 ... it was written by one whose virtue sits easy about him, and to whom vice is thoroughly contemptible. It was said by one of this company, alluding to that knowledge of the world the author seems to have, ' The man writes much like a gentleman, and...  The Political Writings of Sir Richard Steele - Page 259by Sir Richard Steele - 1715 - 308 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Jonathan Swift - 1850 - 900 pages
...one in company, alluding to that knowledge of the world this author seems to have, ' The man writes much like a gentleman, and goes to heaven with a very good mu'n.'" TO THE COUNTESS OF BERKELEY.b MADAM, — My intention of prefixing your ladyship's name is... | |
 | American periodicals - 1855 - 594 pages
...was to quote a handsome tribute he had formerly offered to their writer, with this manly addition : " The gentleman I here intended was Dr. Swift. This...that time ; we have not met of late, but I hope he deserves this character still." And why was he thus tender of Swift ? He avowed the reason in the last... | |
 | English literature - 1855 - 626 pages
...was to quote a handsome tribute he had formerly offered to their writer, with this manly addition: 'The gentleman I here intended was Dr. Swift. This...that time : we have not met of late, but I hope he •deserves this character still.' And why was he thus tender of Swift ? He avowed the reason in the... | |
 | English literature - 1855 - 624 pages
...was to quote a handsome tribute he had formerly offered to their writer, with this manly addition: ' The gentleman I here intended was Dr. Swift. This...that time: we have not met of late, but I hope he deserves this character still.' And why was he thus tender of Swift ? He avowed the reason in the last... | |
 | John Timbs - Humorists, English - 1862 - 422 pages
...for the Advancement of Religion, and of its author, with the following simple and manly comment : — "The gentleman I here intended was Dr. Swift. This...that time : we have not met of late, but I hope he deserves this character still." STEELE'S COTTAGE AT HAVERSTOCK HILL. Steele, with all his indulgence... | |
 | John Timbs - Humorists, English - 1862 - 424 pages
...whose virtues sit easy about him, and to whom vice is thoroughly contemptible, — who writes very much like a gentleman, and goes to heaven with a very good mien. SWIFT GOES OVER TO THE TORIES. The Doctor was dissatisfied with his Whig patrons, because his livings... | |
 | Henry Riddell Montgomery - Authors, English - 1865 - 352 pages
...Swift, entitled " A Project for the Advancement of Religion," and adds these pointed words : — " The gentleman I here intended was Dr Swift ; this...that time. We have not met of late, but I hope he deserves this character still." After explanations in reference to various passages marked against... | |
 | Henry Riddell Montgomery - Authors, English - 1865 - 356 pages
...Swift, entitled " A Project for the Advancement of Religion," and adds these pointed words : — " The gentleman I here intended was Dr Swift ; this...that time. We have not met of late, but I hope he deserves this character still." After explanations in reference to various passages marked against... | |
 | 1872 - 566 pages
...following way ; he quoted a tribute of praise he had once paid to Swift, adding these splendid words: — "The gentleman I here intended was Dr. Swift, " this...that time : we have not met of " late, but I hope he deserves this character still." Why did he deal thus kindly to a man who had heaped insult and slander... | |
 | John Timbs - Humorists, English - 1872 - 434 pages
...Advancement of Religion, and of its author, with the following simple and manly comment i—"The gentleman 1 here intended was Dr. Swift. This kind of man I thought...that time : we have not met of late, but I hope he deserves this character still." STEELE'S COTTAGE AT HAVERSTOCK HILL. Steele, with all his indulgence... | |
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