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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... place , and will talk bawdy and blasphemy at the chapel door . He is a Presbyterian in politics , and an atheist in religion ; but he chooses at present to whore with a Papist . In his commerce with mankind , his general rule is , to ...
... place , and will talk bawdy and blasphemy at the chapel door . He is a Presbyterian in politics , and an atheist in religion ; but he chooses at present to whore with a Papist . In his commerce with mankind , his general rule is , to ...
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... place ; and as a farther mortification , just upon the day of his excel- lency's departure for Ireland . But here I must desire the reader's pardon , if I can- not digest the following facts in so good a manner as I intended ; because ...
... place ; and as a farther mortification , just upon the day of his excel- lency's departure for Ireland . But here I must desire the reader's pardon , if I can- not digest the following facts in so good a manner as I intended ; because ...
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... place by it , and ought to refund the money , ( being about two hun- dred pounds per annum ; ) but never found any fault in the commissioners , who adjudged the case for him , and might have refused him the money if they had thought fit ...
... place by it , and ought to refund the money , ( being about two hun- dred pounds per annum ; ) but never found any fault in the commissioners , who adjudged the case for him , and might have refused him the money if they had thought fit ...
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... excellency's landing the second time , he sent for Mr Saunders among others , desiring their good offices in the ensuing session , and that Mr Saunders would not take amiss his giving that place to 24 A SHORT CHARACTER OF.
... excellency's landing the second time , he sent for Mr Saunders among others , desiring their good offices in the ensuing session , and that Mr Saunders would not take amiss his giving that place to 24 A SHORT CHARACTER OF.
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... place to Jennings , for he assured him he did not know it belong- ed to him ; which is highly probable , because men of his knowledge usually give away things , without inquir- ing how they are in their disposal . Mr Saunders an- swered ...
... place to Jennings , for he assured him he did not know it belong- ed to him ; which is highly probable , because men of his knowledge usually give away things , without inquir- ing how they are in their disposal . Mr Saunders an- swered ...
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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.
Página 398 - An Act for the further Limitation of the Crown, and better securing the Rights and Liberties of the Subject...
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...