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Pagina v
... half - a - dozen letters by the same writer . The aim of the present series is to present a selec- tion of this inexhaustible material in groups , each sufficiently large to create an atmosphere . No attempt has been made to seek out ...
... half - a - dozen letters by the same writer . The aim of the present series is to present a selec- tion of this inexhaustible material in groups , each sufficiently large to create an atmosphere . No attempt has been made to seek out ...
Pagina xii
... half angrily , ' without bringing some Whig in your sleeve . ' He obtained for King , who had libelled and insulted him , a post which relieved that facetious writer from the pressure of want . His kindness to young Harrison and poor ...
... half angrily , ' without bringing some Whig in your sleeve . ' He obtained for King , who had libelled and insulted him , a post which relieved that facetious writer from the pressure of want . His kindness to young Harrison and poor ...
Pagina xiii
... half the letters in this volume are addressed . He had an immense craving for sympathy , and he naturally found its satisfaction among women . That he gave as much as he received is abundantly clear , and it is a mistake to ascribe the ...
... half the letters in this volume are addressed . He had an immense craving for sympathy , and he naturally found its satisfaction among women . That he gave as much as he received is abundantly clear , and it is a mistake to ascribe the ...
Pagina xvii
... half - articulate baby - talk which he and Stella exchanged when she was his child pet at Moor Park twenty odd years before - the one bright spot in the gloomy and desolate dawn of his manhood . " Must loo mimitate Pdfr , pay ? Iss ...
... half - articulate baby - talk which he and Stella exchanged when she was his child pet at Moor Park twenty odd years before - the one bright spot in the gloomy and desolate dawn of his manhood . " Must loo mimitate Pdfr , pay ? Iss ...
Pagina xxv
... half quizzical , half tender , which exactly fits the occasion . One feels in each case that he is writing just as he would have spoken , and his manner changes precisely as his conversation adapted itself to his hearer . The most ...
... half quizzical , half tender , which exactly fits the occasion . One feels in each case that he is writing just as he would have spoken , and his manner changes precisely as his conversation adapted itself to his hearer . The most ...
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Eighteenth Century Letters: Swift, Addison, Steele (Classic Reprint) Reginald Brimley Johnson Geen voorbeeld beschikbaar - 2017 |
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acquaintance ADDISON Adieu affairs affectionate Andrew Fountaine answer Arbuthnot assure believe Bishop Bishop of Clogher Coldstream Guards court Dean DEAR PRUE DEAR SIR death desire dined Dublin DUCHESS OF ORMOND Duchess of Queensberry Duke England esteem fortune friends friendship give glad greatest happy hear heart heartily honour hope humble servant humour husband imagine Ireland John Gay Jonathan Swift Journal to Stella Lady Masham last night leave letter ling live London Lord Bathurst Lord Bolingbroke Lord Oxford lord-treasurer lordship Madam Mary Scurlock mind morning never obedient obliged occasion passion person pleasure poet poor Pope Pray present queen RICHARD STEELE RICHD secretary shewing sincere Stella sure Swift talk tell thing thought to-day to-morrow told town Vanessa virtue walk Whig wife wish word writ write
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Pagina xii - And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die. who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel ? God forbid : as the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground ; for he hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not.
Pagina 54 - I like the scheme of our meeting after distresses and dispersions ; but the chief end I propose to myself in all my labors is to vex the world rather than divert it ; and if I could compass that design without hurting my own person or fortune, I would be the most indefatigable writer you have ever seen, without reading.
Pagina 153 - The Earl of Oxford was removed on Tuesday,— " the Queen died on Sunday! What a world is " this, and how does Fortune banter us !" says Bolingbroke.* * Letter to Swift, Aug.
Pagina 149 - ... have hecatombs of roasted oxen sacrificed to him. Since he became so conspicuous, Will Pulteney hangs his head to see himself so much outdone in the career of glory. I hope he will get a good deal of money by printing his play, but, I really believe, he would get more by showing his person ; and I can assure you, this is the very identical John Gay, whom you formerly knew, and lodged with in Whitehall two years ago.
Pagina 89 - I told the mother immediately, and spoke with all the advantages you deserve. But, the objection of your fortune being removed, I declare I have no other; nor shall any consideration of my own misfortune of losing so good a friend and companion as her, prevail on me, against her interest and settlement in the world, since it is held so necessary and convenient a thing for ladies to marry; and that time takes off from the lustre of virgins in all other eyes but mine.
Pagina 35 - ... and more I assure you. Come at what time you please, you can never fail of being very well received. To which Swift replied, with equally light-hearted banter, 7/ you write as you do, I shall come the seldomer, on purpose to be pleased with your letters, which I never look into without wondering how a Brat, who cannot read, can possibly write so well.
Pagina 55 - I have done with them. I have got materials towards a treatise, proving the falsity of that definition animal rationale, and to show it should be only rationis capax.
Pagina 186 - So, close in poplar shades, (her children gone) The mother nightingale laments alone, Whose nest some prying churl had found, and thence, By stealth, convey'd th
Pagina xxi - Had spoil'd his fashionable airs: He now could praise, esteem, approve, But understood not what was love. His conduct might have made him styl'd A father, and the nymph his child.
Pagina 205 - Saturday night (Aug. 30, 1707.) "DEAR, LOVELY, MRS. SCURLOCK, — "I have been in very good company, where your health, under the character of the woman I loved best, has been often drunk; so that I may say that I am dead drunk for your sake, which is more than I die for you. "RICH. STEELE.