The Works ...: With the Author's Life and Character, Notes [etc.] In Eight Volumes, 第 4 巻A. Donaldson, 1761 |
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... some difficulties , returns safe to his native country PART II . A VOYAGE to BROBDINGNAG Chap . I. A great ftorm described , the long - boat fent to fetch water , the author goes with it to difaover the country . He is left on thore ...
... some difficulties , returns safe to his native country PART II . A VOYAGE to BROBDINGNAG Chap . I. A great ftorm described , the long - boat fent to fetch water , the author goes with it to difaover the country . He is left on thore ...
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... correcting , improving , and ascertaining the Eng- lish tongue 344 Some free thoughts upon the prefent state of affairs 362 Thoughts on various fubje & s 383 * TRAVELS into feveral REMOTE NA TIONS of the world . CONTENTS . vii.
... correcting , improving , and ascertaining the Eng- lish tongue 344 Some free thoughts upon the prefent state of affairs 362 Thoughts on various fubje & s 383 * TRAVELS into feveral REMOTE NA TIONS of the world . CONTENTS . vii.
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... some time , a better entertainment to our young noblemen , than the common fcribbles of poli tics and party . This volume would have been at least twice as large , if I had not made bold to ftrike out innumerable paffages relating to ...
... some time , a better entertainment to our young noblemen , than the common fcribbles of poli tics and party . This volume would have been at least twice as large , if I had not made bold to ftrike out innumerable paffages relating to ...
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... some corruptions of my Yahoo nature have revived in me by converfing with a few of your fpecies , and particularly thofe of mine own family , by an unavoidable neceffity ; else I should never have attempted fo abfurd a project as that ...
... some corruptions of my Yahoo nature have revived in me by converfing with a few of your fpecies , and particularly thofe of mine own family , by an unavoidable neceffity ; else I should never have attempted fo abfurd a project as that ...
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... some places › juft , are carried into so universal a severity , that not only all hu- man actions , but human nature itself , is placed in the worst light . - Perfection in every attribute is not indeed allotted to particular men . But ...
... some places › juft , are carried into so universal a severity , that not only all hu- man actions , but human nature itself , is placed in the worst light . - Perfection in every attribute is not indeed allotted to particular men . But ...
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170 ページ - It is true, upon experiment they found the charge and trouble very great, and they had little or no crop. However, it is not doubted that this invention may be capable of great improvement. I...
126 ページ - And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together.
213 ページ - In talking, they forget the common appellation of things, and the names of persons, even of those who are their nearest friends and relations. For the same reason, they never can amuse themselves with reading, because their memory will not serve to carry them from the beginning of a sentence to the end...
19 ページ - I awaked, by a very ridiculous accident; for, the carriage being stopped a while, to adjust something that was out of order, two or three of the young natives had the curiosity to see how I looked when I was asleep. They climbed up into the engine, and advancing very...
149 ページ - Their heads were all reclined either to the right or the left ; one of their eyes turned inward, and the other directly up to the zenith. Their outward garments were adorned with the figures of suns, moons, and stars, interwoven with those of fiddles, flutes, harps, trumpets, guitars, harpsichords, and many other instruments of music, unknown to us in Europe.
109 ページ - Their skins appeared so coarse and uneven, so variously coloured, when I saw them near, with a mole here and there as broad as a trencher, and hairs hanging from it thicker than packthreads, to say nothing further concerning the rest of their persons.
44 ページ - I had now fastened all the hooks, and taking the knot in my hand, began to pull ; but not a ship would stir, for they were all too fast held by their anchors, so that the boldest part of my enterprise remained. I therefore let go the cord, and leaving the hooks fixed to the ships, I resolutely cut with my knife the cables that fastened...
125 ページ - I told him of an invention discovered between three and four hundred years ago, to make a certain powder, into an heap of which the smallest spark of fire falling, would kindle the whole in a moment, although it were as big as a mountain, and make it all fly up in the air together, with a noise and agitation greater than thunder.
168 ページ - I was received very kindly by the Warden, and went for many days to the Academy. Every room hath in it one or more projectors, and I believe I could not be in fewer than five hundred rooms. The first man I saw was of a meagre aspect, with sooty hands and face, his hair and beard long, ragged and singed in several places. His clothes, shirt, and skin, were all of the same colour.
310 ページ - I have consulted the star of his nativity by my own rules, and find he will infallibly die upon the 29th of March next, about eleven at night, of a raging fever ; therefore I advise him to consider of it, and settle his affairs in time.