The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin: Including the Whole of His Posthumous Pieces, Letters, &c, Volumen1C. Elliot, 1784 |
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... should be bet- ter able to bear it . The nurse , however , gave other teftimonies of her affection to Jonathan : For , during his ftay at Whitehaven , fhe had I taught taught him to spell ; and when he was five 24 AN ACCOUNT OF.
... should be bet- ter able to bear it . The nurse , however , gave other teftimonies of her affection to Jonathan : For , during his ftay at Whitehaven , fhe had I taught taught him to spell ; and when he was five 24 AN ACCOUNT OF.
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... should , while he was sporting with this incident , in the gaiety of his heart , pretend a mistake which never happened , or that which he meant as a jest upon the university , should be ferioufly remembered as an event of his life . It ...
... should , while he was sporting with this incident , in the gaiety of his heart , pretend a mistake which never happened , or that which he meant as a jest upon the university , should be ferioufly remembered as an event of his life . It ...
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... should fo far excel , that the fexton might fometimes be afk- ed on a Sunday morning , " Pray does the Doc- " tor preach to - day ? " And when , after having taken poffeffion of his livings , he went to refide at Laracor * , he gave ...
... should fo far excel , that the fexton might fometimes be afk- ed on a Sunday morning , " Pray does the Doc- " tor preach to - day ? " And when , after having taken poffeffion of his livings , he went to refide at Laracor * , he gave ...
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... should begin to reflect , that he was intrufted with the cure of fouls . But Swift was really a man of high religion , without grunting , groaning , canting , hypocrify , or making wry faces . And fure it is , that in proportion to ...
... should begin to reflect , that he was intrufted with the cure of fouls . But Swift was really a man of high religion , without grunting , groaning , canting , hypocrify , or making wry faces . And fure it is , that in proportion to ...
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... should live in Dublin , and keep a coach for his wife . The gentleman had more honour than to pro- mife what he could not perform ; and fo the match was broken off . D. S. p . 87. 89 . * This courfe of life , fo very fingular in a fine ...
... should live in Dublin , and keep a coach for his wife . The gentleman had more honour than to pro- mife what he could not perform ; and fo the match was broken off . D. S. p . 87. 89 . * This courfe of life , fo very fingular in a fine ...
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Página 351 - These never examine farther than the colour, the shape, the size, and whatever other qualities dwell, or are drawn by art upon the outward of bodies ; and then comes reason officiously with tools for cutting, and opening, and mangling, and piercing, offering to demonstrate that they are not of the same consistence quite through.
Página 408 - You boast, indeed, of being obliged to no other creature, but of drawing and spinning out all from yourself ; that is to say, if we may judge of the liquor in the vessel by what issues out, you possess a good plentiful store of dirt and poison in your breast...
Página 234 - Tis but a ball bandied to and fro, and every man carries a racket about him, to strike it from himself, among the rest of the company.
Página 260 - It is true, indeed, that these animals, which are vulgarly called suits of clothes, or dresses, do, according to certain compositions, receive different appellations. If one of them be trimmed up with a gold chain, and a red gown, and a white rod, and a great horse, it is called a...
Página 259 - These postulata being admitted, it will follow in due course of reasoning that those beings, which the world calls improperly suits of clothes, are in reality the most refined species of animals ; or, to proceed higher, that they are rational creatures, or men.
Página 336 - ... of what is most perfect, finished, and exalted; till having soared out of his own reach and sight, not well perceiving how near the frontiers of height and depth border upon each other...
Página 32 - Kensington with the whole account of the matter in writing to convince the King and the Earl how ill they were informed. He told the Earl, to whom he was referred by his majesty (and gave it in writing), that the ruin of King Charles the First was not owing to his passing the triennial bill, which did not hinder him from dissolving any parliament, but to the passing of...
Página 258 - Look on this globe of earth, you will find it to be a very complete and fashionable dress. What is that which some call land but a fine coat faced with green ? or the sea, but a waistcoat of water-tabby...
Página 259 - To conclude from all, what is man himself but a micro-coat, or rather a complete suit of clothes with all its trimmings? As to his body there can be no dispute; but examine even the acquirements of his mind, you will find them all contribute in their order towards furnishing out an exact dress: to instance no more; is not religion a cloak, honesty a pair of shoes worn out in the dirt...
Página 408 - So that, in short, the question comes all to this ; whether is the nobler being of the two, that which, by a lazy contemplation of four inches round, by an overweening pride...