The Works of the Rev. Dr. Jonathan Swift ...C. Bathurst, W. Strahan, 1784 |
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... usual for a man's friends to write down a fentence with their names , to keep , them in his remembrance ; it is ftill common in fome of the foreign universities . AN ANSWER то BICKER STAF F. Some reflexions upon Mr. 24 PREDICTIONS , & c .
... usual for a man's friends to write down a fentence with their names , to keep , them in his remembrance ; it is ftill common in fome of the foreign universities . AN ANSWER то BICKER STAF F. Some reflexions upon Mr. 24 PREDICTIONS , & c .
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Jonathan Swift Thomas Sheridan. AN ANSWER то BICKER STAF F. Some reflexions upon Mr. BICKERSTAFF's Predictions for the Year MDCCVIII . BY A PERSON OF QUALITY . I HAVE not obferved , for fome years paft , any infignificant paper to have ...
Jonathan Swift Thomas Sheridan. AN ANSWER то BICKER STAF F. Some reflexions upon Mr. BICKERSTAFF's Predictions for the Year MDCCVIII . BY A PERSON OF QUALITY . I HAVE not obferved , for fome years paft , any infignificant paper to have ...
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... the man began in earnest to languish and decay , by the mere ftrength of imagination , and would certainly have died , if care had not been taken to undeceive OV him , before the jeft went too far . him , 26 AN ANSWER.
... the man began in earnest to languish and decay , by the mere ftrength of imagination , and would certainly have died , if care had not been taken to undeceive OV him , before the jeft went too far . him , 26 AN ANSWER.
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... bu- finefs called him ; then ply him close , observe his look narrowly , fee whether his speech be con- strained or affected , then charge him fuddenly , or whisper whisper and fmile , and you will foon discover whe- 28 AN ANSWER.
... bu- finefs called him ; then ply him close , observe his look narrowly , fee whether his speech be con- strained or affected , then charge him fuddenly , or whisper whisper and fmile , and you will foon discover whe- 28 AN ANSWER.
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... of a ge- " neral , who , by a glorious action , will recover the reputation he loft by former misfortunes . " This is commonly understood to be lord Galloway ; who who if he be already dead , as fome news 30 AN ANSWER.
... of a ge- " neral , who , by a glorious action , will recover the reputation he loft by former misfortunes . " This is commonly understood to be lord Galloway ; who who if he be already dead , as fome news 30 AN ANSWER.
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Página 368 - He is without the sense of shame, or glory, as some men are without the sense of smelling ; and therefore, a good name to him, is no more than a precious ointment would be, to these.
Página 214 - The women look like angels, and would be more beautiful than the sun, were it not for little black spots that are apt to break out in their faces and sometimes rise in very odd figures.
Página 482 - Although men are accused for not knowing their own weakness, yet perhaps as few know their own strength. It is in men as in soils, where sometimes there is a vein of gold, which the owner knows not of.
Página 152 - I am ignorant of any one quality, that is amiable in a man, which is not equally so in a woman : I do not except even modesty and gentleness of nature. Nor do I know one vice or folly, which is not equally detestable in both.
Página 197 - This last piece of civility had like to have cost me dear, being once or twice in danger of my neck by leaping over his ditches, and at last forced to alight in the dirt, when my horse, having slipped his bridle, ran away, and took us up more than an hour to recover him again. It...
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Página 226 - This comedy likewise exposes, with great justice, that unnatural taste for Italian music among us, which is wholly unsuitable to our northern climate, and the genius of the people, whereby we are overrun with Italian effeminacy and Italian nonsense.
Página 327 - Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
Página 97 - When a Man's Thoughts are clear, the properest Words will generally offer themselves first; and his own Judgment will direct him in what Order to place them, so as they may be best understood.
Página 196 - Exactly at eight the mother came up, and discovered, by the redness of her face, that supper was not far off. It was twice as large as the dinner, and my persecution doubled in proportion. I desired at my usual hour to go to my repose, and was conducted to my chamber by the gentleman, his lady, and the whole train of children. They importuned me to drink something before I went to bed ; and, upon my refusing...