Gulliver's Travels Into Several Remote Regions of the WorldCassell, Petter & Galpin, 1865 - 352 pagina's |
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Pagina vi
... say fifty ) , he mortgaged his estate , and , sewing up the money in his waistcoat , got off to a town held for the king ; where , being asked by the governor what he could do for his majesty , Swift said he would give the king his coat ...
... say fifty ) , he mortgaged his estate , and , sewing up the money in his waistcoat , got off to a town held for the king ; where , being asked by the governor what he could do for his majesty , Swift said he would give the king his coat ...
Pagina viii
... says Dr. Barrett , " the censure wrought any reformation in him . " We suspect it did the reverse ; his haughty spirit could not brook these constant disgraces , and so he seems to have buried himself for a time in the country . At last ...
... says Dr. Barrett , " the censure wrought any reformation in him . " We suspect it did the reverse ; his haughty spirit could not brook these constant disgraces , and so he seems to have buried himself for a time in the country . At last ...
Pagina ix
... says Scott on this subject , " can cure the diseases of their contemporary patients , they may readily be excused from assigning dis- 64 honourable causes for the disorders of the illustrious dead ix Life of Jonathan Swift .
... says Scott on this subject , " can cure the diseases of their contemporary patients , they may readily be excused from assigning dis- 64 honourable causes for the disorders of the illustrious dead ix Life of Jonathan Swift .
Pagina x
... says he had an inclination for the Church , but one may reasonably doubt this . At all events , he went to Oxford in 1692 , and took a master's degree . No doubt he had now proved himself a man of learning and genius , for he was well ...
... says he had an inclination for the Church , but one may reasonably doubt this . At all events , he went to Oxford in 1692 , and took a master's degree . No doubt he had now proved himself a man of learning and genius , for he was well ...
Pagina xi
... says Scott , " he met a clergyman , with whom he formed an acquaintance , which proved him to be learned , modest , well - principled , the father of eight children , and a curate at the rate of forty pounds a year . Without explaining ...
... says Scott , " he met a clergyman , with whom he formed an acquaintance , which proved him to be learned , modest , well - principled , the father of eight children , and a curate at the rate of forty pounds a year . Without explaining ...
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Pagina 160 - 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.
Pagina 247 - Three kings protested to me that, in their whole reigns, they never did once prefer any person of merit, unless by mistake or treachery of some minister in whom they confided ; neither would they do it if they were to live again ; and they showed, with great strength of reason, that the royal throne could not be supported without corruption, because that positive, confident, restive temper which virtue infused into a man was a perpetual clog to public business.
Pagina 18 - He is taller, by almost the breadth of my nail, than any of his court ; which alone is enough to strike an awe into the beholders. His features are strong and masculine...
Pagina 225 - 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. And this invention would certainly have taken place, to the great ease as well as health of the subject, if the women, in conjunction with the vulgar and illiterate, had not threatened to raise a rebellion, unless they might be allowed the liberty to speak with their tongues,...
Pagina 303 - Yahoos, might easily believe it possible for so vile an animal to be capable of every action I had named, if their strength and cunning equalled their malice. But as my discourse had increased his abhorrence of the whole species, so he found it gave him a disturbance in his mind, to which he was wholly a stranger before.
Pagina 56 - ... suppose truth, justice, temperance, and the like, to be in every man's power; the practice of which virtues, assisted by experience and a good intention, would qualify any man for the service of his country, except where a course of study is required.
Pagina 25 - In his right waistcoat-pocket we found a prodigious bundle of white thin substances, folded one over another, about the bigness of three men, tied with a strong cable, and marked with black figures, which we humbly conceive to be writings, every letter almost half as large as the palm of our hands. In the left there was a sort of engine, from the back of which were extended twenty long poles, resembling the palisadoes before your majesty's court...
Pagina 118 - After much debate, they concluded unanimously, that I was only relplum scalcath, which is, interpreted literally, lusus naturae ; a determination exactly agreeable to the modern philosophy of Europe, whose professors, disdaining the old evasion of occult causes, whereby the followers of Aristotle endeavoured in vain to disguise their ignorance, have invented this wonderful solution of all difficulties, to the unspeakable advancement of human knowledge.
Pagina 327 - I enjoyed perfect health of body and tranquillity of mind; I did not feel the treachery or inconstancy of a friend, nor the injuries of a secret or open enemy. I had no occasion of bribing, flattering or pimping to procure the favour of any great man or of his minion. I wanted no fence against fraud or oppression; here was neither physician to destroy my body, nor lawyer to ruin my fortune; no informer to watch my words and actions, or forge accusations against me for hire: here were no gibers, censurers,...
Pagina 310 - I assured him, that this whole Globe of Earth must be at least three Times gone round, before one of our better Female Yahoos could get her Breakfast, or a Cup to put it in.