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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... turn to dispose of it ; yet things were fo ordered , that the fecretary having received a bribe , the deanry was disposed of to another , and Mr Swift was put off with fome other church- livings not worth above a third of that rich dean ...
... turn to dispose of it ; yet things were fo ordered , that the fecretary having received a bribe , the deanry was disposed of to another , and Mr Swift was put off with fome other church- livings not worth above a third of that rich dean ...
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... metaphyfics in the utmost contempt ; and he fcarce confidered mathematics and natural philofophy , unless to turn them into ridicule . Orrery , let . I. confidered as the highest degree of reproach and difhonour . 28 AN ACCOUNT OF.
... metaphyfics in the utmost contempt ; and he fcarce confidered mathematics and natural philofophy , unless to turn them into ridicule . Orrery , let . I. confidered as the highest degree of reproach and difhonour . 28 AN ACCOUNT OF.
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... turn t . Swift confented ; and Sir William was D 2 fo * Swift foon grew weary of this preferment . It was not fuf- ficiently confiderable , and was at fo great a distance from the metropolis , that it abfolutely deprived him of that ...
... turn t . Swift confented ; and Sir William was D 2 fo * Swift foon grew weary of this preferment . It was not fuf- ficiently confiderable , and was at fo great a distance from the metropolis , that it abfolutely deprived him of that ...
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... turn to difpose of it . Yet whatever atone- ment was due to Swift for his Lordship's late breach of engagement , the fecretary having re- ceived a bribe * , the deanry was given to another , upon pretence that Swift , who was then more ...
... turn to difpose of it . Yet whatever atone- ment was due to Swift for his Lordship's late breach of engagement , the fecretary having re- ceived a bribe * , the deanry was given to another , upon pretence that Swift , who was then more ...
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... turning to the Doctor , " Jonathan , " F 3 fays the late ministry , runs as little into the other extreme , and is jealous in that point , even of those who got her out of the other's hands . The miniftry is for gentler measures , and ...
... turning to the Doctor , " Jonathan , " F 3 fays the late ministry , runs as little into the other extreme , and is jealous in that point , even of those who got her out of the other's hands . The miniftry is for gentler measures , and ...
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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...