 I hate life when I think it exposed to such accidents ; and to see so many thousand wretches burdening the earth, while such as her die, makes me think God did never intend life for a blessing.  The Life of Jonathan Swift - Pagina 180door John Forster - 1875 - 477 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Jonathan Swift - 1850 - 1012 pagina’s
...him now he has lost all that ivas valuable in his possession ; yet I think he used her pretty well. I hate life when I think it exposed to such accidents...me think God did never intend life for a blessing. Farewell. LETTER THE FIFTY-EIGHTH. London, Jan. 4. 1712.13. I ENDED my last with the melancholy news... | |
 | John Forster - 1875 - 524 pagina’s
...being fond of them, he was free to call them what he pleased. Lady Mary was his greatest L-uly Alar/ favourite; he found a likeness in her to Esther Johnson;...Pembroke, after his appoint* Grave mistakes have been made andLordSomerahimselfa'rascal.'tlio "by giving importance to such chance words ought not to be, .is... | |
 | John Forster - 1876 - 498 pagina’s
...them, he was free to call them what he pleased. Lady Mary was his greatest favorite; he found Lady Mary a likeness in her to Esther Johnson ; and extremely...through the government of Lord Pembroke, after his appointment at the close of 170(5 ; and when discovery was made, in 1708, that Lord Wharton was to... | |
 | John Forster - 1876 - 504 pagina’s
...them, he was free to call them what he pleased. Lady Mary was his greatest favorite; he found Lady a likeness in her to Esther Johnson ; and extremely...through the government of Lord Pembroke, after his appointment at the close of 1706 ; and when discovery was made, in 1708, that Lord Wharton was to bring... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1882 - 622 pagina’s
...snatched away moves that vein of almost despairing melancholy which was so easily stirred in Swift. " I hate life when I think it exposed to such accidents...her die, makes me think God did never intend life to be a blessing." He cannot shake off the feeling of sadness : and yet, as is so common in the incidents... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1882 - 622 pagina’s
...away moves that vein of almost despairing melancholy which was so easily stirred in Swift. " I Late life when I think it exposed to such accidents; and...her die, makes me think God did never intend life to be a blessing." He cannot shake off the feeling of sadness: and yet, as is so common in the incidents... | |
 | Leslie Stephen - 1882 - 236 pagina’s
...years later, soon after her marriage to Lord Ashburnham. " I hate life," he says characteristically, " when I think it exposed to such accidents ; and to see so many thousand wretches burdening the earth when such as her die, makes me think God did never intend life for a blessing." When Lord Pembroke... | |
 | Sir Leslie Stephen - 1882 - 230 pagina’s
...think it exposed to such accidents ; and to see so many thousand wretches burdening the earth when such as her die, makes me think God did never intend life for a blessing." "When Lord Pembroke succeeded Ormond, Swift still continued chaplain, and carried on a queer commerce... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1883 - 528 pagina’s
...him, now he has lost all that was valuable in his possession ; yet I think he used her pretty well. I hate life when I think it exposed to such accidents...me think God did never intend life for a blessing. * Farewell. * This is the reflection of nature, and therefore always affecting. In the extinction of... | |
 | 1883 - 884 pagina’s
...into pity at a word. " I hate life," he exclaims, when he hears that Lady Ashburnham is dead — " I hate life, when I think it exposed to such accidents ; and to see so many wretches burdening the earth, when such as her die, makes me think God did never intend life to be... | |
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