...years and general conversation. I am daily losing friends, and neither seeking nor getting others. O if the world had but a dozen Arbuthnots in it, I would burn my travels ! but, however, he is not without fault. There is a passage in Bede highly commending the piety...

...affection we too rarely notice nowadays between men of mature years. Swift said of Arbuthnot, ' Oh ! if the world had ' but a dozen Arbuthnots in it I would burn my ' Travels' This may be doubted without damage to the friendly testimony. The terrible Dean himself,...

...affection we too rarely notice nowadays between men of mature years. Swift said of Arbuthnot, ' Oh ! if the world had but a dozen Arbuthnots in it I would burn my Travels! This may be doubted without damage to the friendly testimony. The terrible Dean himself, whose...

...years and general conversation. I am daily losing friends, and neither seeking nor getting others. Oh, if the world had but a dozen Arbuthnots in it, I would burn my Travels." But, however, he is not without fault. There is a passage in Bede, highly commending the...

...years and general conversation. I am daily losing friends, and neither seeking nor getting others. Oh ! if the world had but a dozen Arbuthnots in it, I would burn my travels ; but, however, he is not without fault, I pray God, protect him, for he is an excellent Christian,...

...public weal, To Virtue's work provoke the tardy Hall, of mature years. Swift said of Arbuthnot, ' Oh! if the world had but a dozen Arbuthnots in it I would burn my Travels.' This may be doubted without damage to the friendly testimony. The terrible Dean himself,...

...his social scheme. In a letter to Pope he justifies the writing of Gulliver by the exclamation, "Oh, if the world had but a dozen Arbuthnots in it, I would burn my travels." It is a fine tribute to the man whom Pope also loved and to whom he dedicated his famous...

...little less than disease. Reason' Life, iv. 313. Past, p. 327. 1 OfDr. Arbuthnot, Swift wrote:— ' O if the world had but a dozen Arbuthnots in it I would burn my travels.' Swift's Works, xvii. 212. In a poem entitled In Sickness, Written in Ireland, 1714, he laments...

...animals, that he could write of Dr. Arbuthnot, perhaps the man of all others he most loved — " O, if the world had but a dozen Arbuthnots in it, I would burn my Travels" The point of view is not unlike that of some modern Englishmen, who will declare that whilst...

...knowing him intimately.' Of him Swift wrote to Pope, referring to his humanity and benevolence, ' Oh that the world had but a dozen Arbuthnots in it ! I would burn my travels ' (' Gulliver ') ; and when a lady asked the satirical Dean for the Doctor's character, he...