The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, Volumen1C. Bathurst, 1768 |
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... caufe virtue is pleafed in proportion as it is difplayed ; and indeed these verses could not be fuppofed an apology for lewdness , if his lordship believed his own affertion , that the Dean was " Not to be fwayed by de- " liberate evil ...
... caufe virtue is pleafed in proportion as it is difplayed ; and indeed these verses could not be fuppofed an apology for lewdness , if his lordship believed his own affertion , that the Dean was " Not to be fwayed by de- " liberate evil ...
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... caufe in the great rebellion of 1641 , from whom there is no defcendant of the name . Another of the younger branches was the reverend Thomas Swift , vicar of Goodrich , in Herefordshire , with which he alfo held another ecclefiaftical ...
... caufe in the great rebellion of 1641 , from whom there is no defcendant of the name . Another of the younger branches was the reverend Thomas Swift , vicar of Goodrich , in Herefordshire , with which he alfo held another ecclefiaftical ...
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... caufe expofed him to much danger and many fufferings ; he was plundered more than thirty times by the parliament's army , he was ejected from his church livings , his eftate was fequeftered and he was himself thrown into prifon . His ...
... caufe expofed him to much danger and many fufferings ; he was plundered more than thirty times by the parliament's army , he was ejected from his church livings , his eftate was fequeftered and he was himself thrown into prifon . His ...
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... be willing to fecure to him fuch advantage as they could , knowing their own inftability , and foreseeing their fall D.S. 343 . Lett . to lord Oxf . But But with whatever view , or from whatever caufe the 22 AN ACCOUNT OF THE.
... be willing to fecure to him fuch advantage as they could , knowing their own inftability , and foreseeing their fall D.S. 343 . Lett . to lord Oxf . But But with whatever view , or from whatever caufe the 22 AN ACCOUNT OF THE.
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... caufe the deanery of St. Patrick's was given him , he received ir with less pleasure than he would have done a fettle- ment with much lefs power and profit in England . He immediately croffed the channel to take pof- feffion of his new ...
... caufe the deanery of St. Patrick's was given him , he received ir with less pleasure than he would have done a fettle- ment with much lefs power and profit in England . He immediately croffed the channel to take pof- feffion of his new ...
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Página 264 - 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...
Página 69 - 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 259 - Things were at this crisis when a material accident fell out. For upon the highest corner of a large window there dwelt a certain spider, swollen up to the first magnitude by the destruction of infinite numbers of flies, whose spoils lay scattered before the gates of his palace, like human bones before the cave of some giant.
Página 57 - Soon after he again endeavoured, with a good deal of pain, to find words; but at last, after many efforts, not being able, he fetched a deep sigh, and was afterwards silent.
Página 259 - In this mansion he had for some time dwelt in peace and plenty, without danger to his person by swallows from above, or to his palace by brooms from below, when it was the pleasure of fortune to conduct thither a...
Página 267 - As for us the ancients, we are content, with the bee, to pretend to nothing of our own beyond our wings and our voice : that is to say, our flights and our language.
Página 54 - It is a sackposset, wherein the deeper you go you will find it the sweeter. Wisdom is a hen, whose cackling we must value and consider because it is attended with an egg. But then...
Página 68 - 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...
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Página 75 - You taught how I might youth prolong, By knowing what was right and wrong; How from my heart to bring supplies Of lustre to my fading eyes...