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" I expected every great minister who honoured me with his acquaintance, if he heard or saw any thing to my disadvantage, would let me know in plain words, and not put me in pain to guess by the change or coldness of his countenance or behaviour; for it... "
The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin - Page 9
by Jonathan Swift - 1801
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Footprints of Statesmen During the Eighteenth Century in England

Reginald Baliol Brett Esher (Viscount) - Great Britain - 1892 - 230 pages
...he heard or saw anything to his disadvantage, to let him know it in plain words, and not to put him in pain to guess, by the change or coldness of his...and I thought no subject's favour was worth it ; and I designed to let my lord keeper and Mr. Harley know the same thing, that they might use me accordingly."...
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Swift: Selections from His Works, Volume 1

Jonathan Swift - 1892 - 500 pages
...acquaintance, if he heard or saw any thing to my disadvantage, would let me know in plain words, and not put me in pain to guess by the change or coldness...behaviour ; for it was what I would hardly bear from a it ; and that I designed to let my lord-keeper and Mr. Harley know the same thing, that they might...
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Charles Lamb

Alfred Ainger - 1895 - 654 pages
...acquaintance, if he heard and saw anything to my disadvantage, would let me know in plain words, and not put me in pain to guess by the change or coldness of his countenance and behaviour." The day after this effusion, ho maintains that he was right in what he said. " Don't...
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The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, Volume 2

Jonathan Swift - 1897 - 550 pages
...acquaintance, , if he heard or saw any thing to my disadvantage, would let me know in plain words, and not put me in pain to guess by . the change or coldness...favour was worth it ; and that I designed to let my Lord-Keeper and Mr Harley know the same thing, that they might use me acccordingly. He took all right...
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The Works of Jonathan Swift ...

Jonathan Swift - 1900 - 298 pages
...acquaintance, if he heard or saw any thing to my disadvantage, would let me know in plain words, and not put me in pain to guess by the change or coldness...favour was worth it ; and that I designed to let my Lord-Keeper and Mr Harley know the same thing, that they might use me acccordingly. He took all right...
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The Journal to Stella

Jonathan Swift - Authors, Irish - 1901 - 682 pages
...acquaintance, if he heard or saw anything to my disadvantage, would let me know it in plain words, and not put me in pain to guess by the change or coldness...worth it ; and that I designed to let my Lord Keeper l and Mr. Harley know the same thing, that they might use me accordingly. He took all right ; said...
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Storia della letteratura inglese dalle origini al tempo presente, Volume 2

Angelo Raffaello Levi - English literature - 1901 - 576 pages
...words), non darmi la briga di indovinarlo dalla freddezza del loro contegno e delle loro maniere (and not put me in pain to guess by the change or coldness of their countenance or behaviour)». A lord Shrewsbury che 10 invitò un di ad accompagnarlo dal duca...
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Histoire de la littérature anglaise, Volume 4

Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1905 - 470 pages
...acquaintance, if he heard or saw anything to my disadvantage, would let me know in plain words, and not put me in pain to guess by the change or coldness...hardly bear from a crowned head; and I thought no suhject's favour was worth it; and that I designed to let my lord Keeper and M. Harley know the same...
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The Gentleman's Magazine, Volume 294

English periodicals - 1903 - 638 pages
...acquaintance, if he heard or saw anything to my disadvantage, would let me know in plain words, and not put me in pain to guess by the change or coldness...a crowned head, and I thought no subject's favour worth it." But the recollection of Stella's birthday softens the chafed spirit. " God Almighty, . ....
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Journal to Stella, A.D. 1710-1713

Jonathan Swift - 1908 - 582 pages
...acquaintance, if he heard or saw any thing to my disadvantage, would let me know in plain words, and not put me in pain to guess by the change or coldness...favour was worth it ; and that I designed to let my Lord-Keeper and Mr Harley know the same thing, that they might use me acccordingly. He took all right...
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