The Works of Jonathan Swift, כרך 7G. Faulkner, 1751 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 18
עמוד 17
... Ministers ready enough to hear Opinions , yet I have hardly feen one that would ever defcend to take Advice ; and this Pedantry arifeth from a Maxim themselves do not believe at the fame Time they practife by it , that there is ...
... Ministers ready enough to hear Opinions , yet I have hardly feen one that would ever defcend to take Advice ; and this Pedantry arifeth from a Maxim themselves do not believe at the fame Time they practife by it , that there is ...
עמוד 18
... Ministers to each other . This might have been done , if others , who had more concern and more influence would have acted their parts ; and , if this had fucceeded , the publick intereft both of Church and State would not have been the ...
... Ministers to each other . This might have been done , if others , who had more concern and more influence would have acted their parts ; and , if this had fucceeded , the publick intereft both of Church and State would not have been the ...
עמוד 21
... Minister about that whiggish or fanati- cal Genius fo prevalent among the English of this kingdom : his Lordship accounted for it by that number of Cromwell's Soldiers , Adven- turers established here , who were all of the fourest Leven ...
... Minister about that whiggish or fanati- cal Genius fo prevalent among the English of this kingdom : his Lordship accounted for it by that number of Cromwell's Soldiers , Adven- turers established here , who were all of the fourest Leven ...
עמוד 75
... Ministers to keep me on that fide , if it were but by a court expedient of keeping me in prifon for a plotter ; but at the fame time I must tell you , that fuch journeys very much shorten my life , for a month here is longer than fix at ...
... Ministers to keep me on that fide , if it were but by a court expedient of keeping me in prifon for a plotter ; but at the fame time I must tell you , that fuch journeys very much shorten my life , for a month here is longer than fix at ...
עמוד 95
... ministers were in a box together , and all the world ftar- ing at them . I am heartily glad your Opera hath mended your purfe , although perhaps it may spoil your court . Will you defire my Lord Bolingbroke , Mr. Pultney , and Mr. Pope ...
... ministers were in a box together , and all the world ftar- ing at them . I am heartily glad your Opera hath mended your purfe , although perhaps it may spoil your court . Will you defire my Lord Bolingbroke , Mr. Pultney , and Mr. Pope ...
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acquaintance Adieu affure againſt almoſt anſwer becauſe befides beft Beggar's Opera beſt confequence converfation Court deferve defign defire Dublin Dunciad Dutchefs eafy England eſteem fafe faid fame fatire fear felf fend fent fervants feven feveral fhall fince finiſh fome fomething fometimes foon forry fpirits friends friendſhip fubject fuch fure Grace greateſt Gulliver's Travels hath hear himſelf honour hope houſe Ireland juft juſt Lady laft laſt leaft leaſt lefs LETTER I LETTER live lofe loft Lord Bolingbroke Lord Carteret Lord Peterborow Minifter moft moſt muft muſt myſelf never obferve occafion paffage perfon philofopher pleaſe pleaſure POPE to Dr pounds Pray prefent publick publiſhed reafon reft ſcheme ſee ſelf ſhall ſhe ſhould ſome ſtate ſuch SWIFT tell themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thouſand underſtand unleſs uſed verfes verſe vifit Whig whofe wiſh worſe writ write yourſelf
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 47 - I hate and detest that animal called man, although I heartily love John, Peter, Thomas, and so forth.
עמוד 121 - I ought to think, that it is time for me to have done with the world, and so I would if I could get into a better before I was called into the best, and not die here in a rage, like a poisoned rat in a hole.
עמוד 123 - I have made a maxim, that should be writ in letters of diamonds, that a wise man ought to have money in his head, but not in his heart.
עמוד 83 - I have often wished that God Almighty would be so easy to the weakness of mankind as to let old friends be acquainted in another state ; and if I were to write an Utopia for heaven, that would be one of my schemes.
עמוד 212 - It is not now indeed a time to think of myself, when one of the nearest and longest ties I have ever had, is broken all on a sudden by the unexpected death of poor Mr. Gay. An inflammatory fever hurried him out of this life in three days. He...
עמוד 185 - If your ramble," says Swift, in another letter, " was on horseback, I am glad of it, on account of your health ; but I know your arts of patching up a journey between stagecoaches and friends' coaches, for you are as arrant a cockney as any hosier in Cheapside.
עמוד 84 - I have a race of orderly elderly people of both sexes at command, who are of no consequence, and have gifts proper for attending us ; who can bawl when I am deaf, and tread softly when I am only giddy and would sleep.
עמוד 72 - That countenance with which it is received by some statesmen is delightful : I wish I could tell you how every single man looks upon it, to observe which has been my whole diversion this fortnight.
עמוד 60 - ... of any thing in this world, he is more than mortal; if ever he trifles, it must be when he turns a divine.
עמוד 6 - You are to understand that I live in the corner of a vast unfurnished house. My family consists of a steward, a groom, a helper in the stable, a footman, and an old maid, who are all at board wages, and when I do not dine abroad, or make an entertainment, which last is very rare, I eat a mutton-pie, and drink half a pint of wine. My amusements are defending my small dominions against the Archbishop, and endeavouring to reduce my rebellious choir.