The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, 1. kötetC. Bathurst, 1755 |
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2. oldal
... an orchard when he was a boy ; but however this be , it is certain , that except a church or chapter leafe which was not renewed , Thomas never poffeffed more than Shetch . than one hundred pounds a year ; this 2 AN ACCOUNT OF THE.
... an orchard when he was a boy ; but however this be , it is certain , that except a church or chapter leafe which was not renewed , Thomas never poffeffed more than Shetch . than one hundred pounds a year ; this 2 AN ACCOUNT OF THE.
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... certain , but the reafon which fhe and her companion then gave for their leaving England , was , that in Ireland Mr. Deane Swift fays 18 , but it appears by the poem on her birth day in 1718 , that the was then but 34 ; the Deane fays ...
... certain , but the reafon which fhe and her companion then gave for their leaving England , was , that in Ireland Mr. Deane Swift fays 18 , but it appears by the poem on her birth day in 1718 , that the was then but 34 ; the Deane fays ...
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... certain great lady having mifreprefented his principles and cha- racter , her majefty gave it to another ; of this injury , however , the archbishop was afterwards J. R.271 . truly fenfible , expreffed great forrow for it , and defired ...
... certain great lady having mifreprefented his principles and cha- racter , her majefty gave it to another ; of this injury , however , the archbishop was afterwards J. R.271 . truly fenfible , expreffed great forrow for it , and defired ...
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... certain lengths which they would have had him , this being in fome fort Mr. Harley's own cafe . Letter to King , vol . XII . Mr. Harley received him with the utmost kindness and respect , he fat with him two hours in company , and two ...
... certain lengths which they would have had him , this being in fome fort Mr. Harley's own cafe . Letter to King , vol . XII . Mr. Harley received him with the utmost kindness and respect , he fat with him two hours in company , and two ...
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... certain , that , if it had been of greater value , it would not have attoned for any indecorum in the offer , or have induced Swift to fuffer an obligation from those whom he did not efteem , for he refused the place of hiftoriographer ...
... certain , that , if it had been of greater value , it would not have attoned for any indecorum in the offer , or have induced Swift to fuffer an obligation from those whom he did not efteem , for he refused the place of hiftoriographer ...
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173. oldal - In the proportion that credulity is a more peaceful possession of the mind than curiosity, so far preferable is that wisdom which converses about the surface to that pretended philosophy which enters into the depth of things, and then comes gravely back with informations and discoveries that in the inside they are good for nothing.
140. oldal - Lords, learn their Titles exactly, and then brag of their Acquaintance. Or Secondly, which is indeed the choicer, the profounder, and politer Method, to get a thorough Insight into the Index, by which the whole Book is governed and turned, like Fishes by the Tail. For, to enter the Palace of Learning at the great Gate, requires an Expence of Time and Forms; therefore Men of much Haste and little Ceremony, are content to get in by the Back-Door.
24. oldal - In the Attic commonwealth,* it was the privilege and birth-right of every citizen and poet to rail aloud, and in public...
4. oldal - Books, like men their authors, have no more than one way of coming into the world, but there are ten thousand to go out of it, and return no more.
245. oldal - ... defence. 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 wandering bee, to whose curiosity a broken pane in the glass had discovered itself, and in he...
57. oldal - 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.
312. oldal - Too intense a contemplation is not the business of flesh and blood; it must by the necessary course of things, in a little time let go its hold and fall into matter. Lovers, for the sake of celestial converse, are but another sort of Platonics who pretend to see stars and heaven in ladies...
246. oldal - I am glad," answered the bee, "to hear you grant at least that I am come honestly by my wings and my voice; for then, it seems, I am obliged to Heaven alone for my flights and my music; and Providence would never have bestowed on me two such gifts without designing them for the noblest ends.
171. oldal - ... whether things that have place in the imagination may not as properly be said to exist as those that are seated in the memory...
45. oldal - 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.