 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 - Página 329por Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth - 1764Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Robert Lloyd - 1762 - 464 páginas
...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 páginas
...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 páginas
...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 páginas
...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 páginas
...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 páginas
...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 páginas
...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 páginas
...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 páginas
...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 páginas
...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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