The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, Volume 11Bell, 1907 |
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Page 29
... looks ? Shall not the solemn Doctor in his chariot take place of plain Mr. in his , and have the heels of him in preferment , according to the start he has in precedence ? Give me leave to say , that the notion of the insignificancy of ...
... looks ? Shall not the solemn Doctor in his chariot take place of plain Mr. in his , and have the heels of him in preferment , according to the start he has in precedence ? Give me leave to say , that the notion of the insignificancy of ...
Page 32
... look asquint as it does , and make so frightful a figure from the press . I am master of the sto- chastic art , and by virtue of that , I divine , that those Greek words in that discourse have crept from the margin into the text ...
... look asquint as it does , and make so frightful a figure from the press . I am master of the sto- chastic art , and by virtue of that , I divine , that those Greek words in that discourse have crept from the margin into the text ...
Page 33
... look upon me as a modest man , I know myself to be a very assuming fellow , and do often look down with contempt on some at the upper end of the table . By this craft I at once gratify my humour , ( which is pride ) and preserve my ...
... look upon me as a modest man , I know myself to be a very assuming fellow , and do often look down with contempt on some at the upper end of the table . By this craft I at once gratify my humour , ( which is pride ) and preserve my ...
Page 54
... look at him in his boyhood through the magnifying end of a perspective , and in his man- hood through the other , it would be impossible to spy any difference ; the same airs , the same strut , the same cock of his hat , and posture of ...
... look at him in his boyhood through the magnifying end of a perspective , and in his man- hood through the other , it would be impossible to spy any difference ; the same airs , the same strut , the same cock of his hat , and posture of ...
Page 62
... look to her family , watch over the servants , see that they do their work ; that she be absent from her house as little as possible ; that she is answerable for everything amiss in her family ; that she is to obey all the lawful ...
... look to her family , watch over the servants , see that they do their work ; that she be absent from her house as little as possible ; that she is answerable for everything amiss in her family ; that she is to obey all the lawful ...
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