| Jonathan Swift - 1801 - عدد الصفحات: 574
...book of Travels to Dr. Swift, in the blank leaf of whiph he wrote the following To Dr. JONATHAN SWIFT, The most agreeable companion, The truest friend, And the greatest genius of his age, This Book is presented by hi* Mod humble servant, The AUTHOR. the church in great danger,... | |
| Nathan Drake - 1805 - عدد الصفحات: 424
...of his travels, in a blank leaf of which he had written the following lines: TO DR. JONATHAN SWIFT, The most agreeable companion, The truest friend, And the greatest genius of his age, This Book is presented by his Most humble servant, THE AHTHOH. Though bashful, and more than... | |
| Nathan Drake - 1814 - عدد الصفحات: 404
...of his travels, in a blank leaf of which he had written the following lines : TO DR. JONATHAN SWIFT, The most agreeable companion, The truest friend, And the greatest genius of his age. This Book u presented by his Most humble Servant, THE AUTHOB. Though bashful, and more than... | |
| Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1814 - عدد الصفحات: 686
...copy of Addison's travels, presented by him to our author, is inscribed " To Doctor Jonathan Swift, the most agreeable companion, the truest friend, and the greatest genius of his age, this book is presented by his most humble servant, the author." * Nor was Swift backward in... | |
| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1868 - عدد الصفحات: 766
...nobility, of the eighteenth century. Addison, who damned others with faint praise, in 1709 called Swift " the most agreeable companion, the truest friend, and the greatest genius of his times " ; and nearly ten years later wrote to him thus : " I have always honored you for your good-nature,... | |
| Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1826 - عدد الصفحات: 334
...copy of Addison's travels, presented by him to our author, is inscribed « To Doctor Jonathan Swift, the most agreeable companion, the truest friend, and the greatest genius of his age, this book is presented by his most humble servant, the au1 The proprietor of the Grange in... | |
| sir Walter Scott (bart [prose, collected]) - 1827 - عدد الصفحات: 560
...copy of Addison's travels, presented by him to our author, is inscribed " To Doctor Jonathan Swift, the most agreeable companion, the truest friend, and the greatest genius of his age, this book is presented by his most humble servant, the author."* Nor was Swift backward in... | |
| Walter Scott - 1829 - عدد الصفحات: 380
...copy of Addison's travels, presented by him to our author, is inscribed " To Doctor Jonathan Swift, the most agreeable companion, the truest friend, and the greatest genius of his age, this book is presented by his most humble servant, the author."! Nor was Swift backward in... | |
| George Charles Grantley Fitzhardinge Berkeley (hon.) - 1840 - عدد الصفحات: 952
...of his day. t Addison afterwards presented his Travels to Swift, thus — " To Dr. Jonathan Swift, the most agreeable companion, the truest friend, and the greatest genius of his age." — Scott's Memoirs of Swift. from the moment of his introduction, entering into conversation... | |
| Lucy Aikin - 1843 - عدد الصفحات: 276
...with." * A presentation copy of his Travels was thus inscribed by Addison : " To Dr. Jonathan Swift, the most agreeable companion, the truest friend and the greatest genius of his age, this book is presented by his most humble servant the author." The circumstance is worthy... | |
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