The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, 第 6 巻J. Johnson, J. Nichols, R. Baldwin, Otridge and Son, J. Sewell, F. and C. Rivington, T. Payne, R. Faulder, G. and J. Robinson, R. Lea, J. Nunn, W. Cuthell, T. Egerton, ... [and 12 others], 1801 |
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... excellent mathematicians , and arrived to a great perfection in mechanicks , by the countenance and encouragement of the emperor , who is a renowned patron of learning . This prince has several machines fixed on wheels , for the car ...
... excellent mathematicians , and arrived to a great perfection in mechanicks , by the countenance and encouragement of the emperor , who is a renowned patron of learning . This prince has several machines fixed on wheels , for the car ...
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... excellent horseman , kept his seat , till his attendants ran in , and held the bridle , while his majesty had time to dismount . When he alighted , he surveyed me round with great admiration ; but kept beyond the length of my chain . He ...
... excellent horseman , kept his seat , till his attendants ran in , and held the bridle , while his majesty had time to dismount . When he alighted , he surveyed me round with great admiration ; but kept beyond the length of my chain . He ...
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... excellent . I have had a sirloin so large , that I have been forced to make three bits of it ; but this is rare . My servants were astonished to see me eat it , bones and all , as in our country we do the leg of a lark . Their geese and ...
... excellent . I have had a sirloin so large , that I have been forced to make three bits of it ; but this is rare . My servants were astonished to see me eat it , bones and all , as in our country we do the leg of a lark . Their geese and ...
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... excellent lady , who was an innocent sufferer upon my account . The treasurer took a fancy to be jea- lous of his wife , from the malice of some evil tongues , who informed him that her grace had taken a vio- lent affection for my ...
... excellent lady , who was an innocent sufferer upon my account . The treasurer took a fancy to be jea- lous of his wife , from the malice of some evil tongues , who informed him that her grace had taken a vio- lent affection for my ...
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... excellent sailor . We were now in the latitude of 30 degrees south , there were about fifty men in the ship ; and here I met an old comrade of mine , one Peter Williams , who gave me a good character to the cap- tain . This gentleman ...
... excellent sailor . We were now in the latitude of 30 degrees south , there were about fifty men in the ship ; and here I met an old comrade of mine , one Peter Williams , who gave me a good character to the cap- tain . This gentleman ...
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249 ページ - They were the most mortifying sight I ever beheld; and the women more horrible than the men. Besides the usual deformities in extreme old age, they acquired an additional ghastliness, in proportion to their number of years, which is not to be described; and among half a dozen, I soon distinguished which was the eldest, although there was not above a century or two between them.
189 ページ - They are so perpetually alarmed with the apprehensions of these, and the like impending dangers, that they can neither sleep quietly in their beds, nor have any relish for the common pleasures and amusements of life.
6 ページ - I saw a stage erected about a foot and a half from the ground, capable of holding four of the inhabitants, with two or three ladders to mount it ; from whence one of them, who seemed to be a person of quality, made me a long speech, whereof I understood not one syllable.
294 ページ - I graze her in be round or square, whether she was milked at home or abroad, what diseases she is subject to, and the like ; after which they consult precedents, adjourn the cause from time to time, and in ten, twenty or thirty years come to an issue. It is likewise to be observed that this society has a peculiar cant and jargon of their own, that no other mortal can understand...
215 ページ - IN the school of political projectors I was but ill entertained ; the professors appearing, in my judgment, wholly out of their senses, which is a scene that never fails to make me melancholy. These unhappy people were proposing schemes for persuading monarchs to choose favourites upon the score of their wisdom, capacity, and virtue ; of teaching ministers to consult the public good ; of rewarding merit, great abilities, and eminent services ; of instructing princes to know their true interest, by...
1 ページ - Emanuel college in Cambridge, at fourteen years old, where I resided three years, and applied myself close to my studies ; but the charge of maintaining me, although I had a very scanty allowance, being too great for a narrow fortune, I was bound apprentice to Mr. James Bates, an eminent surgeon in...
291 ページ - I was going on to more particulars, when my master commanded me silence. He said, whoever understood the nature of Yahoos might easily believe it possible for so vile an animal, to be capable of every action I had named, if their strength and cunning equalled their malice.
196 ページ - They have likewise discovered two lesser stars, or satellites, which revolve about Mars, whereof the innermost is distant from the centre of the primary planet exactly three of his diameters, and the outermost five...
213 ページ - The other, 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 shortning of our lives.
211 ページ - Every one knew how laborious the usual method is of attaining to arts and sciences ; whereas by his contrivance, the most ignorant person, at a reasonable charge, and with a little bodily labour, may write books in philosophy, poetry, politics, law, mathematics, and theology, without the least assistance from genius or study.