The Works of Jonathan Swift, כרך 7G. Faulkner, 1751 |
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תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 28
עמוד 9
... Virtues . For , either your Brethren have miferably deceived us thefe hundred Years paft , or Power conferreth Virtue , as naturally as five of your popifh Sacraments do Grace.- You fleep lefs and drink more . But your Mafter Horace was ...
... Virtues . For , either your Brethren have miferably deceived us thefe hundred Years paft , or Power conferreth Virtue , as naturally as five of your popifh Sacraments do Grace.- You fleep lefs and drink more . But your Mafter Horace was ...
עמוד 25
... Virtue of that Commonwealth gave Place to Luxury and Am- bition , this very Office of Dictator became per- petual in the Perfons of the Cæfars and their Succeffors , the most infamous Tyrants that have any where appeared in Story ...
... Virtue of that Commonwealth gave Place to Luxury and Am- bition , this very Office of Dictator became per- petual in the Perfons of the Cæfars and their Succeffors , the most infamous Tyrants that have any where appeared in Story ...
עמוד 49
... virtue that can make a man amiable or ufeful , but alas , he hath a fort of flouch in his walk ! I pray God protect him , for he is an excellent Chriftian , although not a Catholick . I hear nothing of our friend Gay , but I find the ...
... virtue that can make a man amiable or ufeful , but alas , he hath a fort of flouch in his walk ! I pray God protect him , for he is an excellent Chriftian , although not a Catholick . I hear nothing of our friend Gay , but I find the ...
עמוד 68
... it cannot be wondered that he takes most offence , being himself the most accomplished of his fpecies , and fo lofing more ' than any other of that praise which is due both to to the dignity and virtue of a man . Your 68 LETTERS to and.
... it cannot be wondered that he takes most offence , being himself the most accomplished of his fpecies , and fo lofing more ' than any other of that praise which is due both to to the dignity and virtue of a man . Your 68 LETTERS to and.
עמוד 69
Jonathan Swift. to the dignity and virtue of a man . Your friend , my Lord Harcourt , commends it very much , although he thinks in fome places the matter too far carried . The Dutchefs Dowager of Marlborough is in raptures at it ; fhe ...
Jonathan Swift. to the dignity and virtue of a man . Your friend , my Lord Harcourt , commends it very much , although he thinks in fome places the matter too far carried . The Dutchefs Dowager of Marlborough is in raptures at it ; fhe ...
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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.