The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin: Including the Whole of His Posthumous Pieces, Letters, &c, المجلد 5C. Elliot, 1784 |
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الصفحة 212
... set out the 5th day of August 1706 , and arrived at Fort St George the 11th of April 1707 . We ftaied there three weeks to refresh our crew , many of whom were fick . From thence we went to Tonquin , where the captain refolved to con ...
... set out the 5th day of August 1706 , and arrived at Fort St George the 11th of April 1707 . We ftaied there three weeks to refresh our crew , many of whom were fick . From thence we went to Tonquin , where the captain refolved to con ...
الصفحة 243
... set out next morning . During our journey , he made me obferve the feveral methods used by farmers in managing their lands ; which to me were wholly unac- countable ; for , except in fome very few places , I could not discover one ear ...
... set out next morning . During our journey , he made me obferve the feveral methods used by farmers in managing their lands ; which to me were wholly unac- countable ; for , except in fome very few places , I could not discover one ear ...
الصفحة 266
... set of artifts , very dexterous in finding out the mysterious meaning of words , fyllables , and letters : For in- ftance , they can discover a closestool to fignify a privy - council ; a flock of geefe , a senate ; a lame dog * , an ...
... set of artifts , very dexterous in finding out the mysterious meaning of words , fyllables , and letters : For in- ftance , they can discover a closestool to fignify a privy - council ; a flock of geefe , a senate ; a lame dog * , an ...
الصفحة 306
... set me right in a few miftakes , which I had fallen into , through the common imbecillity of human nature , and upon that allowance was lefs anfwerable for them . That this breed of Struldbrugs was pe-- culiar to their country ; for ...
... set me right in a few miftakes , which I had fallen into , through the common imbecillity of human nature , and upon that allowance was lefs anfwerable for them . That this breed of Struldbrugs was pe-- culiar to their country ; for ...
الصفحة 319
... Set him on fhore in an unknown land . He travels up into the country . The Yahoos , a ftrange fort of animal , defcribed . The author meets two Houyhnhnms . I Continued at home with my wife and chil dren about five months in a very ...
... Set him on fhore in an unknown land . He travels up into the country . The Yahoos , a ftrange fort of animal , defcribed . The author meets two Houyhnhnms . I Continued at home with my wife and chil dren about five months in a very ...
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الصفحة 186 - 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 256 - 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.
الصفحة 363 - That although he hated the Yahoos of this country, yet he no more blamed them for their odious qualities than he did a gnnayh (a bird of prey) for its cruelty, or a sharp stone for cutting his hoof. But when a creature pretending to reason, could be capable of such enormities, he dreaded lest the corruption of that faculty might be worse than brutality itself.
الصفحة 310 - 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 391 - As these noble Houyhnhnms are endowed by Nature with a general Disposition to all Virtues, and have no Conceptions or Ideas of what is evil in a rational Creature; so their grand Maxim is, to cultivate Reason, and to be wholly governed by it.
الصفحة 16 - I had the fortune to break the strings, and wrench out the pegs, that fastened...
الصفحة 42 - This diversion is only practised by those persons who are candidates for great employments and high favour at court. They are trained in this art from their youth, and are not always of noble birth or liberal education. When a great office is vacant, either by death or disgrace (which often happens), five or six of those candidates petition the emperor to entertain his majesty and the court with a dance on the rope, and whoever jumps the highest without falling, succeeds in the office.
الصفحة 256 - An expedient was therefore offered, that since words are only names for things, it would be more convenient for all men to carry about them such things as were necessary to express the particular business they are to discourse on.
الصفحة 431 - ... 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 361 - Poor nations are hungry, and rich nations are proud; and pride and hunger will ever be at variance.