 ... will ; but if things stand as they are, he will certainly lose it, unless I save him ; and therefore I will not speak to him, that I may not report to his disadvantage. Is not this vexatious ? and is there so much in the proverb of proffered service...  The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift - Page 37by Jonathan Swift - 1897Full view - About this book
 | Jonathan Swift - 1768 - 428 pages
...not'underftand it fo. What muft a man cxpecl from his enemies ? This would vex me, but it mall not; and fo I bid you good night, &c. 23. I know 'tis neither wit nor diverfion to tell you every day where J dine, neither do I write it to fill my letter ; but I fancy... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1784 - 424 pages
...exact points of honour and confcience, and my nearefl friends will not underftand it fo. What muft a man expect from his enemies ? This would vex me, but it mall not ; and fo I bid you good night, &c. 23. I know 'tis neither wit nor diverfion to tell you every... | |
 | Thomas Sheridan - 1787 - 524 pages
...exact points of honour and confcience, and my neareft friends will not underftand it fo. What muft a man expect from his enemies ? This would vex me, but it fhall not." In that of December following, he fays, " Mr. Addiftm and I are different as black and... | |
 | Sir Richard Steele - 1787 - 560 pages
...cxact points of honour and tonfcience, and " my neareft friends will not underftand it fo. What inuft a " man expect from his enemies ? This would vex me, but it " fhall not; and fo I bid you good night, &c." Ibid. Oct. 22. " Lewis told me a pure thing. I had been... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 424 pages
...vexatious ? and is there so much in the proverb of proffered service ? When shall I grow wise ? I endeavour to act in the most exact points of honour and conscience,...shall not; and so I bid you good night, &c. 23. I know it is neither wit nor diversion to tell you every day where I dine, neither do I write it to fill my... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 406 pages
...? .and is there so much in the proverb of proffered service ? When shall I grow wise ? I endeavour to act in the most exact points of honour and conscience,...me, but it shall not ; and so I bid you good night, $tc. 23. I know it is neither wit nor diversion to tell you every day where I dine, neither do I write... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 574 pages
...in the most exact points of honour and con" science, and my nearest friends will not undev " stand it so. What must a man expect from his " enemies ? This would vex me, but it shall not." ' In that of December following, he says, " Mr. Addison and I are different as black and white, and... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1803 - 336 pages
...vexatious, and is there *u much in the proverb of proffered service ? When shall I grow wise ? I endeavour to act in the most exact points of honour and conscience, and iny nearest friends will not understand it so. What must a man expect from his enemies ? This would... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1808 - 658 pages
...vexations, and is there so much in the proverb of proffered service ? When shall I grow wise ? I endeavour to act in the most exact points of honour and conscience,...nearest friends will not understand it so. What must am;m expect from his enemies ? This would vex me, but it shall not." In that of December following,... | |
 | Sir Richard Steele - 1809 - 410 pages
...vexatious ? and is there so much in the proverb of proffered service? When shall I grow wise ? I endeavour to act in the most exact points of honour and conscience,...would vex me, but it shall not ; and so I bid you good-night, &c." Ibid. Oct. 22. " Lewis told me a pure thing. I had been hankering with Mr. Harlcy... | |
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