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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... feems to have a good deal of the fhrew in her countenance ; whose arms as an heirefs are join- ed with his own : And by the laft , he seems to have been a person somewhat fantastic ; for there he gives , as his device , a dolphin ( in ...
... feems to have a good deal of the fhrew in her countenance ; whose arms as an heirefs are join- ed with his own : And by the laft , he seems to have been a person somewhat fantastic ; for there he gives , as his device , a dolphin ( in ...
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... feems very un- ufual For his nurfe , who was a woman of Whitehaven , being under an abfolute neceffity of feeing one of her relations , who was then ex- tremely fick , and from whom she expected a le- gacy ; and being extremely fond of ...
... feems very un- ufual For his nurfe , who was a woman of Whitehaven , being under an abfolute neceffity of feeing one of her relations , who was then ex- tremely fick , and from whom she expected a le- gacy ; and being extremely fond of ...
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... feems to im- ply that Swift lived with Sir William at Sheen " before " he went to Moorpark , is adopted upon the credit of Mr Deane Swift , who fays , that Swift was there familiar with King Wil- liam ; and the King does not appear to ...
... feems to im- ply that Swift lived with Sir William at Sheen " before " he went to Moorpark , is adopted upon the credit of Mr Deane Swift , who fays , that Swift was there familiar with King Wil- liam ; and the King does not appear to ...
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... feems to be intimated in Swift's let- ter to him , after he had received it : " I am " ftill , " fays he , " to thank you for your care ' " in my teftimonium ; and it was to a very " good purpose , for ' I was never more fatisfied ...
... feems to be intimated in Swift's let- ter to him , after he had received it : " I am " ftill , " fays he , " to thank you for your care ' " in my teftimonium ; and it was to a very " good purpose , for ' I was never more fatisfied ...
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... feems to have enjoyed his di- ftinction , only in proportion as it was participated with Stella ; for amidst all the bufinefs , and all the honours that crouded upon him , he wrote every day an account of whatever occurred , and sent ...
... feems to have enjoyed his di- ftinction , only in proportion as it was participated with Stella ; for amidst all the bufinefs , and all the honours that crouded upon him , he wrote every day an account of whatever occurred , and sent ...
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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...