 ... quickness of apprehension, good learning, and an excellent taste ; the best orator in the house of commons, admirable conversation, good nature, and good manners ; generous, and a despiser of money. His only fault is talking to his friends in way...  Swiftiana ... - Page 124edited by - 1804Full view - About this book
 | Henry St. John Bolingbroke (Viscount) - 1841 - 526 pages
...complaint of too great a load of business, which looks a little like affectation; and he endeavors too much, to mix the fine gentleman and man of pleasure...thirty-two, and has been secretary above a year." That Swift did not afterwards discover any deficiency of truth and sincerity in Bolingbroke's character,... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1843 - 470 pages
...His only fault is talking to his friends in way of complaint of too great a load of business, which looks a little like affectation ; and he endeavours too much to mix the fine gentleman with the man of business. What truth and sincerity he may have, I know not. He is now but thirtytwo,... | |
 | John Heneage Jesse - 1843 - 482 pages
...His only fault is talking to his friends in way of complaint of too great a load of business, which looks a little like affectation ; and he endeavours too much to mix the fine gentleman with the man of business. What truth and sincerity he may have, I know not. He is now but thirtytwo,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1850 - 1012 pages
...complaint of too great a load of business, which looks a little like affectation ; and he endeavours tco much to mix the fine gentleman and man of pleasure...but thirty-two, and has been secretary above a year. Is not all this extraordinary 1 how he stands with the queen and lordtreasurer I have told you before.... | |
 | 1863 - 662 pages
...His only fault is talking to his friends in way of complaint of too great a load of business, which looks a little like affectation ; and he endeavours...gentleman, and man of pleasure, with the man of business.' Swift's peculiar humour was sometimes indulged in a way which in any other man would be regarded as... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1882 - 622 pages
...business, which looks a little like affectation ; and he endeavours too mudi to mix the fine yentleman and man of pleasure with the man of business. What truth and sincerity he may have I know no(."t The coarse debauchery of St. John roused Swift's indignation and contempt; the whims and caprices of... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1882 - 622 pages
...His only fault is talking to his friends in way of complaint of too gveat a load of business, which looks a little like affectation ; and he endeavours too much to mix tlus fine yentleman and man of pleasure with the man of business. What truth and sincerity he may have... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1885 - 338 pages
...His only fault is talking to his friends in a way of complaint of too great a load of business, which looks a little like affectation ; and he endeavours...but thirty-two, and has been secretary above a year. Is not all this extraordinary? how he stands with the queen and lord treasurer I have told you before.... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1885 - 354 pages
...complaint of too great a load of business, which looks a little like affectation ; and heendeavours too much to mix the fine gentleman and man of pleasure,...but thirty-two, and has been secretary above a year. Is not all this extraordinary? how he stands with the queen and lord treasurer I have told you before.... | |
 | Howard Williams, Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope - 1886 - 632 pages
...business, which looks a little like affectation, and he endeavours too much to mix the fine gentleman and man of business. What truth and sincerity he may have,...thirty-two, and has been Secretary above a year." Twelve months before he had written to Esther Johnson of the same distinguished celebrity: "I dined... | |
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