The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin: Including the Whole of His Posthumous Pieces, Letters, &c, Volume 9C. Elliot, 1766 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 38
Page 11
... half their meaning , and puts them together with no regard , except to their cadence ; as I remember a fellow nailed up maps in a gentleman's closet , some fideling , others upside down , the better to ad- just them to the pannels . I ...
... half their meaning , and puts them together with no regard , except to their cadence ; as I remember a fellow nailed up maps in a gentleman's closet , some fideling , others upside down , the better to ad- just them to the pannels . I ...
Page 19
... half a dozen at moft . I should incline to guess the latter ; because he tells them they are furrounded by a learned , wealthy , knowing gentry , who know with what firm- ness , self - denial , and charity , the bishops adhered to the ...
... half a dozen at moft . I should incline to guess the latter ; because he tells them they are furrounded by a learned , wealthy , knowing gentry , who know with what firm- ness , self - denial , and charity , the bishops adhered to the ...
Page 22
... half con- fifting of quotation , will be fo much the fooner got through . It is a very unfair thing in any writer to employ his ignorance and malice together ; because it gives his anfwerer double work : it is like the fort of fophiftry ...
... half con- fifting of quotation , will be fo much the fooner got through . It is a very unfair thing in any writer to employ his ignorance and malice together ; because it gives his anfwerer double work : it is like the fort of fophiftry ...
Page 26
... half a dozen fhreds , like a fchool - boy's theme , beaten general topicks , where any other man alive might wander fecurely ; but this politician , by venturing to vary the good old phrafes , and give them a new turn , commits an ...
... half a dozen fhreds , like a fchool - boy's theme , beaten general topicks , where any other man alive might wander fecurely ; but this politician , by venturing to vary the good old phrafes , and give them a new turn , commits an ...
Page 54
... right , by a frain of the fummum jus , he is now , as I am told , with half a score children , ftarving and rotting among thieves and pick - pockets in the common room room of a ftinking gaol [ t ] . I 54 THE SPIRIT PUBLIC.
... right , by a frain of the fummum jus , he is now , as I am told , with half a score children , ftarving and rotting among thieves and pick - pockets in the common room room of a ftinking gaol [ t ] . I 54 THE SPIRIT PUBLIC.
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
acts of parliament affiftance againſt alliance allies anſwer barrier Barrier treaty becauſe befides biſhops Britain cafe catholicks cauſe church clergy confcience confequences confiderable Crifis crown defign defire diffenters duke duke of Anjou Dutch Emperor enemy England eſtabliſhed faid fame fecond fectaries fecurity fent feveral fhall fhew fhould fide fince firft firſt Flanders fome foon France ftate fubjects fucceffion fuch fuffered fufficient fuppofe Gallican church garrifons Guelder hath himſelf Holland houſe intereft king Charles king of Spain kingdom laft land laſt leaft leaſt liberty likewife lord lordſhip majefty minifters moft moſt muft muſt neceffary neceffity never obferved occafion pafs papifts parliament peace perfons pleaſe poffeffion poffefs poffible popery prefbyterians prefent pretender prince propofed proteftant publiſhed QUEEN raiſe reaſon reft religion ſaid ſeveral ſhall ſome Spanish Netherlands ſtate States-general ſuch teft thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand tithes towns treaty troops uſe whigs whofe
Popular passages
Page 294 - Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
Page 34 - I imagine a person of quality prevailed on to marry a woman much his inferior, and without a groat to her fortune, and her friends arguing she was as good as her husband, because she brought him as numerous a family of relations and servants as she found in his house.
Page 136 - It will no doubt be a mighty comfort to our grand-children, when they see a few rags hung up in Westminster Hall which cost a hundred millions, whereof they are paying the arrears, to boast as beggars do that their grandfathers were rich and great.