The Works of the Rev. Dr. Jonathan Swift ...C. Bathurst, W. Strahan, 1784 |
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... friends to rally him , upon feeing fome of her letters addreffed to him at the bar of the coffee - houfe , by asking him , how long he had taken up the custom of writing letters to himself ? So that I can now fairly give it to the ...
... friends to rally him , upon feeing fome of her letters addreffed to him at the bar of the coffee - houfe , by asking him , how long he had taken up the custom of writing letters to himself ? So that I can now fairly give it to the ...
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... friend . But there is ftill a more pleasant cheat in this affair , that when we find a deadness , and a strange kind of unaptness and indifpofition to all impreffions of religion , and that we cannot be as truly forry for our fins as we ...
... friend . But there is ftill a more pleasant cheat in this affair , that when we find a deadness , and a strange kind of unaptness and indifpofition to all impreffions of religion , and that we cannot be as truly forry for our fins as we ...
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... fofteneth and difarmeth him into eafe and wantonnefs ? that he hath been at more pains , and labour , and coft , to be revenged of an enemy , than to oblige the beft best friend he hath in the world ? that he 12 THE DIFFICULTY OF.
... fofteneth and difarmeth him into eafe and wantonnefs ? that he hath been at more pains , and labour , and coft , to be revenged of an enemy , than to oblige the beft best friend he hath in the world ? that he 12 THE DIFFICULTY OF.
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Jonathan Swift Thomas Sheridan. best friend he hath in the world ? that he cannot bring himself to say his prayers without a great deal of reluctancy ; and when he doth fay them , the fpirit and fervour of devotion evaporate in a very ...
Jonathan Swift Thomas Sheridan. best friend he hath in the world ? that he cannot bring himself to say his prayers without a great deal of reluctancy ; and when he doth fay them , the fpirit and fervour of devotion evaporate in a very ...
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... friends , or more ferviceable to their country ; but , whatever they pretend , will deftroy their inward peace of mind by perpetual doubts and fears arifing in their breafts . And God forbid we thould ever fee the times fo bad , when ...
... friends , or more ferviceable to their country ; but , whatever they pretend , will deftroy their inward peace of mind by perpetual doubts and fears arifing in their breafts . And God forbid we thould ever fee the times fo bad , when ...
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Página 39 - And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.
Página 39 - And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.
Página 247 - She was sickly from her childhood until about the age of fifteen, but then grew into perfect health, and was looked upon as one of the most beautiful, graceful, and agreeable young women in London, only a little too fat. Her hair was blacker than a raven, and every feature of her face in perfection.
Página 249 - This is the night of the funeral, which my sickness will not suffer me to attend. It is now nine at night ; and I am removed into another apartment, that I may not see the light in the church, which is just over against the window of my bed-chamber.
Página 247 - ... acquaintance in Ireland, I prevailed with her and her dear friend and companion, the other lady, to draw what money they had into Ireland, a great part of their fortune being in annuities upon funds.
Página 76 - Simeon and Levi are brethren ; Instruments of cruelty are in their habitations. O my soul, come not thou into their secret ; Unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united : For in their anger they slew a man, And in their selfwill they digged down a wall. Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce ; And their wrath, for it was cruel : 1 will divide them in Jacob, And scatter them in Israel.
Página 398 - ... 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 187 - I never saw, heard, nor read, that the clergy were beloved in any nation where Christianity was the religion of the country. Nothing can render them popular, but some degree of persecution.
Página 272 - The two maxims, of any great man at court are* always to keep his countenance, and never to keep his word.
Página 248 - Never was any of her sex born with better gifts of the mind, or who more improved them by reading and conversation.