 And this is it which a person of great honour in Ireland (who was pleased to stoop so low as to look into my mind) used to tell me, that my mind was like a conjured spirit, that would do mischief if I would not give it employment.  Letters and Journals of Jonathan Swift - Página 9de Jonathan Swift - 1885 - 292 páginasVisualização completa - Sobre este livro
 | Henry Allon - 1876 - 604 páginas
...He would fain cease from working, but ' a person of great honour (who was pleased to stoop so low as my mind) used to tell me that my mind was like a conjured spirit, that would" do mischief if I could not give it employment.' He curses what, in the fashion of the day, he calls his muse — what... | |
 | 1876 - 604 páginas
...must have been convinced of the truth of what her son already had been told by " a person of great honour in Ireland," who was " pleased to stoop so low as to look into my mind ; and used to tell me that it was like a conjured spirit, that would do mischief if I would not give... | |
 | 1876 - 844 páginas
...must have been convinced of the truth of what her son already had been told by " a person of great honour in Ireland," who was "pleased to stoop so low as to look into my mind ; and used to tell me that it was like a conjured spirit, that would do mischief if I would not give... | |
 | 1876 - 606 páginas
...must have been convinced of the truth of what her son already had been told by " a person of great honour in Ireland," who was " pleased to stoop so low as to look into my mind ; and used to tell me that it was like a conjured spirit, that would do mischief if I would not give... | |
 | John Forster - 1876 - 504 páginas
...have been convinced of the truth of what her son already had been told by a person " of great honor " in Ireland who was " pleased to stoop so low as to look into my mind ; and used to tell me that it was like a conjured spirit, that would do mischief if I would not give... | |
 | John Forster - 1876 - 498 páginas
...have been convinced of the truth of what her son already had been told by a person " of great honor " in Ireland who was " pleased to stoop so low as to look into my mind ; and used to tell me that it was like a conjured spirit, that would do mischief if I would not give... | |
 | 1876 - 624 páginas
...would fain cease from working, but ' a person ' of great honour (who was pleased to stoop so low as my ' mind) used to tell me that my mind was like a conjured ' »pirit, that would do mischief if I could not give it employ' ment.' He curses what, in the fashion... | |
 | John Wilson (reviewer.) - 1881 - 482 páginas
...mother must have been convinced of the truth of what her son already had been told by "a person of great honour in Ireland," who was " pleased to stoop so low as to look into my mind ; and used to tell me that it was like a conjured spirit, that would do mischief if I would not give... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1882 - 622 páginas
...fusion, while his mind was restlessly demanding employment, and when, as he tells us, " a person of great honour in Ireland (who was pleased to stoop so low...would do mischief if I would not give it employment, "t The mischief now consisted only of flirtations which made his mother uneasy, though they were no... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1882 - 622 páginas
...fusion, while his mind was restlessly demanding employment, and when, as he tells us, " a person of great honour in Ireland (who was pleased to stoop so low...spirit, that would do mischief if I would not give it employment."t The mischief now consisted only of flirtations which made his mother uneasy, though they... | |
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