| History - 1763 - 552 pages
...as fome men are without the fenfe of fmelling; and, therefore, a good name to him is no more than à precious ointment would be to thefe. Whoever, for the fake of others, were to defcribe the mture of a ferpent, a wolf, a crocodile, or a fox, muft be underftood to do it, without any perfonal... | |
| Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth - 1764 - 456 pages
...nature. He is without the fenfe of fhame or glory, as fome men are without the fenfe of fmelliflg; and therefore, a good name to him is no more than...Whoever, for the fake of others, were to defcribe the * Queen Anne. 354 A SHORT CHARACTER OF nature of a ferpent, a wolf, a crocodile, or a fox, muft be... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1765 - 304 pages
...his nature. He is without the fenfe of mame or glory, as fome men are without the fenfe of imelling ; and therefore a good name to him is no more than a...precious ointment would be to thefe. Whoever, for the lake of others, were to defcribe the nature of a 'ferpent, a wolf, a crocodile, or a fox, muft be under*... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1766 - 378 pages
...his nature. He is without the rents of mame-or glory, ns ibmsmen are without the fenfe of finelling ; and therefore, a good name to him is no more than...perfonal love or hatred for the animals themfelves. Jn the fame manner, his Excellency is one whom 1 neither perfonally loVe nor hate. I fee him at Court,... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1768 - 486 pages
...any grandeur of mind, but the mere unaffected bent of his nature. He is wirhout the fenfe of fLame or glory, as fome men are without the fenfe of fmelling...Whoever, for the fake of others, were to defcribe the * Queen Ann?. VOL. XIII. A a nature nature of a ferpent, a wolf, a crocodile, or a fox muft be underftood... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1774 - 404 pages
...without the fenfe of fhame or glory, as fome men are without the fenfe of fmelling ; and . ., therefore therefore, a good name to him is no more than a precious...to thefe. Whoever, for the fake of others, were to deferibe the nature of a ferpeot, a wolf, a crocodile, or a fox, mufk be underflood to do it w'uhout... | |
| Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth - 1784 - 462 pages
...infenfible of reproach : which is- not a humour put on to ferve a turn, or keep a countenance, nor arifing from the confcioufnefs of innocence, or any grandeur...without any perfonal love or hatred for the animals them•lves. In In the fame manner, his excellency is one whom I neither perfonally love nor hate.... | |
| John Curry - Ireland - 1786 - 432 pages
...indifferent he was to applaufe, and how infenfible of reproach; he is, fays he, without the fenfe of fliame or glory, as fome men are without the fenfe of fmelling,...more than a precious ointment would be to thefe." After having exhibited this genuine picture of his excellency and his government of Ireland, as I may... | |
| John Curry - Ireland - 1786 - 436 pages
...he is, fays he, without the fenfe of fiiame or glory, as fome men are without the fenfe of fmelHng, and therefore a good name to him is no more than a precious ointment would be to thefe." After having exhibited this genuine picture of his excellency and his government of Ireland, as I may... | |
| Edmund Burke - History - 1787 - 554 pages
...nature. He is without the fenfe of fhame or g'ory, as fome men are without the fenfe of fmeliing ; and, therefore, a good name to him is no more than...nature of a ferpent, a wolf, a crocodile, or a fox, mull be underitood to do it, without any perfonal love or hatred for the animal* themlelves. In the... | |
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