The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, 1. kötetC. Bathurst, 1755 |
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19. oldal
... person who had been extreamly ill used by the laft miniftry , because he would not go 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 ...
... person who had been extreamly ill used by the laft miniftry , because he would not go 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 ...
21. oldal
... persons , that he knew they could not long preferve their power , that he did not honour it while it lafted , and that he difdained pecuniary obligations . I use the miniftry fays he like dogs , because I expect they will use me fo ...
... persons , that he knew they could not long preferve their power , that he did not honour it while it lafted , and that he difdained pecuniary obligations . I use the miniftry fays he like dogs , because I expect they will use me fo ...
25. oldal
... person whom he regarded with disgust and contempt * . He would not fuffer even negative incivilities from If Swift refufed this place , he could not , as lord Orrery fup- pofes , be mistaken in believing it intended for him ; and that ...
... person whom he regarded with disgust and contempt * . He would not fuffer even negative incivilities from If Swift refufed this place , he could not , as lord Orrery fup- pofes , be mistaken in believing it intended for him ; and that ...
37. oldal
... persons of rank , character , and fortune of both fexes ; particularly Mrs. Conolly , a lady of very high reputation , the late most excellent bishop of Cloyne , the late judge Lindsay , and the lord chief justice Marley . The dean ...
... persons of rank , character , and fortune of both fexes ; particularly Mrs. Conolly , a lady of very high reputation , the late most excellent bishop of Cloyne , the late judge Lindsay , and the lord chief justice Marley . The dean ...
57. oldal
... person whom he knew was Mrs. Whiteway , and the fight of her when he knew her no more threw him into fits of rage fo violent and dreadful that she was forced to leave him , and the only act of kindness that remained in her power was to ...
... person whom he knew was Mrs. Whiteway , and the fight of her when he knew her no more threw him into fits of rage fo violent and dreadful that she was forced to leave him , and the only act of kindness that remained in her power was to ...
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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.