The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin: Accurately Revised, in Twelve Volumes. Adorned with Copper-plates; with Some Account of the Author's Life, and Notes Historical and Explanatory, Том 18C. Bathurst, T. Osborne, W. Bowyer, J. Hinton, W. Strahan, B. Collins, J. Rivington, R. Baldwin, L. Davis and C. Reymers, and J. Dodsley., 1775 |
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Страница 264 - Second, struck by those very graces, gave him five thousand pounds ; with which he immediately bought an annuity for his life, of five hundred pounds a year, of my grandfather, Halifax ; which was the foundation of his subsequent fortune.
Страница 423 - CURATE'S COMPLAINT OF HARD DUTY. I MARCH'D three miles through scorching sand, With zeal in heart, and notes in hand ; I rode four more to Great St. Mary, Using four legs, when two were weary : To three fair virgins I did tie men, In the close bands of pleasing Hymen ; I dipp'd two babes in holy water, And purified their mother after. Within an hour and eke a half, I preach'd three congregations deaf; Where, thundering out, with lungs long-winded, I chopp'd so fast, that few there minded.
Страница 394 - I was proposing schemes, and hoping possibilities for our meeting once more in this world. I am weary of it ; and shall have one reason more, and one of the strongest that nature can give me (even when she is shaking my weak frame to pieces) to be willing to leave this world, when our dear friend is on the edge of the other. Yet I hope, I would fain hope, he may yet hover a while on the brink of it to preserve to this wretched age a relic and example of the last.
Страница 353 - I do not question but that the curious part of my] readers will be very well pleased to see so much matter, and so many useful hints upon this subject, laid together in so clear and concise a manner. THE English have not been so careful as other polite nations to preserve the memory of their great actions and events on medals.
Страница 369 - Whigs seem willing to contribute as much to continue me the one, as you would to make me the other. But, if you can move every man in the government who has above ten thousand pounds a year, to subscribe as much as yourself, I shall become a convert, as most men do, when the Lord turns it to my interest.
Страница 352 - A friend of mine drew up a project of this kind during the late ministry, which would then have been put in execution, had it not,, been too busy a time for thoughts of that nature".
Страница 423 - And purified their mother after. Within an hour and eke a half, I preach'd three congregations deaf; Where, thundering out, with lungs long-winded, I chopp'd so fast, that few there minded. My emblem, the laborious sun, Saw all these mighty labours done Before one race of his was run. All this perform'd by Robert Hewit : What mortal else could e'er go through it ! TO BETTY, THE GRISETTE.
Страница 388 - Admiral on account of your fkill in maritime affairs : whereas, according to the ufual method of Court proceedings, I mould have been at the head of the Army, and you of the Church, or rather a Curate under the Dean of St. Patrick's..
Страница 352 - He is in possession of an honour which the world perhaps knows nothing of. He may be a great man in his own family ; his wife and children may see the monument of an exploit, which the public in a little time is a stranger to.
Страница 372 - The person I mean is Dr. Swift; a dignified clergyman, but one, who, by his own confession, has composed more libels than sermons. If it be true, what I have heard often affirmed by innocent people, " That too much wit is dangerous to salvation," this unfortunate gentleman must certainly be damned to all eternity.