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Pagina 8
... asking the Dean whether his uncle Godwin had not given him his education . Swift , who hated that subject cordially ... asked Swift . " Sir , I am Serjeant Bett - es- A guard of volunteers formed themselves to defend the Dean at this ...
... asking the Dean whether his uncle Godwin had not given him his education . Swift , who hated that subject cordially ... asked Swift . " Sir , I am Serjeant Bett - es- A guard of volunteers formed themselves to defend the Dean at this ...
Pagina 9
... asking a favour with distaste , and positively re- fused . He said , ' She should sing , or he would make her . Why , madam , I suppose you take me for one of your poor English hedge - parsons ; sing when I bid you . ' As the Earl did ...
... asking a favour with distaste , and positively re- fused . He said , ' She should sing , or he would make her . Why , madam , I suppose you take me for one of your poor English hedge - parsons ; sing when I bid you . ' As the Earl did ...
Pagina 14
... asked . ” . SCOTT's Swift , vol . vi . P. 453 . - He goes further , in a good - humoured satirical paper , " On Barbarous Denominations in Ireland , " where ( after abusing , as he was wont , the Scotch cadence , as well as expression ...
... asked . ” . SCOTT's Swift , vol . vi . P. 453 . - He goes further , in a good - humoured satirical paper , " On Barbarous Denominations in Ireland , " where ( after abusing , as he was wont , the Scotch cadence , as well as expression ...
Pagina 24
... asked to dine with me a few days ago ; for upon my making the same speech to him , he said he did not understand such usage , and so walked off without his dinner . By the same token , I told the gentleman who recommended him to me that ...
... asked to dine with me a few days ago ; for upon my making the same speech to him , he said he did not understand such usage , and so walked off without his dinner . By the same token , I told the gentleman who recommended him to me that ...
Pagina 33
... asking them what kings or great persons they can remember , and then consulting history ; for infallibly the last prince in their mind did not begin his reign after they were fourscore years old . " They were the most mortifying sight I ...
... asking them what kings or great persons they can remember , and then consulting history ; for infallibly the last prince in their mind did not begin his reign after they were fourscore years old . " They were the most mortifying sight I ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 250 - In all my wanderings round this world of care, In all my griefs - and God has given my share I still had hopes my latest hours to crown, Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose.
Pagina 162 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault, and hesitate dislike...
Pagina 238 - At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorn'd the venerable place ; Truth from his lips prevail'd with double sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remain'd to pray.
Pagina 162 - Peace to all such ! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease : Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk...
Pagina 118 - I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow: when I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions and debates of mankind.
Pagina 113 - like a distressed prince who calls in a powerful neighbour to his aid. I was undone by my auxiliary. When I had once called him in, I could not subsist without dependence on him.
Pagina 238 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs, were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven. As some tall cliff, that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm...
Pagina 75 - The marriage, if uncontradicted report can be credited, made no addition to his happiness ; it neither found them nor made them equal. She always remembered her own rank, and thought herself entitled to treat with very little ceremony the tutor of her son.
Pagina 137 - Of manners gentle, of affections mild ; In wit, a man ; simplicity, a child ; With native humour temp'ring virtuous rage, Form'd to delight at once and lash the age ; Above temptation, in a low estate ; And uncorrupted...
Pagina 133 - So when I am wearied with wandering all day, To thee, my delight, in the evening I come: No matter what beauties I saw in my way; They were but my visits, but thou art my home.