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 7
... because the truth immediately ftrikes every reader with con- viction . And is there lefs probability in my ac count of the Houyhnhnms or Yahoos , when it is manifeft as to the latter , there are fo many thou- fands , even in this city ...
... because the truth immediately ftrikes every reader with con- viction . And is there lefs probability in my ac count of the Houyhnhnms or Yahoos , when it is manifeft as to the latter , there are fo many thou- fands , even in this city ...
الصفحة 8
... because from thefe , degene- rate as they are , I ftill improve in fome virtues without any mixture of vice . Do these miferable animals prefume to think , that I am fo degenerated as to defend my vera- city ? Yahoo as I am , it is well ...
... because from thefe , degene- rate as they are , I ftill improve in fome virtues without any mixture of vice . Do these miferable animals prefume to think , that I am fo degenerated as to defend my vera- city ? Yahoo as I am , it is well ...
الصفحة 37
... because we apprehended they might be dangerous engines . He took them out of their cafes , and told us , that in his own coun- try his practice was to fhave his beard with one of these , and to cut his meat with the other . There were ...
... because we apprehended they might be dangerous engines . He took them out of their cafes , and told us , that in his own coun- try his practice was to fhave his beard with one of these , and to cut his meat with the other . There were ...
الصفحة 38
... because he affured us ( if we understood him right , for he expressed himself very imperfectly ) that he feldom did any thing without confulting it . He called it his oracle , and faid it pointed out the time for every action of his ...
... because he affured us ( if we understood him right , for he expressed himself very imperfectly ) that he feldom did any thing without confulting it . He called it his oracle , and faid it pointed out the time for every action of his ...
الصفحة 49
... because the reader may be curious to have fome idea of the ftyle and manner of expreffion peculiar to that people , as well as to know the ar- ticles upon which I recovered my liberty , I have made a tranflation of the whole inftrument ...
... because the reader may be curious to have fome idea of the ftyle and manner of expreffion peculiar to that people , as well as to know the ar- ticles upon which I recovered my liberty , I have made a tranflation of the whole inftrument ...
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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.