The works of Jonathan Swift, containing additional letters, tracts, and poems, with notes, and a life of the author, by W. Scott, 1. köide1814 |
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... Queen Anne . Yet of all authors , perhaps , who ever wrote , Swift appears to have been the most inattentive to literary reputation , and to have flung from him his numerous productions , with the least interest in their future fate ...
... Queen Anne . Yet of all authors , perhaps , who ever wrote , Swift appears to have been the most inattentive to literary reputation , and to have flung from him his numerous productions , with the least interest in their future fate ...
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... Queen's Death - His Reception - His Society - The Interest he dis- played in the Misfortunes of his Friends , SECTION V. - Swift's first acquaintance with Miss Vanhom- righ - She follows him to Ireland - Swift's Mar- riage with Stella ...
... Queen's Death - His Reception - His Society - The Interest he dis- played in the Misfortunes of his Friends , SECTION V. - Swift's first acquaintance with Miss Vanhom- righ - She follows him to Ireland - Swift's Mar- riage with Stella ...
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... Queen - His Miscella- neous Prose Writings about this period - His Poems - His residence at Gosford with Sir Ar- thur Acheson , and the Verses which were written there , SECTION VII . - Swift's Conduct as a dignified Clergyman- His ...
... Queen - His Miscella- neous Prose Writings about this period - His Poems - His residence at Gosford with Sir Ar- thur Acheson , and the Verses which were written there , SECTION VII . - Swift's Conduct as a dignified Clergyman- His ...
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... Queen Anne . Nor were the events of his latter years less strongly contrasted . Involved in the fall of his patrons , he became a discontent- ed and persecuted exile from England , and from his friends , yet , almost at once , attained ...
... Queen Anne . Nor were the events of his latter years less strongly contrasted . Involved in the fall of his patrons , he became a discontent- ed and persecuted exile from England , and from his friends , yet , almost at once , attained ...
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... Queen Mary , After this a line scratched out , And here did under the black plaster groan . Originally thus : Of spurious brats abhorr'd by all . This pious prince here too did breathe his last , JONATHAN SWIFT , D. D. 47.
... Queen Mary , After this a line scratched out , And here did under the black plaster groan . Originally thus : Of spurious brats abhorr'd by all . This pious prince here too did breathe his last , JONATHAN SWIFT , D. D. 47.
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Page 462 - 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 463 - Cassius. He reads much ; He is a great observer and he looks Quite through the deeds of men ; he loves no plays, As thou dost, Antony ; he hears no music ; Seldom he smiles, and smiles in such a sort As if he mock'd himself and scorn'd his spirit That could be moved to smile at any thing.
Page 268 - That's very strange ; but, if you had not supped, I must have got something for you. Let me see, what should I have had ? A couple of lobsters ; ay, that would have done very well ; two shillings ; tarts, a shilling ; but you will drink a glass of wine with me, though you supped so much before your usual time only to spare my pocket I' ' No, we had rather talk with you than drink with you.
Page 492 - In the poetical works of Dr. Swift there is not much upon which the critic can exercise his powers. They are often humorous, almost always light, and have the qualities which recommend such compositions, easiness and gaiety. They are, for the most part, what their author intended. The diction is correct, the numbers are smooth, and the rhymes exact. There seldom occurs a hardlaboured expression, or a redundant epithet; all his verses exemplify his own definition of a good style; they consist of "proper...
Page 499 - His Tale of a Tub has little resemblance to his other pieces. It exhibits a vehemence and rapidity of mind, a copiousness of images, and vivacity of diction, such as he afterwards never possessed, or never exerted. It is of a mode so distinct and peculiar, that it must be considered by itself; what is true of that, is not true of any thing else which he has written.
Page 507 - ... at the same time extremely fond of the infant, she stole him on shipboard unknown to his mother and uncle, and carried him with her to Whitehaven, where he continued for almost three years. For, when the matter was discovered, his mother sent orders by all means not to hazard a second voyage, till he could be better able to bear it. The nurse was so careful of him, that before he returned he had learnt to spell ; and by the time that he was three years old he could read any chapter in the Bible.
Page 19 - Ah, sir, I was mad and violent. It was bitterness which they mistook for frolic. I was miserably poor, and I thought to fight my way by my literature and my wit; so I disregarded all power and all authority.
Page 457 - 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 liv - England. .Lastly, his writings have set all our wits and men of letters upon a new way of thinking, of which they had little or no notion before ; nnd though we cannot yet say that any of them have come up to the beauties of the original, I think we may venture to affirm, that every one of them writes and thinks much more justly than they did some time since.
Page 268 - I'll tell you one that first comes into my head. One evening, Gay and I went to see him : you know how intimately we were all acquainted. On our coming in, ' heyday, gentlemen, (says the doctor) what's the meaning of this visit?