The works of Jonathan Swift, containing additional letters, tracts, and poems, with notes, and a life of the author, by W. Scott, Volumen41824 |
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... France the secrets of the British Government . Being al- most immediately detected , a committee of seven lords , all zeal- ous Whigs , were appointed for his examination . These were the Dukes of Devonshire , Somerset , and Bolton ...
... France the secrets of the British Government . Being al- most immediately detected , a committee of seven lords , all zeal- ous Whigs , were appointed for his examination . These were the Dukes of Devonshire , Somerset , and Bolton ...
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... France , and apprehended by his mas- ter's order , before he could have opportunity to make his escape by the private warning of a certain person , a professed enemy to the secretary . The criminal is con- demned to die . It is found ...
... France , and apprehended by his mas- ter's order , before he could have opportunity to make his escape by the private warning of a certain person , a professed enemy to the secretary . The criminal is con- demned to die . It is found ...
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... , and one of his under clerks , to be joined in corresponding But * Harley's under secretary , in 1707-8 , was Swift's friend , Eras- mus Lewis . with France ? Some of them , I should think TO THE SEVEN lords , & c . 37.
... , and one of his under clerks , to be joined in corresponding But * Harley's under secretary , in 1707-8 , was Swift's friend , Eras- mus Lewis . with France ? Some of them , I should think TO THE SEVEN lords , & c . 37.
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Jonathan Swift sir Walter Scott (bart). with France ? Some of them , I should think , knew bet- ter what belonged to such a correspondence , and how it ought to be managed . The nature of Gregg's crime was such , as to be best performed ...
Jonathan Swift sir Walter Scott (bart). with France ? Some of them , I should think , knew bet- ter what belonged to such a correspondence , and how it ought to be managed . The nature of Gregg's crime was such , as to be best performed ...
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... France . The suspi- cion being in itself unreasonable , and without the least probable grounds , wise men began to consider what vio- lent enemies that gentleman had ; they found the re- port most industriously spread ; the Whigs , in ...
... France . The suspi- cion being in itself unreasonable , and without the least probable grounds , wise men began to consider what vio- lent enemies that gentleman had ; they found the re- port most industriously spread ; the Whigs , in ...
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Página 175 - His watchmen are blind : they are all ignorant, they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark ; sleeping, lying down, loving to slumber. Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand : they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.
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Página 160 - Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? Thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal? Thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? Thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege? Thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonourest thou God?
Página 175 - Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand : they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter. " Come ye," say they, " I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink ; and to-morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant.
Página 364 - This pow'r has praise, that virtue scarce can warm, Till fame supplies the universal charm. Yet reason frowns on war's unequal game, Where wasted nations raise a single name. And mortgaged states their grandsires...
Página 151 - A Specimen of some errors and defects in the History of the Reformation of the Church of England, written by Gilbert Burnet, DD
Página 59 - I had rather be thought a good Englishman, than the best poet, or greatest scholar that ever wrote.
Página 8 - ... climacteric, without any visible effects of old age, either on his body or his mind, and in spite of a continual prostitution to those vices which usually wear out both. His behaviour is in all the forms of a young man at five-and-twenty. Whether he walks, or whistles, or swears, or talks bawdy, or calls names, he acquits himself in each, beyond a templar of three years standing.
Página 123 - Ihe places sacred to his worship !) to spoil for a time this beautiful and pleasing prospect, and give us in its stead, — I know not what. Our enemies will tell the rest with pleasure.
Página 232 - The offence consisted in his having said, when the clergy were about to move a Tory address, "Those who have turned the world upside down are come hither also...