The Works Of The Rev. Jonathan Swift

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1813 Excerpt: ...Count y life--Poetical description of the pleasures of a, x. 242. Country Poat, The, xxiv. 86. Court, New way of selling Places at, iv. 323. Court--What a constant amusement there, xv. 31. One advantage of going thither, xxii. 81. A fault of it in Queen Anne's time, 86. Of irhat use to l)r. Swift, 107. The practice of one helonging to it, i selling employments, 108. iv. 323. Not in the power of those was' live in a court to do ail they desire for their friends, xviii. 242. Courts--Before the time of Charles II. were the prime standard of propriety and correctness of speech; hut have ever since continued the worst, vi. 50. The secrets of courts much fewer than generally supposed, 233. Five things, in which they are extremely constant, xvii. 164. What the two maxims of any great man there, xiv. 182. When a favour is done there, no want of persons to challenge ohli-gations, xv. 63. Nothing of so little consequence as the secrets of them, when once the scene is changed, 299. The nearer knowledge a man has of the affairs at court, the less he thinks them worth re-garding, vi. 265. The worst of all schools t teach good manners, xiv. 191. The art of them to he new learnt, after a small ahsence, xviii. 40. Courts of justice in England--The king of Brohdingnag's queries con-cerning them, ix. 144. Courtiers--In what respect they resemhle gamesters, xix. 260. Covetousness--The character of it, whence generally acquired, xxiii. 371. Coward, Dr. William--Account of, xiv. 215. Cowards--To he punished with death rather than ignominy, xiv. 167. Cowley's Mistress, iii. 227. Cowper, lord chancellor, v. 42. Ohstructs the duke of Marlhorough's hemg made general for life, vi. 274. His character, vii. 3Z. Cox, Sir Richard--Expected to he lord chancellor of Ireland, xxi. 65. Disa...