...remains to posterity, in the words of Archbishop King, as reported by Dr. Delany, ' the most miserable man on earth, but on the subject of his wretchedness you must never ask a question.' 89. Berkeley, Arbuthnot.—The firstof these writers, George Berkeley (1685-1753), Bishop of Cloyne,...

...remains to posterity, in the words of Archbishop King, as reported by Dr. Delany, ' the most miserable man on earth, but on the subject of his wretchedness you must never ask a question.' 89. Berkeley, Arbuthnot. — The firstof these writers, George Berkeley (1685-1753), Bishop of Cloyne,...

...marks of strong terror and agitation in his countenance, upon which the Archbishop said to Delany, "You have just met the most unhappy man on earth ;...most unhappy man on earth; — Miserrimus — what a сЬягЯйёГоГЬнп ! And at this time all the great wits of England hatt~been at his feet....

...met Swift rushing distractedly away, and the archbishop, who was in tears, remarked to his visitor, "You have just met the most unhappy man on earth;...of his wretchedness you must never ask a question." Rumor has been busy about this scene, but its sensational interpretations are not necessary to establish...

...earth; 1 The initials of My Dear — a part of the little language of endearment he constantly employs. but on the subject of his wretchedness you must never ask a question." Stella is a poetic name which Swift bestowed on Esther Johnson, a beautiful, dark-eyed girl, whom he...

...terror and agitation in his countenance, upon which the Archbishop said to Delany, " You have just 20 met the most unhappy man on earth; but on the subject...what a character of him! And at this time all the 25 great wits of England had been at his feet. All Ireland had shouted after him, and worshipped him...

...suffered. To the Rev. John Worrall he wrote, in a letter which he begged him to burn, " What you tell just met the most unhappy man on earth ; but on the...of his wretchedness you must never ask a question." Will it be believed that Scott — who rejects Delany's inference from this alleged incident — had...

...marks of strong terror and agitation in his countenance, upon which the Archbishop said to Delany, " You have just ' met the most unhappy man on earth...never ask a question." The most unhappy man on earth; — Mise-rrimua — what a character of him ! And at this tune all the great wits of England had been...

...mysterious; we know no more than what Archbishop King is said to have told Delany, that Swift " was the most unhappy man on earth, but on the subject...of his wretchedness you must never ask a question." As early as 1 7 1 7 he said to Young, " I shall die at the top," and he seems to have been always haunted...

...mysterious ; we know no more than what Archbishop King is said to have told Delany, that Swift " was the most unhappy man on earth, but on the subject...of his wretchedness you must never ask a question." As early as 1717 he said to Young, " I shall die at the top," and he seems to have been always haunted...