The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ...G. Hamilton, J. Balfour, & L. Hunter, 1757 |
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... say the thing that was not . Likewife in the account of the academy of projectors , and feveral paffages of my dif course to my master Houyhnhnm ; you have either o- mitted fome material circumftances , or minced or A 2 changed changed ...
... say the thing that was not . Likewife in the account of the academy of projectors , and feveral paffages of my dif course to my master Houyhnhnm ; you have either o- mitted fome material circumftances , or minced or A 2 changed changed ...
الصفحة 50
... say but little at prefent of their learning , which for many ages hath flourished in all its branches among them but their manner of writing is very peculiar , be- ing neither from the left to the right , like the Europeans ; nor from ...
... say but little at prefent of their learning , which for many ages hath flourished in all its branches among them but their manner of writing is very peculiar , be- ing neither from the left to the right , like the Europeans ; nor from ...
الصفحة 52
... say in return , farther than the common answer , that different nations had different customs ; for , I confefs , I was hearti- ly afhamed * . ALTHO ' we ufually call reward and punishment the two hinges upon which all government turns ...
... say in return , farther than the common answer , that different nations had different customs ; for , I confefs , I was hearti- ly afhamed * . ALTHO ' we ufually call reward and punishment the two hinges upon which all government turns ...
الصفحة 108
... say the truth , a very offenfive smell came from their kins ; which I do not mention , or intend , to the disadvantage of those ex- cellent ladies for whom I have all manner of respect ; but I conceive that my fenfe was more acute in ...
... say the truth , a very offenfive smell came from their kins ; which I do not mention , or intend , to the disadvantage of those ex- cellent ladies for whom I have all manner of respect ; but I conceive that my fenfe was more acute in ...
الصفحة 124
... say in my own vindication , that I artfully eluded many of his questions , and gave to every point a more favourable turn by many degrees than the ftrictness of truth would allow . For I have always born that lau- dable partiality to my ...
... say in my own vindication , that I artfully eluded many of his questions , and gave to every point a more favourable turn by many degrees than the ftrictness of truth would allow . For I have always born that lau- dable partiality to my ...
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الصفحة 170 - 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...
الصفحة 126 - 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.
الصفحة 13 - 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.
الصفحة 210 - 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...
الصفحة 380 - When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him.
الصفحة 172 - 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.
الصفحة 170 - 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.
الصفحة 166 - Every room hath in it one or more projectors, and I believe I could not be in fewer than five hundred rooms.
الصفحة 291 - ... 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.
الصفحة 172 - 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.