 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 536 pages
...nothing but the good judgment of my friends could hinder them from thinking me the greatest dunce alive. There is a gentleman of this kingdom just gone for...among us, being worth eleven hundred pounds a year. He takes the Bath please to discharge what I almost look upon as a legacy. I would entreat another... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 518 pages
...nothing but the good judgment of my friends could hinder them from thinking me the greatest dunce alive. There is a gentleman of this kingdom just gone for England ; it is Dr. George Berkeley, dean of Deny, the best preferment among us, being worth eleven hundred pounds a year. He takes the Bath in... | |
 | Charles Henry Wilson - Authors, Irish - 1804 - 250 pages
...to abandon, finding his plan impracticable : " There is a gentleman of this kingdom SWIFTIANA. 139 •kingdom just gone for England; it is Dr. George Berkeley, Dean of Derry. He takes .the Bath in his way to London., and will of course attend your excellency: and, perhaps,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1808 - 478 pages
...nothing but the good judgment of my friends could hinder the<n from thinking me the greatest dunce alive. There is a gentleman of this kingdom just gone for...among us, being worth eleven hundred pounds a year. He takes the Bath in his way to London; and will, of course, attend your excellency, and be presented,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1814 - 506 pages
...nothing but the good judgment of my friends could hinder them from thinking me the greatest dunce alive. There is a gentleman of this kingdom just gone for...preferment among us, being worth eleven hundred pounds a-year. He takes the Bath in his way to London ; and will, of course, attend your excellency, and be... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1814 - 512 pages
...nothing but the good judgment of my friends could hinder them from thinking me the greatest dunce alive. There is a gentleman of this kingdom just gone for England ; it is Dr George Berkeley, Dean of Derrv, the best preferment among us, being worth eleven hundred pounds a-year. He takes the Bath in... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 532 pages
...well of the friendly temper of the writer, as of his politeness and address. ' September 3, 1724. — There is a gentleman of this kingdom just gone for...of Derry, the best preferment among us, being worth about 1,1001. a year. He takes the Bath in his way to London, and will of course attend your Excellency,... | |
 | George Berkeley - 1820 - 514 pages
...well of the friendly temper of the writer, as of his politeness and address. " September 3, 1724. — There is a gentleman of this kingdom just gone for England: it is Dr. George Berkeley, dean of Dcrry, the best preferment among us, being worth about 1 100/. a year. Ho takes the Bath purpose, London... | |
 | George Berkeley - 1820 - 506 pages
...will of course attend jour Excellency, and be presented, I suppose, by his friend my Lord Burlington : and, because I believe you will choose out some very idle minutes to read this letter, perhaps j ou may not be ill entertained with some account of the man and his errand. He was a fellow in the... | |
 | Gulian Crommelin Verplanck - History - 1833 - 280 pages
...inclination to sneer at every thing that did not agree with the rules of his own selfish prudence. " There is a gentleman of this kingdom just gone for...hundred pounds a year. And because I believe, you will chose out some very idle minutes to read this letter, perhaps you may not be ill entertained with some... | |
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There is a gentleman of this kingdom just gone for England ; it is Dr. George Berkeley, dean of Derry, the best preferment among us, being worth eleven hundred pounds a year. 
