The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ...G. Hamilton, J. Balfour, & L. Hunter, 1766 |
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... grace and favour you , Mr. D'ANVER , whom we never difobliged , are endeavouring to prevent ; which , I will take upon me to fay , is a manifeft mark of your difaffection to his Majesty , a want of duty to the miniftry , and a wicked ...
... grace and favour you , Mr. D'ANVER , whom we never difobliged , are endeavouring to prevent ; which , I will take upon me to fay , is a manifeft mark of your difaffection to his Majesty , a want of duty to the miniftry , and a wicked ...
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... Grace had deferted their communion : And the weavers who were accomplices of Balfour , be- lieved they did God fervice in deftroying an enemy of the kirk ; and accordingly all the murderers were e- fteemed and ftiled Saints , by that ...
... Grace had deferted their communion : And the weavers who were accomplices of Balfour , be- lieved they did God fervice in deftroying an enemy of the kirk ; and accordingly all the murderers were e- fteemed and ftiled Saints , by that ...
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... Scotland , amounted not to above three thousand . Upon the Duke's being made Commander in Chief , Ge- neral Dalziel refufed to ferve under him , and remained at at his lodgings in Edinburg , till his Grace was 124 MEMOIRS OF.
... Scotland , amounted not to above three thousand . Upon the Duke's being made Commander in Chief , Ge- neral Dalziel refufed to ferve under him , and remained at at his lodgings in Edinburg , till his Grace was 124 MEMOIRS OF.
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... grace to let them know which way he de- figned to take to come at the enemy , the duke anfwer- ed , it must be by Bothwell - bridge . Now the bridge . lay a fhort mile to the right of the king's army , was nar- row , and guarded with ...
... grace to let them know which way he de- figned to take to come at the enemy , the duke anfwer- ed , it must be by Bothwell - bridge . Now the bridge . lay a fhort mile to the right of the king's army , was nar- row , and guarded with ...
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... Grace fent feveral meffengers to Steele , to know the reason why he kept the farm wafte . The Duke received no other an- fwer , than that he would keep it wafte in pight of him and the King too ; whereupon his Grace , at whofe table I ...
... Grace fent feveral meffengers to Steele , to know the reason why he kept the farm wafte . The Duke received no other an- fwer , than that he would keep it wafte in pight of him and the King too ; whereupon his Grace , at whofe table I ...
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Página 145 - 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 143 - I conceive their refinements were grounded upon reason, and that a little grain of the romance is no ill ingredient to preserve and exalt the dignity of human nature, without which it is apt to degenerate into everything that is sordid, vicious, and low.
Página 109 - His unusual dress and figure, when he was in London, never failed to draw after him a great crowd of boys and other young people, who constantly attended at his lodgings, and followed him with huzzas as he went to court or returned from it. As he was a man of humour, he would always thank them for their civilities, when he left them at the door to go...
Página 109 - London, never failed to draw after him a great crowd of boys, and other young people, who constantly attended at his lodgings, and followed him with huzzas, as he went to court, or returned from it. As he was a man of humour, he would always thank them for their civilities, when he left them at the door, to go in to the king ; and would let them know exactly at what hour he intended to come out again, and return to his lodgings.
Página 139 - It now passes for raillery to run a man down in discourse, to put him out of countenance, and make him ridiculous ; sometimes to expose the defects of his person or understanding; on all which occasions, he is obliged not to be angry, to avoid the imputation of not being able to take a jest.
Página 4 - from me vanity and lies ; give me neither poverty nor " riches, feed me with food convenient for me : left I be " full, and deny thee, and fay, Who is the Lord ? or left " I be poor, and fteal, and take the name of my God in " vain," On the fame thing is founded the advice of Solomon, with regard to the fin of fenfuality : Proverbs xxiii.
Página 139 - French, from whence we borrow the word, have a quite different idea of the thing, and so had we in the politer age of our fathers. Raillery was to say something that at first appeared a reproach or reflection, but by some turn of wit, unexpected and surprising, ended always in a compliment, and to the advantage of the person it was addressed to.
Página 136 - I rarely remember to have seen five people together where some one among them hath not been predominant in that kind, to the great constraint and disgust of all the rest.
Página 137 - Of such mighty importance every man is to himself, and ready to think he is so to others; without once making this easy and obvious reflection, that his affairs can have no more weight with other men, than theirs have with him; and how little that is, he is sensible enough.
Página 137 - ... just as they happened; but he would have his own way. Others make a vanity of telling their faults; they are the strangest men in the world; they cannot dissemble; they own it is a folly; they have lost abundance of advantages by it; but if you would give them the world...