The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ...G. Hamilton, J. Balfour, & L. Hunter, 1757 |
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... hands , with the liberty to difpofe of them as I fhould think fit . I have carefully perufed them three times : the ftyle is very plain and fimple ; and the only fault I find , is , that the author , after the manner of travellers , is ...
... hands , with the liberty to difpofe of them as I fhould think fit . I have carefully perufed them three times : the ftyle is very plain and fimple ; and the only fault I find , is , that the author , after the manner of travellers , is ...
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... hand of the author , I will be ready to gratify him . As for any further particulars relating to the author , the reader will receive fatisfaction from the first the book . pages of RICHARD SYMPSON . A A LETTER FROM Capt . GULLIVER to ...
... hand of the author , I will be ready to gratify him . As for any further particulars relating to the author , the reader will receive fatisfaction from the first the book . pages of RICHARD SYMPSON . A A LETTER FROM Capt . GULLIVER to ...
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... hands it was conveyed to the prefs , is a fact ; but the paffages of which Mr. Gulliver complains in this letter are to be found only in the first editions ; for the Dean having restored the text wherever it had been altered , fent the ...
... hands it was conveyed to the prefs , is a fact ; but the paffages of which Mr. Gulliver complains in this letter are to be found only in the first editions ; for the Dean having restored the text wherever it had been altered , fent the ...
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... hand , which pricked me like fo many needles ; and be- fides , they fhot another flight into the air , as we do bombs in Europe , whereof many , I fuppofe , fell on my body , ( tho ' I felt them not ) and some on my face , which I im ...
... hand , which pricked me like fo many needles ; and be- fides , they fhot another flight into the air , as we do bombs in Europe , whereof many , I fuppofe , fell on my body , ( tho ' I felt them not ) and some on my face , which I im ...
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... hand being already loofe , I could eafily free myself : and as for the inhabitants , I had reafon to believe I might be a match for the greatest army they could bring against me , if they were all of the fame fize with him that I faw ...
... hand being already loofe , I could eafily free myself : and as for the inhabitants , I had reafon to believe I might be a match for the greatest army they could bring against me , if they were all of the fame fize with him that I faw ...
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170 ページ - The professor then desired me to observe, for he was going to set his engine at work. The pupils at his command took each of them hold of an iron handle, whereof there were forty fixed round the edges of the frame and giving them a sudden turn, the whole disposition of the words was entirely changed. He then commanded...
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.
13 ページ - Fortune directed me, and was pushed forward by wind and tide. I often let my legs drop, and could feel no bottom ; but when I was almost gone, and able to struggle no longer, I found myself within my depth, and by this time the storm was much abated.
210 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...
380 ページ - When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him.
172 ページ - However, many of the most learned and wise adhere to the new scheme of expressing themselves by things, which hath only this inconvenience attending it, that if a man's business be very great and of various kinds, he must be obliged in proportion to carry a greater bundle of things upon his back, unless he can afford one or two strong servants to attend him.
170 ページ - The first professor I saw was in a very large room, with forty pupils about him. After salutation, observing me to look earnestly upon a frame which took up the greatest part of both the length and breadth of the room, he said, perhaps I might wonder to see him employed in a project for improving speculative knowledge by practical and mechanical operations.
166 ページ - Every room hath in it one or more projectors, and I believe I could not be in fewer than five hundred rooms.
291 ページ - ... king, they set up a rotten plank or a stone for a memorial, they murder two or three dozen of the natives, bring away a couple more by force for a sample, return home, and get their pardon. Here commences a new dominion acquired with a title by divine right.
172 ページ - The other project was a scheme for entirely abolishing all/ words whatsoever; and this was urged as a great advantage in point of health as well as brevity. For it is plain that every word we speak is in some degree a diminution of our lungs by corrosion, and consequently contributes to the shortening of our lives.