The works of Jonathan Swift, 1. kötetG. Faulkner, 1742 |
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51. oldal
... suppose that he might put it out of the Power of Men , fond of their own Notions , to di- fturb the Conftitution at their Pleafures , by ad- vancing private Schemes ; as to provide a Statute , that whoever proposed any Alteration to be ...
... suppose that he might put it out of the Power of Men , fond of their own Notions , to di- fturb the Conftitution at their Pleafures , by ad- vancing private Schemes ; as to provide a Statute , that whoever proposed any Alteration to be ...
86. oldal
... suppose him to murder his Mother and his Wife , to commit In- ceft , to ravish Matrons , to blow up the Senate , and burn his Metropolis ; openly to renounce GoD and CHRIST , and worship the Devil : These , and the like Exorbitances are ...
... suppose him to murder his Mother and his Wife , to commit In- ceft , to ravish Matrons , to blow up the Senate , and burn his Metropolis ; openly to renounce GoD and CHRIST , and worship the Devil : These , and the like Exorbitances are ...
99. oldal
... Suppose , for Argument Sake , that the To- ries favoured Margarita , the Whigs Mrs. Tofts and the Trimmers , Valentini ; would not Margari- tians , Toftians , and Valentinians , be very tolerable . Marks of Diftinction ? The Prafini and ...
... Suppose , for Argument Sake , that the To- ries favoured Margarita , the Whigs Mrs. Tofts and the Trimmers , Valentini ; would not Margari- tians , Toftians , and Valentinians , be very tolerable . Marks of Diftinction ? The Prafini and ...
153. oldal
... Suppose , for Inftance , that itinerary Commiffioners were appointed to infpect every where throughout the Kingdom , into the Conduct ( at least ) of Men in Office , with Refpect to their Morals and Religion , as well as their Abilities ...
... Suppose , for Inftance , that itinerary Commiffioners were appointed to infpect every where throughout the Kingdom , into the Conduct ( at least ) of Men in Office , with Refpect to their Morals and Religion , as well as their Abilities ...
157. oldal
... suppose them to be much degenerated , they must needs be the worst instituted Seminaries in any Chriftian Country ; but whether they may be corrected with- out Interpofition of the Legislature , I have not Skill enough to determine ...
... suppose them to be much degenerated , they must needs be the worst instituted Seminaries in any Chriftian Country ; but whether they may be corrected with- out Interpofition of the Legislature , I have not Skill enough to determine ...
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97. oldal - But still there is in this project a greater mischief behind; and we ought to beware of the woman's folly, who killed the hen that every morning laid her a golden egg. For, pray what would become of the race of men in the next age, if we had nothing to trust to beside the scrofulous, consumptive productions furnished by our men of wit and pleasure...
56. oldal - ... now handled by every dirty wench, condemned to do her drudgery, and, by a capricious kind of fate, destined to make other things clean, and be nasty itself; at length, worn to the stumps in the...
108. oldal - To conclude : whatever some may think of the great advantages to trade by this favourite scheme, I do very much apprehend, that in six months...
271. oldal - Beauty with more durable Qualities. You have but a very few years to be young and handsome in the eyes of the World ; and as few months to be so in the eyes of a Husband, who is not a Fool ; for I hope you do not still dream of Charms and Raptures, which Marriage ever did, and ever will, put a sudden end to.
186. oldal - ... if it were once refined to a certain standard, perhaps there might be ways found out to fix it for ever, or at least till we are invaded and made a conquest by some other state...
228. oldal - This last piece of civility had like to have cost me dear, being once or twice in danger of my neck by leaping over his ditches, and at last forced to alight in the dirt, when my horse, having slipped his bridle, ran away, and took us up more than an hour to recover him again. It...
314. oldal - ... a mind full of ideas, will be apt in speaking to hesitate upon the choice of both; whereas common speakers have only one set of ideas, and one set of words to clothe them in, and these are always ready at the mouth ; so people come faster out of a church when it is almost empty than when a crowd is at the door.
187. oldal - The period, wherein the English tongue received most improvement, I take to commence with the beginning of queen Elizabeth's reign, and to conclude with the great rebellion in forty two.
96. oldal - It is likewise urged that there are, by computation, in this kingdom above ten thousand parsons, whose revenues added to those of my lords the bishops would suffice to maintain at least two hundred young gentlemen of wit and pleasure and free-thinking, enemies to priestcraft, narrow principles, pedantry, and prejudices; who might be an ornament to the Court and Town. And then again, so great a number of able [bodied] divines might be a recruit to our fleet and armies.
104. oldal - And to urge another argument of a parallel nature: if Christianity were once abolished, how could the freethinkers, the strong reasoners, and the men of profound learning, be able to find another subject, so calculated in all points, whereon to display their abilities?