The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ...G. Hamilton, J. Balfour, & L. Hunter, 1757 |
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... said himself , too proud to be vain . When , he was polite , it was in a manner entirely his own . In his friendships he was conftant and undisguised . He was the fame in his enmities . He generally spoke as he thought in all com ...
... said himself , too proud to be vain . When , he was polite , it was in a manner entirely his own . In his friendships he was conftant and undisguised . He was the fame in his enmities . He generally spoke as he thought in all com ...
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Jonathan Swift. Lordship hath any particular circumftances that may fortify what I have said in the hiftory , fuch as letters or other memorials , I am content they should be printed at the end , by way of appendix . I loved my Lord your ...
Jonathan Swift. Lordship hath any particular circumftances that may fortify what I have said in the hiftory , fuch as letters or other memorials , I am content they should be printed at the end , by way of appendix . I loved my Lord your ...
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... said once to me on an occafion , Thefe fools , because they hear a noife about their ears of their own making , think the whole world is full of it . When I come to town , we will change all this fcene , and act like men of the world ...
... said once to me on an occafion , Thefe fools , because they hear a noife about their ears of their own making , think the whole world is full of it . When I come to town , we will change all this fcene , and act like men of the world ...
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... said , No , Sir , I thank you , I have a tongue of my own . In the late King's time , a gentleman afked Jervas the painter , where he lived in London ? he answered , Next door to the King , ( for his houfe was near St James's ) . The ...
... said , No , Sir , I thank you , I have a tongue of my own . In the late King's time , a gentleman afked Jervas the painter , where he lived in London ? he answered , Next door to the King , ( for his houfe was near St James's ) . The ...
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... said , " I hear it is all over London already , that I am going to leave my Lady . " And fo had a footman , who be- ing newly married , defired his comrade to tell him freely what the town faid of it . The Rev. Mr Pomfret , a diffenting ...
... said , " I hear it is all over London already , that I am going to leave my Lady . " And fo had a footman , who be- ing newly married , defired his comrade to tell him freely what the town faid of it . The Rev. Mr Pomfret , a diffenting ...
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Página 96 - However, if I shall once have the honour to attend your Grace, I will out of fear and prudence appear as vain as I can, that I may not know your thoughts of me. This is your own direction, but it was needless. For Diogenes himself would be vain to have received the honour of being one moment of his life in the thoughts of your Grace.
Página 150 - I see things more in the whole, more consistent, and more clearly deduced from, and related to each other. But what I gain on the side of philosophy, I lose on the side of poetry : the flowers are gone, when the fruits begin to ripen, and the fruits perhaps will never ripen perfectly.
Página 323 - ... now handled by every dirty wench, condemned to do her drudgery, and, by a capricious kind of fate, destined to make other things clean, and be nasty itself; at length, worn to the stumps in the...
Página 26 - Torpor, or he teazes me like the Fly. This is the Picture of an old Friend, and more like him than that will be which you once afked, and which he will fend you, if you continue ftill to defire it.
Página 46 - Two sick friends never did well together ; such an office is fitter for servants and humble companions, to whom it is wholly indifferent whether we give them trouble or no. The...
Página 27 - Auguftus : but Envy, and Party, and Pride, have hindered it among us. I do not include the Subalterns, of which you are feldom without a large Tribe. Under the name of Poets and Scriblers I fuppofe you mean the Fools you are content to fee fometimes, when they happen to be modeft ; which was not frequent among them while I was in the world.
Página 28 - I like the scheme of our meeting after distresses and dispersions, but the chief end I propose to myself in all my labours is to vex the world rather than divert it ; and if I could compass that design without hurting my own person or fortune, I would be the most indefatigable writer you have ever seen without reading.
Página 127 - ... one or two females) had got many lines by heart here and there, and repeated them often ; yet it happens, that not one...
Página 31 - Our friend Gay is used as the friends of Tories are by Whigs — and generally by Tories too. Because he had humour, he was supposed to have dealt with Dr. Swift, in like manner as when any one had learning formerly, he was thought to have dealt with the devil...
Página 109 - My stint in company is a pint at noon, and half as much at night ; but I often dine at home like a hermit, and then I drink little or none at all.