Selections from the Prose Writings of Jonathan SwiftKegan Paul, Trench, 1884 - 284 páginas |
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... examine the truth ; it is certain they would all be changed in figure and position : new ones would arise , and all we could agree upon would be , that clouds there were , but that I was grossly mistaken in the zoography and topography ...
... examine the truth ; it is certain they would all be changed in figure and position : new ones would arise , and all we could agree upon would be , that clouds there were , but that I was grossly mistaken in the zoography and topography ...
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... examine even the acquirements of his mind , you will find them all contribute in their order towards furnishing out an exact dress : to instance no more , is not religion a cloak , honesty a pair of shoes worn out in the dirt , self ...
... examine even the acquirements of his mind , you will find them all contribute in their order towards furnishing out an exact dress : to instance no more , is not religion a cloak , honesty a pair of shoes worn out in the dirt , self ...
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... examine ; but their evil star had so directed the matter , that the first syllable was not to be found in the whole writings . Upon which disappointment , he who found the former evasion took heart , and said : Brothers , there are yet ...
... examine ; but their evil star had so directed the matter , that the first syllable was not to be found in the whole writings . Upon which disappointment , he who found the former evasion took heart , and said : Brothers , there are yet ...
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... examine the great introducers of new schemes in philosophy , and search till we can find from what faculty of the soul the disposition arises in mortal man of taking it into his head to advance new systems , with such an eager zeal , in ...
... examine the great introducers of new schemes in philosophy , and search till we can find from what faculty of the soul the disposition arises in mortal man of taking it into his head to advance new systems , with such an eager zeal , in ...
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... examine in due place . Of this kind were Epicurus , Diogenes , Apollonius , Lucretius , Paracelsus , Descartes , and others ; who , if they were now in the world , tied fast , and separate from their followers , would , in this our ...
... examine in due place . Of this kind were Epicurus , Diogenes , Apollonius , Lucretius , Paracelsus , Descartes , and others ; who , if they were now in the world , tied fast , and separate from their followers , would , in this our ...
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Selections from the Prose Writings of Jonathan Swift Jonathan Swift,Stanley Lane-Poole Vista completa - 1884 |
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Página 125 - We next went to the School of Languages, where three Professors sat in Consultation upon improving that of their own Country. The first Project was to shorten Discourse by cutting Polysyllables into one, and leaving out Verbs and Participles; because in Reality all things imaginable are but Nouns.
Página 81 - Antelope, who was making a voyage to the South Sea. We set sail from Bristol, May 4, 1699, and our voyage at first was very prosperous. It would not be proper, for some 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 northwest of Van Diemen's Land.
Página 133 - When they came to fourscore years, which is reckoned the extremity of living in this country, they had not only all the follies and infirmities of other old men, but many more which arose from the dreadful prospect of never dying.
Página 221 - Those who are more thrifty (as I must confess the times require) may flay the carcass the skin of which artificially dressed will make admirable gloves for ladies and summer boots for fine gentlemen. As to our city of Dublin, shambles may be appointed for this purpose in the most convenient parts of it, and butchers, we may be assured, will not be wanting; although I rather recommend buying the children alive and dressing them hot from the knife as we do roasting pigs.
Página 217 - ... leave their dear native country to fight for the Pretender in Spain or sell themselves to the Barbadoes.
Página 222 - Psalmanazar, a native of the island Formosa, who came from thence to London above twenty years ago, and in conversation told my friend that in his country when any young person happened to be put to death, the executioner sold the carcass to persons of quality as a prime dainty; and that in his time the body of a plump girl of fifteen, who was crucified for an attempt to poison the emperor, was sold to his Imperial Majesty's prime minister of state, and other great mandarins of the court, in joints...
Página 218 - There is likewise another great advantage in my scheme, that it will prevent those voluntary abortions, and that horrid practice of women murdering their bastard children, alas!
Página 212 - The remedy is wholly in your own hands ; and therefore I have digressed a little, in order to refresh and continue that spirit so seasonably raised among you ; and to let you see, that by the laws of GOD, of NATURE, of NATIONS, and of your COUNTRY, you ARE, and OUGHT to be, as FREE a people as your brethren in England.
Página 222 - ... it is not improbable that some scrupulous people might be apt to censure such a practice (although indeed very unjustly) as a little bordering upon cruelty; which, I confess, hath always been with me the strongest objection against any project, how well soever intended.
Página 227 - But before something of that kind shall be advanced in contradiction to my scheme and offering a better, I desire the author or authors will be pleased maturely to consider two -points: first, as things now stand, how they will be able to find food and raiment for...