The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin ...W. Bowyer, C. Bathurst, W. Owen, W. Strahan, J. Rivington, J. Hinton, L. Davis, and C. Reymers, R. Baldwin, J. Dodsley, S. Crowder and Company and B. Collins., 1768 |
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20. oldal
... observe fome clergymen with their heads held down from the beginning to the end , with- in an inch of the cushion , to read what is hardly legible : which , befides the un- toward manner , hinders them from mak- ing the best advantage ...
... observe fome clergymen with their heads held down from the beginning to the end , with- in an inch of the cushion , to read what is hardly legible : which , befides the un- toward manner , hinders them from mak- ing the best advantage ...
26. oldal
... observed great inftances of indiscretion and impropriety , against which I therefore venture to give you a caution . As to quotations from ancient fathers , I think they are best brought in to con- firm fome opinion controverted by ...
... observed great inftances of indiscretion and impropriety , against which I therefore venture to give you a caution . As to quotations from ancient fathers , I think they are best brought in to con- firm fome opinion controverted by ...
29. oldal
... observed in preaching , that no men fucceed better than those , who trust entirely to the stock or fund of their own reafon , advanced indeed , but not over- laid by commerce with books . Whoever only reads in order to transcribe wife ...
... observed in preaching , that no men fucceed better than those , who trust entirely to the stock or fund of their own reafon , advanced indeed , but not over- laid by commerce with books . Whoever only reads in order to transcribe wife ...
76. oldal
... observation those ladies , who are apt to make the greatest clutter on fuch occafions , would liberally have paid a messenger for bringing them news , that their hufbands had broken their necks on the road . You will perhaps be offended ...
... observation those ladies , who are apt to make the greatest clutter on fuch occafions , would liberally have paid a messenger for bringing them news , that their hufbands had broken their necks on the road . You will perhaps be offended ...
86. oldal
... to direct you bet- ter , a task for which I take myself to be not ill qualified ; because I have spent more time , and have had more oppor- tunities tunities than many others to observe and discover , from 86 A LETTER TO.
... to direct you bet- ter , a task for which I take myself to be not ill qualified ; because I have spent more time , and have had more oppor- tunities tunities than many others to observe and discover , from 86 A LETTER TO.
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110. oldal - Cavan, who protested to me that he never knew above one or two instances under the age of six, even in a part of the kingdom so renowned for the quickest proficiency in that art.
108. oldal - I propose to provide for them in such a manner as instead of being a charge upon their parents or the parish, or wanting food and raiment for the rest of their lives, they shall, on the contrary, contribute to the feeding and partly to the clothing of many thousands.
113. oldal - I have said, will make four dishes of excellent nutritive meat when he hath only some particular friend or his own family to dine with him. Thus the squire will learn to be a good landlord, and grow popular among his tenants, the mother will have eight shillings net profit, and be fit for work till she produces another child.
274. oldal - Of these am I, who thy protection claim, A watchful sprite, and Ariel is my name. Late, as I rang'd the crystal wilds of air, In the clear mirror of thy ruling star I saw, alas! some dread...
116. oldal - ... very well known that they are every day dying and rotting by cold and famine, and filth and vermin, as fast as can be reasonably expected. And as to the...
205. oldal - Take of deities, male and female, as many as you can use. Separate them into two equal parts, and keep Jupiter in the middle. Let Juno put him in a ferment, and Venus mollify him. Remember on all occasions to make use of volatile Mercury.
279. oldal - And strike to dust th' imperial tow'rs of Troy; Steel could the works of mortal pride confound, And hew triumphal arches to the ground. What wonder then, fair nymph! thy hairs should feel, The conqu'ring force of unresisted steel?
107. oldal - But my intention is very far from being confined to provide only for the children of professed beggars; it is of a much greater extent, and shall take in the whole number of infants at a certain age who are born of parents in effect as little able to support them as those who demand our charity in the streets.
119. oldal - Men would become as fond of their wives during the time of their pregnancy as they are now of their mares in foal, their cows in calf, or sows when they are ready to farrow; nor offer to beat or kick them (as is too frequent a practice) for fear of a miscarriage.
110. oldal - I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London that a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most delicious nourishing and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricassee or a ragout.