The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D. ...: With Notes, Historical and Critical, 1. köideW. Durell, 1812 |
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... against any encroachments.View him now in his decline . Passions decay , and the lamp of life and reason grows dim . It is the fate of many , I may say most geniuses , who have secluded themselves from 10 ADVERTISEMENT .
... against any encroachments.View him now in his decline . Passions decay , and the lamp of life and reason grows dim . It is the fate of many , I may say most geniuses , who have secluded themselves from 10 ADVERTISEMENT .
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... reason than I am at present at liberty to give , supposed to be the author of all the other pieces which make up this collection . But as my own unwillingness to do any thing which might prove an injury to the supposed author's ...
... reason than I am at present at liberty to give , supposed to be the author of all the other pieces which make up this collection . But as my own unwillingness to do any thing which might prove an injury to the supposed author's ...
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... reason take as an affront , either the blow he falls by , or the dirt he rises with . 66 may But indeed I have very little uneasiness upon me for fear of any injury the author's credit and reputation receive from any imperfection or ...
... reason take as an affront , either the blow he falls by , or the dirt he rises with . 66 may But indeed I have very little uneasiness upon me for fear of any injury the author's credit and reputation receive from any imperfection or ...
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... reasons I have before hinted at , but upon this account also , that there are in every one of these pieces some ... reason for the reader to suspect an imposition , or the author to apprehend an injury ; the former , I am fully ...
... reasons I have before hinted at , but upon this account also , that there are in every one of these pieces some ... reason for the reader to suspect an imposition , or the author to apprehend an injury ; the former , I am fully ...
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... reason , if for no other , are by no means unworthy the attention of the public . " Three similar volumes succeeded ... reasons some time ago , for not troubling either the public or myself with any Pre- face to these volumes of Dr ...
... reason , if for no other , are by no means unworthy the attention of the public . " Three similar volumes succeeded ... reasons some time ago , for not troubling either the public or myself with any Pre- face to these volumes of Dr ...
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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.