 Will's coffeehouse, where the wits (as they were called) used formerly to assemble ; that is to say, five or six men, who had writ plays, or at least prologues, or had share in a miscellany, came thither, and entertained one another with their trifling...  The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin - Seite 329von Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth - 1764Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Robert Lloyd - 1762 - 464 Seiten
...but to difplay * his own talents. Hi's bufinefs is to be good company, * and not good converfation ; and, therefore, he chufeth, ' to frequent thofe who are content to liften, and pro' fefs themfelves his admirers. And, indeed, the worft ' converfation I ever remember to have heard... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1765 - 304 Seiten
...entertained, but to difplay his own talents. His bufinefs is to be good company, and notgood converfation ; and, therefore, he chufeth to frequent thofe who are...profefs themfelves his admirers. And, indeed, the word converfation I ever remember to have heard in my life, was that at Will'i coffee-houfe, where... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1766 - 378 Seiten
...entertained, but to difplay his own talents. His bufinefs is to be good company, and not good converfation ; and, therefore, he chufeth to frequent thofe who are...ever remember to have heard in my life, was that at Will's coffee-houfe, wheie the w;ts (as they were called) ufed formerly to alfemble ; that is to fay,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1768 - 486 Seiten
...entertained, but to difplay his own talents. His bufinefs is to be good company, and not good converfation ; and therefore he chufeth to frequent thofe who are...ever remember to have heard in my life, was that at WilPs coffee- houfe, where the wits (as they were called) ufed formerly to aflemble; that is to fay,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1774 - 404 Seiten
...bufmefs is to be good company, and not good converfation ; and, therefore, he chufeth to frequent thof.- who are content to liften, and profefs themfelves his admirers. And, indeed, the worft convxdation I ever remember to have heaid in my life, was that at Will's coffeehoufe, where the whs... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1784 - 514 Seiten
...company, and not good converfation ; and therefore he choofes to frequent thofe who are content to liilen, and profefs themfelves his admirers. And indeed, the...ever remember to have heard in my life, was that at Will's coffeehoufe, where the wits (as they were called) ufed formerly to aflemble ; that is to fay,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 486 Seiten
...who are content to listen, and profess themselves his admirers. And indeed, the worst conversation I ever remember to have heard in my life, was that at Will's coffeehouse, where the wits (as they were called) used formerly to assemble ; that is to say,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1814 - 558 Seiten
...who are content to listen, and profess themselves his admirers. And indeed, the worst conversation I ever remember to have heard in my life, was that at Will's coffeehouse, where the wits (as they were called) used formerly to assemble ; that is to say,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1814 - 562 Seiten
...who are content to listen, and profess themselves his admirers. And indeed, the worst conversation I ever remember to have heard in my life, was that at Will's coffeehouse, where the Wits (as they were called) used formerly to assemble ; that is to say,... | |
 | 1894 - 854 Seiten
...gokleu atmosphere with which our fancy invests that chosen resort of the wits. The worst conversation I ever remember to have heard in my life was that at Wills' Coffee-house, where the wits [as they were called] used formerly to assemble — that is to... | |
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