The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, כרך 14J. Johnson, J. Nichols, R. Baldwin, Otridge and Son, J. Sewell, F. and C. Rivington, T. Payne, R. Faulder, G. and J. Robinson, R. Lea, J. Nunn, W. Cuthell, T. Egerton, ... [and 12 others], 1801 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 51
עמוד 8
... seen what has happened in France ? and what is likely to happen , by the diffusion of learning and science , in all the other catholick countries of Europe ? such events are stupendous ; Non bc sine numine Divům eveniunt . fortune ...
... seen what has happened in France ? and what is likely to happen , by the diffusion of learning and science , in all the other catholick countries of Europe ? such events are stupendous ; Non bc sine numine Divům eveniunt . fortune ...
עמוד 16
... seen one that would ever descend to take advice ; and this pedantry arises from a maxim themselves do not believe at the same time they practise by it , that there is something profound in politicks , which men of plain honest sense ...
... seen one that would ever descend to take advice ; and this pedantry arises from a maxim themselves do not believe at the same time they practise by it , that there is something profound in politicks , which men of plain honest sense ...
עמוד 31
... seen before a sword cutler's shop in Germany ; but even in these constrained postures , the witty rascal will divert me : and he that diverts me does me a great deal of good , and lays me under an obligation to him , which I am not ...
... seen before a sword cutler's shop in Germany ; but even in these constrained postures , the witty rascal will divert me : and he that diverts me does me a great deal of good , and lays me under an obligation to him , which I am not ...
עמוד 37
... seen , without reading . I am exceedingly pleased that you have done with translations ; lord treasurer Oxford often lamented that a rascally world should lay you under a necessity of misemploying your genius for so long a time . But ...
... seen , without reading . I am exceedingly pleased that you have done with translations ; lord treasurer Oxford often lamented that a rascally world should lay you under a necessity of misemploying your genius for so long a time . But ...
עמוד 54
... seen you again before you left us ; he said he observed a willingness in you to live among us ; which I did not deny ; but at the same time told him , you had no such design in your coming this time , which was merely to see a few of ...
... seen you again before you left us ; he said he observed a willingness in you to live among us ; which I did not deny ; but at the same time told him , you had no such design in your coming this time , which was merely to see a few of ...
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עמוד 38 - I have ever hated all nations, professions, and communities, and all my love is toward individuals: for instance I hate the tribe of lawyers, but I love Counsellor Such-a-one, and Judge Such-a-one: it is so with physicians, (I will not speak of my own trade,) soldiers, English, Scotch, French, and the rest. But principally I hate and detest that animal called man; although I heartily love John, Peter, Thomas, and so forth.
עמוד 110 - I of the religion of Erasmus, a Catholic ; so I live, so I shall die ; and hope one day to meet you, Bishop Atterbury, the younger Craggs, Dr.- Garth, Dean Berkley, and Mr.
עמוד 37 - 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.
עמוד 194 - The Whigs were ravished to see me, and would lay hold on me as a twig while they are drowning...
עמוד 97 - As to this country,* there have been three terrible years dearth of corn, and every place strewed with beggars ; but dearths are common in better climates, and our evils here lie much deeper. Imagine a nation the two thirds of...
עמוד 226 - There is a young fellow here in town we are all fond of, and about a year or two come from the university, one Harrison, a pretty little fellow, with a great deal of wit, good sense, and good nature...
עמוד 34 - ... above three or four contemporaries, and, if they could be united, would drive the world before them. I think it was so among the poets in the time of Augustus; but envy, and party, and pride, have hindered it among us.
עמוד 80 - I now hold the pen for my Lord Bolingbroke, who is reading your letter between two haycocks; but his attention is somewhat diverted, by casting his eyes on the clouds, not in admiration of what you say, but for fear of a shower.
עמוד 33 - Your happiness is greater than your merit, in choosing your favourites so indifferently among either party; this you owe partly to your education, and partly to your genius employing you in an art in which faction has nothing to do, for I suppose Virgil and Horace are equally read by Whigs and Tories. You have no more to do with the constitution of church and state, than a Christian at Constantinople...
עמוד 72 - I am in my own farm," says he, "and here I shoot strong and tenacious roots: I have caught hold of the earth, to use a gardener's phrase, and neither my enemies nor my friends will find it an easy matter to transplant me again.