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Seite 53 - Moreover thou hast not brought us into a land that floweth with milk and honey, or given us inheritance of fields and vineyards: wilt thou put out the eyes of these men ? we will not come up.
Seite 420 - There thy enchantment broke, and from this hour I here renounce thy visionary power ; And since thy essence on my breath depends, Thus with a puff the whole delusion ends.
Seite 54 - Behold, here I am ; witness against me before the Lord, and before his anointed ; whose ox have I taken ? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded ? whom have I oppressed ? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith ? and I will restore it you. And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken aught of any man's hand.
Seite 425 - IRELAND is now our royal care, We lately fix'd our viceroy there: How near was she to be undone, Till pious love inspired her son ! What cannot our vicegerent do, As poet and as patriot too? Let his success our subjects sway, Our inspirations to obey, And follow where he leads the way : Then study to correct your taste; Nor beaten paths be longer trac'd.
Seite 29 - I shall therefore endeavour to perform, and give you the histories and characters of all our periodical papers, whether monthly, weekly, or diurnal, with the same freedom I used to send you our other town news. I shall only premise, that as you' know I never cared one farthing either for whig or tory...
Seite 36 - BickerstafiF ventured to tell the town, that they were a parcel of fops, fools, and vain coquettes ; but in such a manner, as even pleased them, and made them more than half inclined to believe that he spoke truth.
Seite 254 - And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel ? God forbid : as the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground ; for he hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not.
Seite 58 - Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand? Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.
Seite 140 - Medleys are jumbled together with the Flying Post ; the Examiner is deadly sick ; the Spectator keeps up and doubles its price : I know not how long it will last.
Seite 419 - To thee I owe that fatal bent of mind, Still to unhappy restless thoughts inclined ; To thee, what oft I vainly strive to hide, That scorn of fools, by fools mistook for pride ; From thee whatever virtue takes its rise, Grows a misfortune, or becomes a vice...
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| Titel | Letters. Index Band 18 von The Works of of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, Thomas Sheridan |
| Autor/in | Jonathan Swift |
| Verlag | J. Johnson, 1801 |
| Original von | University of California |
| Digitalisiert | 13. Juli 2007 |
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