The works of Jonathan Swift, containing additional letters, tracts, and poems, with notes, and a life of the author, by W. Scott, Volume 61824 |
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... hope , when your lordship has better considered on it , you will comply with the desire of Your loving friends , JOHN BULL , NIC . FROG . Some of Bull's friends advised him to take gentler methods with the young lord ; but John ...
... hope , when your lordship has better considered on it , you will comply with the desire of Your loving friends , JOHN BULL , NIC . FROG . Some of Bull's friends advised him to take gentler methods with the young lord ; but John ...
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... hope in God , wife , he did not reflect upon you ? " " No , thank God , my reputation is too well esta- blished in the world , to receive any hurt from such a foul - mouthed scoundrel as he ; his doctrine tends only to make husbands ...
... hope in God , wife , he did not reflect upon you ? " " No , thank God , my reputation is too well esta- blished in the world , to receive any hurt from such a foul - mouthed scoundrel as he ; his doctrine tends only to make husbands ...
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... hope to be saved , I would do anything to serve you ; I would crawl upon all four to serve you ; I have spent my health and pater- nal estate in your service . I have indeed a small pit- tance left , with which I might retire , and with ...
... hope to be saved , I would do anything to serve you ; I would crawl upon all four to serve you ; I have spent my health and pater- nal estate in your service . I have indeed a small pit- tance left , with which I might retire , and with ...
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... hope you think on't , sir . " And to have these usurers transact my debts at coffeehouses , and alehouses , as if I were going to break up shop . Lord ! that ever the rich , the generous John Bull , clothier , the envy all his ...
... hope you think on't , sir . " And to have these usurers transact my debts at coffeehouses , and alehouses , as if I were going to break up shop . Lord ! that ever the rich , the generous John Bull , clothier , the envy all his ...
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... hope my friend John here will not be refractory . " At the same time , he clapped me on the back , and slabbered me all over from cheek to cheek , with his great tongue . " Do as you please , gentlemen , " quoth I , " ' tis all one to ...
... hope my friend John here will not be refractory . " At the same time , he clapped me on the back , and slabbered me all over from cheek to cheek , with his great tongue . " Do as you please , gentlemen , " quoth I , " ' tis all one to ...
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Página 447 - For, in reason, all government without the consent of the governed, is the very definition of slavery ; but, in fact, eleven men well armed will certainly subdue one single man in his shirt.
Página 448 - The remedy is wholly in your own hands ; and therefore I have digressed a little, in order to refresh and continue that spirit so seasonably raised among you ; and to let you see, that by the laws of GOD, of NATURE, of NATIONS, and of your COUNTRY, you ARE, and OUGHT to be, as FREE a people as your brethren in England.
Página 405 - Am I a freeman in England, and do I become a slave in six hours by crossing the channel...
Página 170 - It is incredible to conceive the effect his writings have had on the Town; how many thousand follies they have either quite banished or given a very great check to! how much countenance they have added to Virtue and Religion! how many people they have rendered happy, by shewing them it was their own fault if they were not so! and, lastly, how entirely they have convinced our young fops and young fellows of the value and advantages of Learning!
Página 431 - And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span. 5 And he had a helmet of brass upon his head, and he was armed with a coat of mail; and the weight of the coat was five thousand shekels of brass.
Página 485 - They compassed me about also with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause. 4 For my love they are my adversaries : but I give myself unto prayer. 5 And they have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
Página 377 - Your paragraph relates further, that sir Isaac Newton reported an assay taken at the Tower of Wood's metal, by which it appears that Wood had in all respects performed his contract. His contract! — With whom ? Was it with the parliament or people of Ireland ? are not they to be the purchasers ? But they detest, abhor, and reject it, as corrupt, fraudulent, mingled with dirt and trash.
Página 272 - After his trial, the jury brought him in not guilty, although they had been culled with the utmost industry : the chief-justice sent them back nine times, and kept them eleven hours, until, being perfectly tired out, they were forced to leave the matter to the mercy of the judge, by what they call a special verdict.
Página 365 - ... rent, and two or three great cellars in his house for stowage. But what the bankers will do I cannot tell. For I am assured, that some great bankers keep by them forty thousand pounds in ready cash, to answer all payments; which sum in Mr. Wood's money would require twelve hundred horses to carry it...
Página 384 - They are as venomous as the poison of a serpent, even like the deaf adder, that stoppeth her ears; 5 Which refuseth to hear the voice of the charmer, charm he never so wisely.