The Life of Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, DublinJ. Murray, 1882 - 576 páginas |
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... write . He cared nothing for dishonest gains , but he seems to have looked very closely after those that were rightly his . Easy by nature , his overpowering self - conceit led him to adopt a pompous manner , and to talk perhaps as he ...
... write . He cared nothing for dishonest gains , but he seems to have looked very closely after those that were rightly his . Easy by nature , his overpowering self - conceit led him to adopt a pompous manner , and to talk perhaps as he ...
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... writes a very good current hand , is very honest and diligent . " As he might recom- mend a deserving clerk , Temple in- troduces to Southwell this youth , whose name was to outlive those of all the ex - ambassadors and secretaries of ...
... writes a very good current hand , is very honest and diligent . " As he might recom- mend a deserving clerk , Temple in- troduces to Southwell this youth , whose name was to outlive those of all the ex - ambassadors and secretaries of ...
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... write like Pindar . " Swift was caught by the fashion , which The 18th Ode of the 2nd Book : " Non ebur neque aureum Mea renidet in domo lacunar , " & c . was then so prevalent in Oxford , that even a CHAP . II . ] SWIFT'S FIRST YEARS ...
... write like Pindar . " Swift was caught by the fashion , which The 18th Ode of the 2nd Book : " Non ebur neque aureum Mea renidet in domo lacunar , " & c . was then so prevalent in Oxford , that even a CHAP . II . ] SWIFT'S FIRST YEARS ...
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... writes , that he in no way regrets the decision . He knows how the tongues of gossips will be set in motion by his resignation . He foresees how that gossip will find additional matter for discussion in the supposed desire to rid ...
... writes , that he in no way regrets the decision . He knows how the tongues of gossips will be set in motion by his resignation . He foresees how that gossip will find additional matter for discussion in the supposed desire to rid ...
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... write graceful Latin verses , to affect a general acquaintance with the classics , was the mark of a cultured gentleman : to be interested in the achievements of the new sciences , to find entertainment in the futilities of the " Men of ...
... write graceful Latin verses , to affect a general acquaintance with the classics , was the mark of a cultured gentleman : to be interested in the achievements of the new sciences , to find entertainment in the futilities of the " Men of ...
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Página 129 - Pray, sir, do you remember any good weather in the world?' The country gentleman, after staring a little at the singularity of his manner, and the oddity of the question, answered, ' Yes, sir, I thank God I remember a great deal of good weather in my time.
Página 314 - To like with less seraphic ends ; Or, to compound the business, whether They temper love and books together ; Must never to mankind be told, Nor shall the conscious Muse unfold.
Página 485 - I am so stupid and confounded, that I cannot express the mortification I am under both in body and mind. All I caB say is, that I am not in torture; but I daily and hourly expect it. Pray let me know how your health is, and your family. I hardly understand one word I write. I am sure my days will be very few; few and miserable they must be.
Página 408 - I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London that a young, healthy child well nursed is, at a year old, . a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricassee or a ragout.
Página 44 - To thee I owe that fatal bent of mind, Still to unhappy restless thoughts inclined ; To thee, what oft I vainly strive to hide, That scorn of fools, by fools mistook for pride...
Página 288 - I believe sleep was never more welcome to a weary traveller, than death was to her...
Página 466 - For we know by these marks the place of the damn'd : And HELL to be sure is at Paris or Rome. How happy for us that it is not at home ! THE DAY OF JUDGMENT.
Página 389 - In the Attic commonwealth,* it was the privilege and birth-right of every citizen and poet to rail aloud, and in public...
Página 447 - If he should travel about the country, he would have hecatombs of roasted oxen sacrificed to him.
Página 346 - Am I a freeman in England, and do I become a slave in six hours by crossing the channel...