The Works ...: With the Author's Life and Character, Notes [etc.] In Eight Volumes, Volumen8A. Donaldson, 1761 |
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... means 190 LXXXVIII . From Dr Swift . Mention again of the chaẩm in the letters . Objections in Ireland to fome paffages in Mr Pope'sletters published in England . The Dean's own opi- nion of them 192 LXXXIX . From Dr Swift . Of his ...
... means 190 LXXXVIII . From Dr Swift . Mention again of the chaẩm in the letters . Objections in Ireland to fome paffages in Mr Pope'sletters published in England . The Dean's own opi- nion of them 192 LXXXIX . From Dr Swift . Of his ...
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... mean , particularly , that licence which of late has too much prevailed , of publishing epiftolary corre fpondences . Such a fashion , for I know not what elfe to call it , is extremely pernicious . At prefent , it fatisfies the ...
... mean , particularly , that licence which of late has too much prevailed , of publishing epiftolary corre fpondences . Such a fashion , for I know not what elfe to call it , is extremely pernicious . At prefent , it fatisfies the ...
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... means , and flatter myself it was partly through my own ! But " this , I fear , will never be the cafe ; and I think it more probable , " his attraction will draw me on the other fide , which , I proteft , " nothing less than a ...
... means , and flatter myself it was partly through my own ! But " this , I fear , will never be the cafe ; and I think it more probable , " his attraction will draw me on the other fide , which , I proteft , " nothing less than a ...
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... mean Algernon Sydney , whose dif- courfes concerning government are admirably written , and contain great hiftorical knowledge , and a remarkable propriety of diction ; fo that his name , in my opinion , ought to be much higher ...
... mean Algernon Sydney , whose dif- courfes concerning government are admirably written , and contain great hiftorical knowledge , and a remarkable propriety of diction ; fo that his name , in my opinion , ought to be much higher ...
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... mean the excellence of his heart . He has fhewed him felf equal to any of his cotemporaries in humour and vivacity ; and he was fuperior to most men in acts of humanity and benevolence : his very farcafms are the fatirical strokes of ...
... mean the excellence of his heart . He has fhewed him felf equal to any of his cotemporaries in humour and vivacity ; and he was fuperior to most men in acts of humanity and benevolence : his very farcafms are the fatirical strokes of ...
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Página 92 - I will further tell you, that all my endeavours, from a boy, to distinguish myself, were only for want of a great title and fortune, that I might be used like a Lord by those who have an opinion of my parts — whether right or wrong, it is no great matter, and so the reputation of wit or great learning does the office of a blue ribbon, or of a coach and six horses.
Página 44 - I hate and detest that animal called man, although I heartily love John, Peter, Thomas, and so forth.
Página 122 - I dislike nothing in your letter but an affected apology for bad writing, bad spelling, and a bad pen; which you pretend Mr Gay found fault with; Wherein you affront Mr Gay, you affront me, and you affront yourself.
Página 179 - I see things more in the whole, more consistent, and more clearly deduced from, and related to each other. But what I gain on the side of philosophy, I lose on the side of poetry : the flowers are gone, when the fruits begin to ripen, and the fruits perhaps will never ripen perfectly.
Página 60 - Motte * received the copy (he tells me) he knew not from whence, nor from whom, dropped at his house in the dark, from a hackney-coach : by computing the time, I found it was after you left England, so, for my part, I suspend my judgment.
Página 15 - ... to war and gods. I tell you all the faults I know, only in one or two places you are a little obscure; but I expected you to be so in one or two and twenty.
Página 33 - I often threatened myself with the journey, and am every summer practising to ride and get health to bear it : the only inconvenience is, that I grow old in the experiment. Although I care not to talk to you as a divine, yet I hope you have not been author of your colic : do you drink bad wine, or keep bad company? Are you not as many years older as I ? It will not be always et tibi quos mihi dempserit apponet annos.
Página 31 - I dare not venture to publish them : For however orthodox they may be while I am now writing, they may become criminal enough to bring me into trouble before midsummer.
Página 155 - But even this trick shall not provoke me to print the true one, which indeed is not proper to be seen till I can be seen no more...
Página 194 - Patron, and then descended to be my Friend. It is a great favour of Heaven, that your health grows better by the addition of years. I have...