The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ...G. Hamilton, J. Balfour, & L. Hunter, 1757 - 2984 pages |
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Page xlii
... Thofe " who spoke drew all their arguments from my book , and their " votes confirm all I writ . The court had a majority of 150 .. All agree that it was my book that fpirited them to these refo- lutions . " [ Feb. 4. ] And prefently ...
... Thofe " who spoke drew all their arguments from my book , and their " votes confirm all I writ . The court had a majority of 150 .. All agree that it was my book that fpirited them to these refo- lutions . " [ Feb. 4. ] And prefently ...
Page xliii
... thofe tempeftuous times . As foon as Swift found his pains fruitless , his arguments unavailing , and his endeavours , like the stone of Syfiphus , rolling back upon himself , he retired to a friend's house in Berkshire , where he ...
... thofe tempeftuous times . As foon as Swift found his pains fruitless , his arguments unavailing , and his endeavours , like the stone of Syfiphus , rolling back upon himself , he retired to a friend's house in Berkshire , where he ...
Page xlv
... thofe who have been permitted to affociate with perfons greatly fuperior in rank and fortune , who have climbed in the retinue of power , and been distin- guished by reflected greatnefs , have been able to fustain the native dignity of ...
... thofe who have been permitted to affociate with perfons greatly fuperior in rank and fortune , who have climbed in the retinue of power , and been distin- guished by reflected greatnefs , have been able to fustain the native dignity of ...
Page lxxv
... thofe whom his impatience had banished . [ D : S. p . 307 , 8. ] In the year 1732 , he complains , in a letter to Mr Gay , [ vol . 4. p . 136. ] that he had a large houfe , and should hardly find one vifitor , if he was not able to hire ...
... thofe whom his impatience had banished . [ D : S. p . 307 , 8. ] In the year 1732 , he complains , in a letter to Mr Gay , [ vol . 4. p . 136. ] that he had a large houfe , and should hardly find one vifitor , if he was not able to hire ...
Page lxxvi
... thofe melancholy , thofe tender complaints , of that once great and admired perfon ; whofe converfation , even in his latter days , after the vigour and spright- liness of his genius had greatly fubfided , had somewhat in it strange- ly ...
... thofe melancholy , thofe tender complaints , of that once great and admired perfon ; whofe converfation , even in his latter days , after the vigour and spright- liness of his genius had greatly fubfided , had somewhat in it strange- ly ...
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