The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D. ...: With Notes, Historical and Critical, 1. köideW. Durell, 1812 |
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... knew his particular view in the passage they were intended to illustrate , or the truth of the fact which they asserted . " The notes which have been added to this edition contain , among other things , a history of the author's works ...
... knew his particular view in the passage they were intended to illustrate , or the truth of the fact which they asserted . " The notes which have been added to this edition contain , among other things , a history of the author's works ...
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... knew they were in being . " It may , however , be presumed , that though the publi cation of letters has been censured by some , yet that it is not condemned by the general voice , since a numerous subscription , in which are many ...
... knew they were in being . " It may , however , be presumed , that though the publi cation of letters has been censured by some , yet that it is not condemned by the general voice , since a numerous subscription , in which are many ...
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... He told the Dean , there were several facts he knew to be false , and that the whole was so much in the spirit of party - writing , that though it * See vol . iii . might have made a seasonable pamphlet in the time of GENERAL PREFACE . 31.
... He told the Dean , there were several facts he knew to be false , and that the whole was so much in the spirit of party - writing , that though it * See vol . iii . might have made a seasonable pamphlet in the time of GENERAL PREFACE . 31.
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... knew him well , in two words , summed up his character in this respect , by saying , that Swift was a hypocrite reversed . In short , he always appeared to the world in a mask , which he never took off but in the company of his most ...
... knew him well , in two words , summed up his character in this respect , by saying , that Swift was a hypocrite reversed . In short , he always appeared to the world in a mask , which he never took off but in the company of his most ...
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... knew that satire was more likely to procure a rapid sale to the book , than panegy- ric . All regard therefore to truth , justice , honour , and humanity , was to be sacrificed , whenever they came in competition with this great end ...
... knew that satire was more likely to procure a rapid sale to the book , than panegy- ric . All regard therefore to truth , justice , honour , and humanity , was to be sacrificed , whenever they came in competition with this great end ...
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Page 229 - I think Mr. St. John the greatest young man I ever knew ; wit, capacity, beauty, quickness of apprehension, good learning, and an excellent taste ; the best orator in the house of commons, admirable conversation, good nature, and good manners ; generous, and a despiser of money.
Page 116 - than I can say ; I never remember any " weather that was not too hot, or too cold ; too wet, " or too dry ; but, however God Almighty contrives " it, at the end of the year tis all very well.
Page 139 - Don't you remember how I used to be in pain when Sir William Temple would look cold and out of humour for three or four days, and I used to suspect a hundred reasons. I have plucked up my spirit since then, faith ; he spoiled a fine gentleman.
Page 242 - I was to see a poor poet, one Mr Diaper, in a nasty garret, very sick. I gave him twenty guineas from Lord Bolingbroke, and disposed the other sixty to two other authors...
Page 313 - I am so stupid and confounded, that I cannot express the mortification I am under both in body and mind. All I caB say is, that I am not in torture; but I daily and hourly expect it. Pray let me know how your health is, and your family. I hardly understand one word I write. I am sure my days will be very few; few and miserable they must be.
Page 314 - tis his will : Let but the commons hear this testament, (Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read) And they would go and kiss dead Caesar's wounds, And dip their napkins in his sacred blood ; Yea, beg a hair of him for memory, And, dying, mention it within their wills, Bequeathing it, as a rich legacy, Unto their issue.
Page 209 - I take nothing ill of him but his not giving me timely notice, as he promised to do, if he found the Queen would do nothing for me.
Page 267 - ... author's design was to bring in the Pretender; although there was not a single syllable of party in the whole treatise, and although it was known that the most eminent of those who professed his own principles, publicly disallowed his proceedings.
Page 136 - MD's letter ? one of these oddcome-shortlies. This is a week old, you see, and no farther yet. Mr Harley desired I would dine with him again today ; but I refused him, for I fell out with him yesterday, and will not see him again till he makes me amends ; and so I go to bed.
Page 295 - Motte 8 received the copy (he tells me) he knew not from whence, nor from whom, dropped at his house in the dark, from a hackney coach : by computing the time, I found it was after you left England, so, for my part, I suspend my judgment.