The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ...G. Hamilton, J. Balfour, & L. Hunter, 1757 |
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... whole ; and indeed the author was fo diftinguished for his veracity , that it became a fort of a proverb among his neighbours at Re- driff , when any one affirmed a thing , to fay it was as true as if Mr Gulliver had spoken it . By the ...
... whole ; and indeed the author was fo diftinguished for his veracity , that it became a fort of a proverb among his neighbours at Re- driff , when any one affirmed a thing , to fay it was as true as if Mr Gulliver had spoken it . By the ...
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... whole work at large , as it came from the 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 ...
... whole work at large , as it came from the 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 ...
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... whole race would be of less confequence to me than the neighing of those two degenerate Houyhnhnms I keep in my stable ; because from thefe , degenerate as they are , I ftill im- prove in fome virtues without any mixture of vice . Do ...
... whole race would be of less confequence to me than the neighing of those two degenerate Houyhnhnms I keep in my stable ; because from thefe , degenerate as they are , I ftill im- prove in fome virtues without any mixture of vice . Do ...
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... whole fpecies , we difcover fuch an af- femblage of all the great and amiable virtues , as may convince us , that the original order of nature contains in it the greatest beauty . It is directed in a right line , but it deviates into ...
... whole fpecies , we difcover fuch an af- femblage of all the great and amiable virtues , as may convince us , that the original order of nature contains in it the greatest beauty . It is directed in a right line , but it deviates into ...
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... whole kingdom . In the midst of these confultations , feveral officers of the army went to the door of the great council - chamber , and two of them being admitted gave an account of my behaviour to the fix criminals above- mentioned ...
... whole kingdom . In the midst of these confultations , feveral officers of the army went to the door of the great council - chamber , and two of them being admitted gave an account of my behaviour to the fix criminals above- mentioned ...
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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.