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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... reason to apprehend , that Mr. Gulliver may be a little dissatisfied : but I was resolved to fit the work as much as possible to the general capacity of readers . However , if my own ignorance in sea affairs shall have led me to commit ...
... reason to apprehend , that Mr. Gulliver may be a little dissatisfied : but I was resolved to fit the work as much as possible to the general capacity of readers . However , if my own ignorance in sea affairs shall have led me to commit ...
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... reason to complain , when I see these very Yahoos carried by Houyhnhnms in a vehicle , as if they were brutes and those the rational creatures ? And indeed to avoid so monstrous and detestable a sight was one principal motive of my ...
... reason to complain , when I see these very Yahoos carried by Houyhnhnms in a vehicle , as if they were brutes and those the rational creatures ? And indeed to avoid so monstrous and detestable a sight was one principal motive of my ...
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... reason to expect ; behold , after above six months warning , I cannot learn that my book has produced one single effect according to my in- tentions . I desired you would let me know , by a letter , when party and faction were ...
... reason to expect ; behold , after above six months warning , I cannot learn that my book has produced one single effect according to my in- tentions . I desired you would let me know , by a letter , when party and faction were ...
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... reason to complain , that some of them are so bold as to think my book of travels a mere fiction out of mine own brain ; and have gone so far as to drop hints , that the Houyhn- hnms and Yahoos have no more existence than the ...
... reason to complain , that some of them are so bold as to think my book of travels a mere fiction out of mine own brain ; and have gone so far as to drop hints , that the Houyhn- hnms and Yahoos have no more existence than the ...
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... reasons , to trouble the reader with the particulars of our adventures in those seas ; let it suffice to inform him , that in our passage from thence to the East - Indies , we were driven by a violent storm to the north - west of Van ...
... reasons , to trouble the reader with the particulars of our adventures in those seas ; let it suffice to inform him , that in our passage from thence to the East - Indies , we were driven by a violent storm to the north - west of Van ...
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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.
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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...
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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.