The works of Jonathan Swift, containing additional letters, tracts, and poems, with notes, and a life of the author, by W. Scott, Volum 11814 |
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Pàgina ix
... mention many other gentlemen of literary eminence , who have had the goodness to give counte- nance to his undertaking . But enough has been said for the present purpose , which is only to give an account to the public of some of the ...
... mention many other gentlemen of literary eminence , who have had the goodness to give counte- nance to his undertaking . But enough has been said for the present purpose , which is only to give an account to the public of some of the ...
Pàgina 7
... mentioned sarcastically by the Dean in his Essay on Barbarous Denominations in Ireland , Vol . VII . p . 362. Swift's dislike to projects and projectors , is exhibited in his Essays on English Bubbles , and the subsequent Tracts ...
... mentioned sarcastically by the Dean in his Essay on Barbarous Denominations in Ireland , Vol . VII . p . 362. Swift's dislike to projects and projectors , is exhibited in his Essays on English Bubbles , and the subsequent Tracts ...
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... mentioned Mr Jona . than Swift is fully ascertained , by the following petition of his widow , Mrs Abigail Swift , to the Honourable Society of King's Inns , presented at a council held the 15th of April , 1667 . " To his Grace the Lord ...
... mentioned Mr Jona . than Swift is fully ascertained , by the following petition of his widow , Mrs Abigail Swift , to the Honourable Society of King's Inns , presented at a council held the 15th of April , 1667 . " To his Grace the Lord ...
Pàgina 15
... mention of the two names throughout the College records , with- out the Christian appellative , has thrown uncer- tainty upon some minute points of the Dean's biography . When Swift was entered at the University , the usual studies of ...
... mention of the two names throughout the College records , with- out the Christian appellative , has thrown uncer- tainty upon some minute points of the Dean's biography . When Swift was entered at the University , the usual studies of ...
Pàgina 16
... ever at a loss for such classical allusions and quotations as most aptly illustrate the matter of which he * This fact Mr Waryng often mentioned to Mr Whiteway . t treats . Yet although he thought so lightly of his 16 MEMOIRS OF.
... ever at a loss for such classical allusions and quotations as most aptly illustrate the matter of which he * This fact Mr Waryng often mentioned to Mr Whiteway . t treats . Yet although he thought so lightly of his 16 MEMOIRS OF.
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Pàgina 462 - tis his will : Let but the commons hear this testament, (Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read) And they would go and kiss dead Caesar's wounds, And dip their napkins in his sacred blood ; Yea, beg a hair of him for memory, And, dying, mention it within their wills, Bequeathing it, as a rich legacy, Unto their issue.
Pàgina 463 - Cassius. He reads much ; He is a great observer and he looks Quite through the deeds of men ; he loves no plays, As thou dost, Antony ; he hears no music ; Seldom he smiles, and smiles in such a sort As if he mock'd himself and scorn'd his spirit That could be moved to smile at any thing.
Pàgina 268 - That's very strange ; but, if you had not supped, I must have got something for you. Let me see, what should I have had ? A couple of lobsters ; ay, that would have done very well ; two shillings ; tarts, a shilling ; but you will drink a glass of wine with me, though you supped so much before your usual time only to spare my pocket I' ' No, we had rather talk with you than drink with you.
Pàgina 492 - In the poetical works of Dr. Swift there is not much upon which the critic can exercise his powers. They are often humorous, almost always light, and have the qualities which recommend such compositions, easiness and gaiety. They are, for the most part, what their author intended. The diction is correct, the numbers are smooth, and the rhymes exact. There seldom occurs a hardlaboured expression, or a redundant epithet; all his verses exemplify his own definition of a good style; they consist of "proper...
Pàgina 499 - His Tale of a Tub has little resemblance to his other pieces. It exhibits a vehemence and rapidity of mind, a copiousness of images, and vivacity of diction, such as he afterwards never possessed, or never exerted. It is of a mode so distinct and peculiar, that it must be considered by itself; what is true of that, is not true of any thing else which he has written.
Pàgina 507 - ... at the same time extremely fond of the infant, she stole him on shipboard unknown to his mother and uncle, and carried him with her to Whitehaven, where he continued for almost three years. For, when the matter was discovered, his mother sent orders by all means not to hazard a second voyage, till he could be better able to bear it. The nurse was so careful of him, that before he returned he had learnt to spell ; and by the time that he was three years old he could read any chapter in the Bible.
Pàgina 19 - Ah, sir, I was mad and violent. It was bitterness which they mistook for frolic. I was miserably poor, and I thought to fight my way by my literature and my wit; so I disregarded all power and all authority.
Pàgina 457 - 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.
Pàgina liv - England. .Lastly, his writings have set all our wits and men of letters upon a new way of thinking, of which they had little or no notion before ; nnd though we cannot yet say that any of them have come up to the beauties of the original, I think we may venture to affirm, that every one of them writes and thinks much more justly than they did some time since.
Pàgina 268 - I'll tell you one that first comes into my head. One evening, Gay and I went to see him : you know how intimately we were all acquainted. On our coming in, ' heyday, gentlemen, (says the doctor) what's the meaning of this visit?