Miscellaneous papers, lists of names &c., relating to the Dictionary of national biography1883 |
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Page 4 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer, Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike ; Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike...
Page 6 - Booth to his box, and gave him fifty guineas for defending the cause of liberty so well against a perpetual dictator.
Page 9 - He taught us how to live; and, oh! too high The price of knowledge, taught us how to die.
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Page 4 - To Dr. Jonathan Swift, the most agreeable companion, the truest friend, and the greatest genius of his age.
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Page 4 - You can seldom get him to the tavern; but when once he is arrived to his pint, and begins to look about and like his company, you admire a thousand things in him which before lay buried.