 | Jonathan Swift - 1766 - 410 pagina’s
...place, and an abfolute certainty of leaving a very bad qne. Not that I have any particular difguft at the world ; for I have as great comfort in my own family, and from the kindnefs of my friends, as any man ; but the world, in the main, difpleafeth me ; I have too true a... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1766 - 440 pagina’s
...harbour, and then blown back to fea; who has ?. reafonable hope of going to a good place, and an abfolute certainty of leaving a very bad one. Not that I have any particular difguft at the world ; for I have as .ereat comfort in my own family, and from the kindnefs of my friends,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth - 1784 - 414 pagina’s
...place, and an abfolute certainty of leaving a very bad one. Not that I have any particular difguft at the world ; for I have as great comfort in my own family, and from the kindnefs of my friends, as any man ; but the world, in the main, difpleafeth me ; and I have too true... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1784 - 504 pagina’s
...harbour, and then blown back to fea ; who has a reafonable hope of going to a good place, and an abfolute certainty of leaving a very bad one. Not that I have any particular difguft -at the world ; for I have as great comfort in my own family, and from the kindnefs of my friends,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 496 pagina’s
...an idle country life ; and no man, at my age, ever recovered of such a disease, farther than by an r abatement of the symptoms. What I did, I can assure...from the kindness of my friends, as any man ; but the worldy in the main, displeases me ; and I have too true sc presentiment of calamities that are likely... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1813 - 438 pagina’s
...was not for life, but ease. For I am, at present, in the case of a man that was almost in harbour, and then blown back to sea ;. who has a reasonable...good place, and an absolute certainty of leaving a veiy bad one. Not that I have any particular disgust at the world ; for I have as great comfort in... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1835 - 592 pagina’s
...to London. He adds, " I am at present in the case of a man that was almost in harbour, but was again blown back to sea ; who has a reasonable hope of going...my friends, as any man ; but the world in the main displeaseth mo ; and I have too true a presentiment of calamities that are like tu befall my country.... | |
 | Robert Chambers, Thomas Thomson - 1852 - 338 pagina’s
...to London. He adds, " I am at present in the case of a man that was almost in harbour, but was again blown back to sea ; who has a reasonable hope of going...certainty of leaving a very bad one. Not that I have any particulai disgust at the world, for I have as great comfort in iny own family, and from the kindness... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1853 - 360 pagina’s
...you was not for life, but ease ; for I am at present in the case of a man that was almost in harbour, and then blown back to sea — who has a reasonable...leaving a very bad one. Not that I have any particular Deadest of mankind ; Bolingbroke, <.-,'•i»aiw rfkis age; the generous Oxford; the «t afcf»adit:... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1853 - 332 pagina’s
...you was not for life, but ease ; for 1 am at present in the case of a man that was almost in harbour, and then blown back to sea— who has a reasonable...absolute certainty of leaving a very bad one. Not that 1 have any particular disgust at the world ; for I have as great comfort in my own family and from... | |
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