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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6. oldal
... lowed to equal half the congregation , both as to quality and understanding . But I know not how it comes to pass , that profeffors in most arts and sciences are generally the worft qualified to ex- plain their meanings 5 are 6 A LETTER TO.
... lowed to equal half the congregation , both as to quality and understanding . But I know not how it comes to pass , that profeffors in most arts and sciences are generally the worft qualified to ex- plain their meanings 5 are 6 A LETTER TO.
7. oldal
... plain their meanings to thofe , whoare not of their tribe : a common farmer fhall make you understand in three words , that his foot is out of joint , or his collar - bone broken ; wherein a furgeon , after a hundred terms of art , if ...
... plain their meanings to thofe , whoare not of their tribe : a common farmer fhall make you understand in three words , that his foot is out of joint , or his collar - bone broken ; wherein a furgeon , after a hundred terms of art , if ...
9. oldal
... plain fermon intended for the middle or lower fize of people . Neither do they feem to remem ber the many alterations , additions , and expungings expungings made by great authors in thos treatises , which A YOUNG CLERGYMAN . ' 9.
... plain fermon intended for the middle or lower fize of people . Neither do they feem to remem ber the many alterations , additions , and expungings expungings made by great authors in thos treatises , which A YOUNG CLERGYMAN . ' 9.
16. oldal
... plain convincing reafon may poffibly operate upon the mind , both of a learned and ignorant hearer as long as they live , and will edify a thousand times more than the art of wetting the handkerchiefs of a whole congregation , if you ...
... plain convincing reafon may poffibly operate upon the mind , both of a learned and ignorant hearer as long as they live , and will edify a thousand times more than the art of wetting the handkerchiefs of a whole congregation , if you ...
19. oldal
... plain hand , with all the forms of margin , paragraph , marked page , and the like ; then on Sunday morning he took care to run it over five or fix times , which he could do in an hour ; and when he de- livered it , by pretending to ...
... plain hand , with all the forms of margin , paragraph , marked page , and the like ; then on Sunday morning he took care to run it over five or fix times , which he could do in an hour ; and when he de- livered it , by pretending 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.