The Works of Jonathan Swift, כרך 7G. Faulkner, 1751 |
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עמוד 68
... person who least approves it , blaming it as a defign of evil confequence to depreciate human nature , at which it cannot be wondered that he takes most offence , being himself the most accomplished of his fpecies , and fo lofing more ...
... person who least approves it , blaming it as a defign of evil confequence to depreciate human nature , at which it cannot be wondered that he takes most offence , being himself the most accomplished of his fpecies , and fo lofing more ...
עמוד 124
... person of that fex , who had not too much reafon to complain of ill health . I never wake without finding life a more infignificant thing than it was the day before ; which is one great advantage I get by living in this country , where ...
... person of that fex , who had not too much reafon to complain of ill health . I never wake without finding life a more infignificant thing than it was the day before ; which is one great advantage I get by living in this country , where ...
עמוד 173
... person fent me eleven meffages before I would yield to a vifit : I mean a perfon to whom he is infinitely obliged , for being the occafion of the happiness he now enjoyeth under the protection and favour of my Lord Duke and your Grace ...
... person fent me eleven meffages before I would yield to a vifit : I mean a perfon to whom he is infinitely obliged , for being the occafion of the happiness he now enjoyeth under the protection and favour of my Lord Duke and your Grace ...
עמוד 174
... persons to be treasurers and managers to great perfons , from their virtue , and con- tempt of money , & c . - Pray why did you not get a new heel to your fhoe ? unless you would make your court at St. James's by affecting to imitate ...
... persons to be treasurers and managers to great perfons , from their virtue , and con- tempt of money , & c . - Pray why did you not get a new heel to your fhoe ? unless you would make your court at St. James's by affecting to imitate ...
עמוד 188
... persons to whom he is an utter ftranger , and who know no more of him than what they have . heard by the partial representations of a friend . But in the mean time I must defire your Grace not to flatter yourself , that I waited for ...
... persons to whom he is an utter ftranger , and who know no more of him than what they have . heard by the partial representations of a friend . But in the mean time I must defire your Grace not to flatter yourself , that I waited for ...
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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.