Selections from the Journal to Stella, A Tale of a Tub, Personal Letters and Gulliver's Travels ; Together with The Drapier's Letters, I ; Sleeping in Church ; A Modest ProposalDoubleday, Page, 1901 - 183 pagina's |
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Pagina 56
... bodies , lengthen- ing and widening of themselves , so as to be always fit . Here ; let me see them on you before I die . So ; very well ; pray , children , wear them clean , and brush them often . You will find in my will * ( here it ...
... bodies , lengthen- ing and widening of themselves , so as to be always fit . Here ; let me see them on you before I die . So ; very well ; pray , children , wear them clean , and brush them often . You will find in my will * ( here it ...
Pagina 60
... body , there can be no dispute : but examine even the acquirements of his mind , you will find them all contribute in their order to- wards furnishing out an exact dress : to in- stance no more ; is not religion a cloak ; honesty a pair ...
... body , there can be no dispute : but examine even the acquirements of his mind , you will find them all contribute in their order to- wards furnishing out an exact dress : to in- stance no more ; is not religion a cloak ; honesty a pair ...
Pagina 61
... body and the soul : that the soul was the outward , and the body the inward clothing ; that the latter was ex traduce ; but the former of daily creation and circumfu- sion ; this last they proved by scripture , be- cause in them we live ...
... body and the soul : that the soul was the outward , and the body the inward clothing ; that the latter was ex traduce ; but the former of daily creation and circumfu- sion ; this last they proved by scripture , be- cause in them we live ...
Pagina 62
... body of philosophy and divin- ity , which seems to have been composed by a vein and race of thinking , very different from any other systems either ancient or modern . And it was not merely to entertain or satisfy the reader's curiosity ...
... body of philosophy and divin- ity , which seems to have been composed by a vein and race of thinking , very different from any other systems either ancient or modern . And it was not merely to entertain or satisfy the reader's curiosity ...
Pagina 117
... bodies of young lads and maidens , not exceeding 14 years of age nor under 12 ; so great a number of both sexes in every country being now ready to starve for want of work and service ; and these to be disposed of by their parents if ...
... bodies of young lads and maidens , not exceeding 14 years of age nor under 12 ; so great a number of both sexes in every country being now ready to starve for want of work and service ; and these to be disposed of by their parents if ...
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Pagina 111 - ... the female sex, followed by three, four, or six children, all in rags, and importuning every passenger for an alms. These mothers, instead of being able to work for their honest livelihood, are forced to employ all their time in strolling to beg sustenance for their helpless infants: who, as they grow up, either turn thieves for want of work, or leave their dear native country to fight for the Pretender in Spain, or sell themselves to the Barbadoes.
Pagina 43 - ... and all my love is toward individuals ; for instance, I hate the tribe of lawyers, but I love counsellor such-a-one, and judge such-a-one : it is so with physicians, (I will not speak of my own trade,) soldiers, English, Scotch, French, and the rest. But principally I hate and detest that animal called man; although I heartily love John, Peter, Thomas, and so forth.
Pagina 115 - A child will make two dishes at an entertainment for friends, and when the family dines alone, the fore or hind quarter will make a reasonable dish, and seasoned with a little pepper or salt will be very good boiled on the fourth day, especially in winter.
Pagina 133 - I was almost gone, and able to struggle no longer, I found myself within' my depth, and by this time the storm was much abated. The declivity was so small that I walked near a mile before I got to the shore, which I conjectured was about eight o'clock in the evening.
Pagina 113 - ... children of poor parents annually born. The question therefore is, How this number shall be reared and provided for? which, as I have already said, under the present situation of affairs, is utterly impossible by all the methods hitherto proposed. For we can neither employ them in handicraft or agriculture; we neither build houses (I mean in the country), nor cultivate land...
Pagina 138 - ... wonder and astonishment at my bulk and appetite. I then made another sign that I wanted drink. They found by my eating, that a small quantity would not suffice me; and being a most ingenious people, they slung up with great dexterity one of their largest hogsheads, then rolled it towards...
Pagina 55 - ... seamen have a custom, when they meet a whale, to fling him out an empty tub by way of amusement, to divert him from laying violent hands upon the ship.
Pagina 144 - There is likewise another diversion, which is only shown before the Emperor and Empress, and first minister, upon particular occasions. The Emperor lays on the table three fine silken threads of six inches long.
Pagina 175 - Sometimes a war is entered upon, because the enemy is too strong; and sometimes because he is too weak. Sometimes our neighbors want the things which we have, or have the things which we want; and we both fight, till they take ours, or give us theirs.
Pagina 129 - I resided three years, and applied my self close to my studies: but the charge of maintaining me (although I had a very scanty allowance) being too great for a narrow fortune, I was bound apprentice to Mr. James Bates, an eminent surgeon in...