 | Percy Waldron Long - 1915 - عدد الصفحات: 156
...contend. BACON (6), Of Studies, 1597 version. 20. Coherence indicated by conjunctions (IB 2 ai).— Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally...their own; which is the chief reason for that kind reception it meets with in the world, and that so very few are offended with it. But, if it should... | |
 | Frank Jenners Wilstach - 1916 - عدد الصفحات: 540
...polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that's scarcely felt or seen. — LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU. Satire is a sort of glass wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own. — SWIFT. For Satyre, that most needful part of our Poetry, it has of late been more abus'd, and is... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1919 - عدد الصفحات: 740
...leather, containing in print the works of the said poet ; and so of the rest. THE PREFACE OF THE AUTHOR Satire, is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally...their own ; which is the chief reason for that kind reception it meets in the world, and that so very few are offended with it. But if it should happen... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1920 - عدد الصفحات: 500
...PREFACE OF THE AUTHOR. SATTR is a sort of Glass, wherein Beholders do generally discover every bodys Face, but their Own ; which is the chief Reason for that kind Reception it meets in the World, and that so very few are offended with it. But if it should happen... | |
 | W. Gückel - 1925 - عدد الصفحات: 134
...'scavenger' oder das des 'chimney-sweeper' (1721; 11, 108). Den Begriff der Satire bestimmt Sw. als ' a sort of glass wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own ' ; das ist der Grund, warum so wenige an der Satire Anstoß nehmen (1, 160 BB Pref.). Gegenstand der... | |
 | W. Gückel, E. Günther - 1925 - عدد الصفحات: 132
...'scavenger' oder das des 'chimney-sweeper' (1721; 1l, 108). Den Begriff der Satire bestimmt Sw. als 'a sort of glass wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own'; das ist der Grund, warum so wenige an der Satire Anstoß nehmen (1, 160 BB Pref.). Gegenstand der Satire... | |
 | Herbert Leslie Stewart - 1927 - عدد الصفحات: 416
...105. PART II THE MIDDLE YEARS (1893-1905) CHAPTER VI SATIRIST AND SCEPTIC UNDER THE THIRD REPUBLIC Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally...their own, which is the chief reason for that kind reception it meets in the world, and that so very few are offended with it. But if it should happen... | |
 | 1897 - عدد الصفحات: 526
...observation and deduction :—" Looking upwards on a Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do discover everybody's face but their own; which is the chief reason for that kind reception it meets with in the world, and that so very few are offended with it. Swift's epitaph in... | |
 | Norman Furlong - 1946 - عدد الصفحات: 196
...himself in ironical statement. In the Preface to The Battle of the Books Swift admits that ' Satyr is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally...their own; which is the chief reason for that kind reception it meets with in the world, 85 and that so very few are offended with it.' It is obvious... | |
 | Louis A. Safian - 2000 - عدد الصفحات: 420
...himself as their target. Jonathan Swift expressed this idea skillfully in his definition of satire— "a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own." Aside from its reputation for sportive witticism, the insult gag helps at times to blow off steam and... | |
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SATIRE is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own ; which is the chief reason for that kind reception it meets with in the world, and that so very few are offended with it. 
