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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... rest of his friends in England , and re- turned to the place of his exile , which he always mentioned with regret . In the year 1714 , Mrs Vanhomrigh died ; and , having lived at an expence much greater than VOL . I. H her her fortune ...
... rest of his friends in England , and re- turned to the place of his exile , which he always mentioned with regret . In the year 1714 , Mrs Vanhomrigh died ; and , having lived at an expence much greater than VOL . I. H her her fortune ...
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... rest of his enemies , ( and these were not few ) there were fome that were not unacquainted with the ftory of Mrs Johnfon's birth and education , who , on account of fome particular difobligations they had received from the Doctor ...
... rest of his enemies , ( and these were not few ) there were fome that were not unacquainted with the ftory of Mrs Johnfon's birth and education , who , on account of fome particular difobligations they had received from the Doctor ...
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... greatly fubfided , had fomewhat in it strangely uncommon , which was not to be re- marked in the rest of human - kind . D. S. p . 309 . VOL . I. L dates of many of his pieces , which are fubfe- THE LIFE OF DR SWIFT .
... greatly fubfided , had fomewhat in it strangely uncommon , which was not to be re- marked in the rest of human - kind . D. S. p . 309 . VOL . I. L dates of many of his pieces , which are fubfe- THE LIFE OF DR SWIFT .
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... rest of mankind . " He has alfo called Mr Pope his dearest friend in his will ; and Mr Pope , in a letter which was written about the fame time , makes this requeft , " Affure him " ( the Dean ) , the world has nothing in it I admire ...
... rest of mankind . " He has alfo called Mr Pope his dearest friend in his will ; and Mr Pope , in a letter which was written about the fame time , makes this requeft , " Affure him " ( the Dean ) , the world has nothing in it I admire ...
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... rest of his fortune , which amounted to about 11,000l . to erect and endow an hospital for idiots and lu- natics . He was buried in the great Ifle of St Patrick's cathedral , under a ftone of black marble , in- fcribed with an epitaph ...
... rest of his fortune , which amounted to about 11,000l . to erect and endow an hospital for idiots and lu- natics . He was buried in the great Ifle of St Patrick's cathedral , under a ftone of black marble , in- fcribed with an epitaph ...
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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...