The Works of Jonathan Swift: Containing Additional Letters, Tracts, and Poems, Not Hitherto Published, Zväzok 9Bickers, 1883 |
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... Prayers used by the Dean for Mrs. Johnson , in her last Sickness , An Evening Prayer , by Dean Swift , from the Original Manuscript found amongst Dr. Lyon's Papers , Letter to Mr. Archi - Rabbi Sophi Diotrephes , & c . Character of Dr ...
... Prayers used by the Dean for Mrs. Johnson , in her last Sickness , An Evening Prayer , by Dean Swift , from the Original Manuscript found amongst Dr. Lyon's Papers , Letter to Mr. Archi - Rabbi Sophi Diotrephes , & c . Character of Dr ...
Strana 7
... pray carry us on the other side towards the gardens : we are , you must know , gentlemen that are travelling England ; after which we shall go into foreign parts ; where some of us have already been . " Here he bows in the most humble ...
... pray carry us on the other side towards the gardens : we are , you must know , gentlemen that are travelling England ; after which we shall go into foreign parts ; where some of us have already been . " Here he bows in the most humble ...
Strana 21
... Pray , who is this extraordinary young man ? ' Thus the force of action is such , that it is more prevalent , even when improper , than all the reason and argu- ment in the world without it . " This gentleman con- cluded his discourse ...
... Pray , who is this extraordinary young man ? ' Thus the force of action is such , that it is more prevalent , even when improper , than all the reason and argu- ment in the world without it . " This gentleman con- cluded his discourse ...
Strana 28
... prayers , he has such a careless loll , that people are justly offended at his irreverent posture ; besides the extraordinary charge they are put to in sending their children to dance , to bring them off of those ill ges- tures ...
... prayers , he has such a careless loll , that people are justly offended at his irreverent posture ; besides the extraordinary charge they are put to in sending their children to dance , to bring them off of those ill ges- tures ...
Strana 29
... prayers every day . If the weather is fair , his time is spent in visiting ; if cold or wet , in bed , or at least at home , though within a hundred yards of the church . These , out of many such irregular practices , I write for his ...
... prayers every day . If the weather is fair , his time is spent in visiting ; if cold or wet , in bed , or at least at home , though within a hundred yards of the church . These , out of many such irregular practices , I write for his ...
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Strana 293 - Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh shall be a barbarian unto me.
Strana 118 - ... his green boughs, and left him a withered trunk : he then flies to art, and puts on a periwig, valuing himself upon an unnatural bundle of hairs, (all covered with powder,) that never grew on his head ; but now, should this our broomstick pretend to enter the...
Strana 118 - THIS single stick, which you now behold ingloriously lying in that neglected corner, I once knew in a flourishing state in a forest; it was full of sap, full of leaves, and full of boughs; but now, in vain does the busy art of man pretend to...
Strana 266 - This day, being Sunday, January 28th, 1727-8, about eight o'clock at night, a servant brought me a note, with an account of the death of the truest, most virtuous, and valuable friend, that I, or perhaps any other person ever was blessed with.
Strana 353 - But every single character in Shakespeare is as much an individual, as those in life itself; it is as impossible to find any two alike; and such as from their relation or affinity in any respect appear most to be twins, will upon comparison be found remarkably distinct.
Strana 353 - ... had all the speeches been printed without the very names of the persons, I believe one might have applied them with certainty to every speaker.
Strana 215 - Th' unwilling gratitude of base mankind. POPE. ' CENSURE,' says a late ingenious author, ' is the tax a man pays to the public for being eminent.
Strana 329 - A COMPLETE COLLECTION OF GENTEEL AND INGENIOUS CONVERSATION, ACCORDING TO THE MOST POLITE MODE AND METHOD, NOW USED AT COURT, AND IN THE BEST COMPANIES OF ENGLAND.
Strana 214 - The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet, when we want shoes.
Strana 40 - But instead of giving you a list of the late refinements crept into our language, I here send you the copy of a letter I received some time ago from a most accomplished person in this way of writing, upon which I shall make some remarks. It is in these terms. "'SiR, "'I cou'dnt get the things you sent for all about Town. — I thot to ha come down myself, and then I'd ha' broufum; but I han't don't, and I believe I can't do't, that's pozz.