Swiftiana ...Charles Henry Wilson R. Phillips, 1804 |
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... pleased to grant a noli prosequi . " The Chief Justice's conduct so exasperated Swift , that he could not refrain from indulging his spleen in these pasquinades against the Chief Justice : Chief Justice Whitshed's Motto on his Coach ...
... pleased to grant a noli prosequi . " The Chief Justice's conduct so exasperated Swift , that he could not refrain from indulging his spleen in these pasquinades against the Chief Justice : Chief Justice Whitshed's Motto on his Coach ...
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... pleased with many of the Irish airs ; but was peculiarly struck with THE FEAST OF O'ROURKE , which was played by Jeremy Dignum , the Irish Timotheus , who swept the lyre with flying fingers , when he was told that , in the judgment of ...
... pleased with many of the Irish airs ; but was peculiarly struck with THE FEAST OF O'ROURKE , which was played by Jeremy Dignum , the Irish Timotheus , who swept the lyre with flying fingers , when he was told that , in the judgment of ...
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... pleased , " said the Dean , " with your com- position . The words seem to be what my friend Pope calls an echo to the sense . " " I am pleased , and proud , " answered Mac- " that it has afforded you any gowran , amusement and when you ...
... pleased , " said the Dean , " with your com- position . The words seem to be what my friend Pope calls an echo to the sense . " " I am pleased , and proud , " answered Mac- " that it has afforded you any gowran , amusement and when you ...
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... pleased , to drink what he pleased , to say what he pleased , to sing what he pleased , to fight when he pleased , to sleep when he pleased , and to dream what he pleased ; where all was native : their dress the produce of their own ...
... pleased , to drink what he pleased , to say what he pleased , to sing what he pleased , to fight when he pleased , to sleep when he pleased , and to dream what he pleased ; where all was native : their dress the produce of their own ...
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... pleased , that the King has given her so agreeable a command as for- bidding her the court , where she never came for diversion , but to bestow a very great civility upon the King and Queen . She hopes that by so unprecedented an order ...
... pleased , that the King has given her so agreeable a command as for- bidding her the court , where she never came for diversion , but to bestow a very great civility upon the King and Queen . She hopes that by so unprecedented an order ...
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Addison afterwards anecdotes answer BAUCIS AND PHILEMON Bishop called Cappagh character Chief Justice church contempt court Creichton Dean Swift Dean's deanery dine dinner Doctor Dublin Duke Earl edition Edmund Curll England English entitled Faulknor favour friends gentleman grace heard honour Houyhnhnms humour imitation Ireland Irish Isaac Bickerstaffe Jonathan Smedley King lady late letter LODGE London Lord Bolingbroke Lord Chesterfield Lord Lieutenant Lord Oxford Lord Somers Lord Treasurer Lordship manner MARBLE HILL memoirs ministry never observed occasion pamphlet Partridge party Patrick's person piece poem political Pope pray printed published Queen remarks replied ridicule satire says sent servants Sheridan shew Sir Robert soon Supped Swift wrote Tale Tatlers tell thing thought tion told took Tory tract Varina verses virtue volumes Whigs Whiteway woman words write written
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Էջ 179 - I'll tell you one that first comes into my head. One evening, Gay and I went to see him : you know how intimately we were all acquainted. On our coming in,
Էջ 44 - As to parliaments, I adored the wisdom of that Gothic institution which made them annual, and I was confident our liberty could never be placed upon a firm foundation until that ancient law were restored among us. For who sees not that, while such assemblies are permitted to have a longer duration, there grows up a commerce of corruption between the ministry and the deputies, wherein they both find their accounts, to the manifest danger of liberty ; which traffic would never answer the design nor...
Էջ 16 - To desire some good friends to inform me which of these resolutions I break, or neglect, and wherein; and reform accordingly. Not to talk much, nor of myself. Not to boast of my former beauty, or strength, or favour with ladies, etc. Not to hearken to flatteries, nor conceive I can be beloved by a young woman, et eos qui hereditatem captant odisse ac vitare.
Էջ 162 - 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 must have them all subscribe. "For," says he, "the author shall not begin to print till I have a thousand guineas for him.
Էջ 208 - Nibelunge," such as it was written down at the end of the twelfth, or the beginning of the thirteenth century, is
Էջ 44 - I ever abominated that scheme of politics (now about thirty years old) of setting up a monied interest in opposition to the landed. For I conceived, there could not be a truer maxim in our government than this, That the possessors of the soil are the best judges of what is for the advantage of the kingdom.
Էջ 43 - As to what is called a revolution principle, my opinion was this; that whenever those evils which usually attend and follow a violent change of government, were not in probability so pernicious as the grievance we suffer under a present power, then the public good will justify such a revolution.
Էջ 180 - A couple of lobsters ; ay, that would have done very well ; two shillings— tarts, a shilling ; but you will drink a glass of wine with me, though you supped so much before your usual time only to spare my pocket ?' ' No, we had rather talk with you than drink with you.
Էջ 182 - rchb^hoprc afCafhd ia 1729. this object likewise, he then waited on the Dean, and told him, " I am now at the top of my preferment ; for I well know that no Irishman will ever be made primate ; therefore, as I can rise no higher in fortune or station, I will most zealously promote the good of my country...
Էջ 156 - Some village Hampden, that with dauntless breast The little tyrant of his fields withstood, Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell, guiltless of his country's blood. The applause of listening senates...