There are but three ways for a man to revenge himself of the censure of the world ; to despise it, to return the like, or to endeavour to live so as to avoid it : the first of these is usually pretended, the last is almost impossible, the universal practice... The Remember Me: a Token of Love for 1855 - Page 961854 - 252 pagesFull view - About this book
| Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 486 pages
...them, their private interest is at an end, and they have nothing to do but to take care of the publick. There are but three ways for a man to revenge himself...impossible, the universal practice is for the second. Herodotus tells us, that in cold countries beasts very seldom have horns, but in hot they have very... | |
| Elegant extracts - 1812 - 310 pages
...them, their private interest is at an end, and they have nothing to do but to take care of the public. There are but three ways for a man to revenge himself...first of these is usually pretended ; the last is ahuost impossible; the universal practice is for the second. I never heard a finer piece of satire... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1812 - 386 pages
...nothing to do but to take care of the public. There are but three ways for a man to revenge him- self of the censure of the world ; to despise it, to return...impossible, the universal practice is for the second. Herodotus tells us, that in cold countries beasts very seldom have horns, but in hot they have very... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1812 - 438 pages
...them, their private interest is at an end, and they have nothing to do but to take care of the public. There are but three ways for a man to revenge himself...despise it, to return the like, or to endeavour to Jive so as to avoid it : the first of these is usually pretended, the last is almost impossible, the... | |
| Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1814 - 558 pages
...them, their private interest is at an end, and they have nothing to do but to take care of the public. There are but three ways for a man to revenge himself...impossible, the universal practice is for the second. Herodotus tells us, that in cold countries beasts very seldom have horns, but in hot they have very... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1814 - 562 pages
...them, their private interest is at an end, and they have nothing to do but to take care of the public. There are but three ways for a man to revenge himself...impossible, the universal practice is for the second. Herodotus tells us, that in cold countries beasts very seldom have horns, but in hot they have very... | |
| Thomas Henry Lister - 1828 - 326 pages
...their various opinions of the person in question. CHAPTER II. There are but three ways for a man tn revenge himself of the censure of the world ; to despise...impossible ; the universal practice is for the second. SWIFT. AT Lacy Park, a fine old place, situated in one of the midland counties of England, about thirty... | |
| Thomas Henry Lister - 1828 - 288 pages
...opportunity of forming or re-modelling their various opinions of the person in question. VoL. i. CHAPTER II. There are but three ways for a man to revenge himself...the world; to despise it, to return the like, or to emleavour to live so as to avoid it. The first of these is usually pretended : the last is almost impossible... | |
| Thomas Henry Lister - English fiction - 1828 - 930 pages
...of the person in question. CHAPTER II. There arc hut threc ways for a man to revenge himself of (he censure of the world ; to despise it, to return the like, or to endeavour to lire so as to avoid It. The first of Ihese i - usunlly pretended ; the last is ahnost impossible ;... | |
| Laconics - 1829 - 358 pages
...should resemble a mirror, which reflects every object without being sullied by any. —Confucius. CIV. There are but three ways for a man to revenge himself...impossible, the universal practice is for the second. Swift. CV. Self-love and morosity, together with luxury and effeminacy, breed in us long and frequent... | |
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