The Works of Dr Jonathan Swift, Dean of St Patrick's, Dublin. In Thirteen Volumes. ...John Donadlson [sic], London, 1774 |
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... fomething that a malicious informer can pervert or aggravate agianit him in a court of juf- tice . Fifthly , Whoever beareth witness against his neighbour , out of a principle of malice and re- venge , from any old grudge , or hatred to ...
... fomething that a malicious informer can pervert or aggravate agianit him in a court of juf- tice . Fifthly , Whoever beareth witness against his neighbour , out of a principle of malice and re- venge , from any old grudge , or hatred to ...
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... fomething by way of advice to thofe who are unhappily engaged in this abominable trade and fin of bearing falfe witnefs ; but I am far from be- lieving or fuppofing any of that deftructive tribe are now my hearers . I look upon them as ...
... fomething by way of advice to thofe who are unhappily engaged in this abominable trade and fin of bearing falfe witnefs ; but I am far from be- lieving or fuppofing any of that deftructive tribe are now my hearers . I look upon them as ...
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... fomething about the great number of poor , who , under the name of common beg- gars , infeft our streets , and fill our ears with their continual cries , and craving importunity . This I fhall venture to call an unneceffary evil ...
... fomething about the great number of poor , who , under the name of common beg- gars , infeft our streets , and fill our ears with their continual cries , and craving importunity . This I fhall venture to call an unneceffary evil ...
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... , to look about from whence it cometh . But , however , there is fomething more in the matter . VOL . XI . E If > If a theological fubject be well handled by a [ 49 ] Remarks upon a book, intituled, The Rights of Chriftian Church.
... , to look about from whence it cometh . But , however , there is fomething more in the matter . VOL . XI . E If > If a theological fubject be well handled by a [ 49 ] Remarks upon a book, intituled, The Rights of Chriftian Church.
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... fomething like it in re- putation : He that is wholly loft to all regards of truth or modefty , may fcatter fo much calumny and scandal , that fome part may perhaps be taken up before it fall to the ground ; because the ill ta- lent of ...
... fomething like it in re- putation : He that is wholly loft to all regards of truth or modefty , may fcatter fo much calumny and scandal , that fome part may perhaps be taken up before it fall to the ground ; because the ill ta- lent of ...
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affairs affured againſt anfwer becauſe befides bishops bufinefs cafe caufe Chriftianity church clergy commanded confequence confideration converfation court covenanters defign defire difcourfe difcover doth dragoons Dublin Duke of Ormond Dundee Earl England faid falfe fame favour feem feemeth fend fenfe fent ferve fervice feven feveral fhall fhew fhould fide fince firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon friends ftill fubject fuch fuffer fuppofe fupport fure gentlemen Grace Grace's Moft greateſt Harley hath himſelf honour horfe houfe houſe humble fervant intereft Ireland juft King kingdom laft leaft lefs letter likewife Lord Dundee Lord Treaſurer Lord Wharton Lordship Majefty minifters miniftry moſt muft muſt myſelf neceffary never obferved occafion pafs parliament party perfons pleafed pleaſe prefent Prince Queen reafon rebels refpect reft regiment religion Scotland SWIFT tell thefe themfelves ther theſe thing thofe thoſe thought told ufually uſe whofe worfe
Popular passages
Page 209 - I conceive their refinements were grounded upon reason, and that a little grain of the romance is no ill ingredient to preserve and exalt the dignity of human nature, without which it is apt to degenerate into everything that is sordid, vicious, and low.
Page 19 - from me vanity and lies ; give me neither poverty nor " riches, feed me with food convenient for me : left I be " full, and deny thee, and fay, Who is the Lord ? or left " I be poor, and fteal, and take the name of my God in " vain," On the fame thing is founded the advice of Solomon, with regard to the fin of fenfuality : Proverbs xxiii.
Page 205 - And surely one of the best rules in conversation is, never to say a thing which any of the company can reasonably wish we had rather left unsaid : nor can there anything be well more contrary to the ends for which people meet together, than to part unsatisfied with each other or themselves.
Page 38 - And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep : and as Paul was long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead.
Page 359 - The great question^ whether the number of men in Spain and Portugal, at the time of the battle of Almanza, was but 8600, when there ought to have been 29,600, was carried on Tuesday in the affirmative, against the court, without a division, which was occasioned by Sir Thomas Hanmer's oratory.
Page 206 - ... ready to lapse into barbarity. This, among the Romans, was the raillery of slaves, of which we have many instances in Plautus. It seems to have been introduced among us by Cromwell,* who, by preferring the scum of the people, made it a court entertainment...
Page 214 - He seems to be but an ill dissembler, and an ill liar, although they are the two talents he most practises, and most values himself upon. The ends he has gained by lying, appear to be more owing to the frequency, than the art of them : his lies being sometimes detected in an hour, often in a day, and always in a week.
Page 169 - London, never failed to draw after him a great crowd of boys, and other young people, who constantly attended at his lodgings, and followed him with huzzas, as he went to court, or returned from it. As he was a man of humour, he would always thank them for their civilities, when he left them at the door, to go in to the king ; and would let them know exactly at what hour he intended to come out again, and return to his lodgings.
Page 202 - Of such mighty importance every man is to himself, and ready to think he is so to others; without once making this easy and obvious reflection, that his affairs can have no more weight with other men, than theirs have with him; and how little that is, he is sensible enough.
Page 202 - ... just as they happened; but he would have his own way. Others make a vanity of telling their faults; they are the strangest men in the world; they cannot dissemble; they own it is a folly; they have lost abundance of advantages by it; but if you would give them the world...