| Jonathan Swift - 1761 - 424 páginas
...little charity, and hurry on. Yet am I juft now writing (or rather pUnninp) a book, to make mankind look upon this life with comfort and pleasure, and put morality in pood humour. - And juft now too I am going to fee one I love very tenderly ; and to-morrow to entertain... | |
| 1762 - 410 páginas
...year, we fee the general aim which, at lea it, he wifhed might be attributed to this work. " T am juft now writing, or rather planning a book to bring mankind to look upon this lite with comfort and pleafure ; and put morality jn good humour." This fubject was exactly fuited... | |
| Owen Ruffhead - 1769 - 600 páginas
...that lie could not better ferve the intereft of fociety, than, as himfelf exprefles it, by writing a book to bring mankind to look upon this life with comfort and pleafure ; and put morality in good humour. With this amiable difpofition, he applied his poetical... | |
| Owen Ruffhead - 1769 - 592 páginas
...him that he could not better ferve the intereft of fociety, than, as himfelf exprefles it, by writing a book to bring mankind to look upon this life with comfort and pleafure ; and put morality in good humour. With this amiable difpofition, he applied his poetical... | |
| Mrs. Griffith (Elizabeth), Elizabeth Griffith - 1775 - 626 páginas
...Swift, upon the fubjeft of his Effay on Man. ** I am juft now (fays he) writing, or rather plan** ning, a book, to bring mankind to -look upon this ** life with comfort and pleafure, and put morality at *f good humour •with itfelf" This is the true pfiilofophy of fenfe... | |
| 1791 - 316 páginas
...year, we fee the general aim which, at leaft, he wilhed might be attributed to this work. " 1 am juft now writing, or rather planning, a book, to bring mankind to look upon this life with comfort and pleafure ; and put morality in good humour." This fubjeft was exaftly fuited to his genius ; he found... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 406 páginas
...little charity, and hurry on. Yet am I just now writing (or rather planning) a book*, to make mankind look upon this life with comfort and pleasure, and put morality in good humour. — And just now too, I am going to see one I love very tenderly; and to morrow to entertain several... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 424 páginas
...little charity, and hurry on. Yet am I just now writing (or rather planning) a book*, to make mankind look upon this life with comfort and pleasure, and put morality in good humour.—And just now too, I am going to see one I love very tenderly; and to morrow to entertain... | |
| Thomas Mortimer - 1808 - 496 páginas
...entrance of the following year, we see the general aim which, at least, he wished might be attributed to this work. " I am just now writing, or rather planning...and put morality in good humour." This subject was exactly suited to his genius ; he found the per. formance easy to a degree that surprized himself;... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1812 - 394 páginas
...little charity, and hurry on. Yet am I just now writing (or rather planning) a book, to make mankind look upon this life with comfort and pleasure, and put morality in good humour. — And just now too I am going to see one I love very tenderly ; and to-morrow to entertain several... | |
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