The works of Jonathan Swift, containing additional letters, tracts, and poems, with notes, and a life of the author, by W. Scott, Band 161814 |
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... given in a petition to the queen by Mr Secretary St John . I understand nothing of the mathematics ; but I am told it is a thing as improbable as the philosopher's stone , or perpetual motion . I lately writ a letter of about thirty ...
... given in a petition to the queen by Mr Secretary St John . I understand nothing of the mathematics ; but I am told it is a thing as improbable as the philosopher's stone , or perpetual motion . I lately writ a letter of about thirty ...
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... given you hopes that a peace would soon appear , and upon conditions wholly surprising and unexpected . I say this to you wholly in con- fidence ; and I know nothing yet to change my opinion , except the desponding talk of the town ...
... given you hopes that a peace would soon appear , and upon conditions wholly surprising and unexpected . I say this to you wholly in con- fidence ; and I know nothing yet to change my opinion , except the desponding talk of the town ...
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... given lord - treasurer and your humble ser- vant no small trouble in the cabinet . The copy of the plenipotentiaries ' dispatch of the 2d of Septem- ber , which I likewise send , will show you how a dispute , now on foot at Utrecht ...
... given lord - treasurer and your humble ser- vant no small trouble in the cabinet . The copy of the plenipotentiaries ' dispatch of the 2d of Septem- ber , which I likewise send , will show you how a dispute , now on foot at Utrecht ...
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... given more than Tournay to have been sure of : they must not therefore press us to go farther than this ; nor do any thing which may seem contradic- tory to what the queen delivered from the throne . * That speech they have always owned ...
... given more than Tournay to have been sure of : they must not therefore press us to go farther than this ; nor do any thing which may seem contradic- tory to what the queen delivered from the throne . * That speech they have always owned ...
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... given the last stroke to the finishing the treaty with France . Make my compliments to Madam Teriol ; and let her know that I have , I hope , put her affair into a way of being finished to her satisfaction . I have spoke very earnestly ...
... given the last stroke to the finishing the treaty with France . Make my compliments to Madam Teriol ; and let her know that I have , I hope , put her affair into a way of being finished to her satisfaction . I have spoke very earnestly ...
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a-year acquaintance Addison Adieu affairs answer ARCHBISHOP KING assure Barber believe Bishop Bishop of Rochester brother church court Dean deanery DEAR SIR desire DR ARBUTHNOT Dr Swift dragon Dublin Duchess DUCHESS OF ORMOND Duke of Ormond Duke of Shrewsbury Earl of Oxford endeavour England esteem favour friends friendship give grace greatest hear heartily Herefordshire honour hope house of lords humble servant Ireland July July 17 kingdom Lady Masham late leave letter live London Lord Bolingbroke lord chancellor Lord Harley Lord Oxford lord-lieutenant lord-treasurer lordship majesty ment ministers ministry never obedient obliged occasion opinion parliament party peace person pleased Pope pounds Pray present pretend queen reason received sent soon sure talk tell thing thought told tory town trouble whigs wish writ write
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Seite 471 - In happy climes, where from the genial sun And virgin earth such scenes ensue, The force of Art by Nature seems outdone, And fancied beauties by the true...
Seite 483 - And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel ? God forbid : as the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground ; for he hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not.
Seite 204 - The Earl of Oxford was removed on Tuesday,— " the Queen died on Sunday! What a world is " this, and how does Fortune banter us !" says Bolingbroke.* * Letter to Swift, Aug.
Seite 20 - Dear Mat, hide the nakedness of thy country, and give the best turn thy fertile brain will furnish thee with to the blunders of thy countrymen, who are not much better politicians than the French are poets.'* Soon after, the duke of Shrewsbury went on a formal embassy to Paris.
Seite 100 - he shall not begin to print till I have a thousand guineas for him.' Lord Treasurer, after leaving the Queen, came through the room, beckoning Dr. Swift to follow him, — both went off just before prayers.
Seite 100 - if the courtiers give me a watch that won't go right?' Then he instructed a young nobleman that the best poet in England was Mr. Pope (a Papist), who had begun a translation of Homer into English verse, for which, he said, he must have them all subscribe. 'For,' says he, 'the author shall not begin to print till I have a thousand guineas for him.
Seite 191 - I may prevail to renew your licence of absence, conditionally you will be present with me ; for to-morrow morning I shall be a private person. When I have settled my domestic affairs here, I go to Wimple ; thence, alone, to Herefordshire. If I have not tired you tete a tete, fling away so much time upon one, who loves you.
Seite 142 - I desire him not to alter any of his methods for me, so we dine exactly between twelve and one. At eight we have some bread and butter and a glass of ale, and at ten he goes to bed. Wine is a stranger, except a little I sent him ; of which, one evening in two, we have a pint between us. His wife has been this month twenty miles off, at her father's, and will not return these ten days. I never saw her ; and perhaps the house will be worse when she comes. I read all day, or walk, and do not speak as...
Seite 398 - I am this morning in the humoiir of scribbling, to make my letter at least as long as one of your sermons ; and, if you do not mend, my next shall be as long as one of Dr Manton's,* who taught my youth to yawn, and pre'pared me to "be a high churchman, that I might never hear him read, nor read him more.
Seite 193 - I could tell you the queen had got so far the better of the dragon, as to take her power out of his hands. He has been the most ungrateful man to her, and to all his best friends, that ever was born. I cannot have so much time now to write all my mind, because my dear mistress is...