a com- panion in the highest degree . He had a vein of humour that was a constant occafion of merriment ; he had an absence of mind , which rendered him a perpetual object of raillery , and an indolent good nature ...
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