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 5
... hear from you , & c . -Ten at night . I sat four hours this morn- ing to Jervis , who has given my picture quite another turn , and now approves it entirely : but we must have the approbation of the town . If I were rich enough I would ...
... hear from you , & c . -Ten at night . I sat four hours this morn- ing to Jervis , who has given my picture quite another turn , and now approves it entirely : but we must have the approbation of the town . If I were rich enough I would ...
Pagina 6
... hear the chancellor is to be suddenly out , and sir Simon Harcourt to succeed him . I am come early home , not caring for the coffee - house . September 18. To - day I dined with Mr. Stratford at Mr. Addison's retirement near Chelsea ...
... hear the chancellor is to be suddenly out , and sir Simon Harcourt to succeed him . I am come early home , not caring for the coffee - house . September 18. To - day I dined with Mr. Stratford at Mr. Addison's retirement near Chelsea ...
Pagina 7
... hear Mr. Harley was gone out ; but they had just done dinner . Mr. Harley came out to me , brought me in , and pre- sented me to his son - in - law lord Doblane ( or some such name ) , and his own son , and among others Will Penn the ...
... hear Mr. Harley was gone out ; but they had just done dinner . Mr. Harley came out to me , brought me in , and pre- sented me to his son - in - law lord Doblane ( or some such name ) , and his own son , and among others Will Penn the ...
Pagina 12
... hears I am in town , and that she would go to see me to inquire after you . I wonder she will confine herself so much to that old beast's humour . You know I cannot in honour see lady Giffard , and consequently not go into her house ...
... hears I am in town , and that she would go to see me to inquire after you . I wonder she will confine herself so much to that old beast's humour . You know I cannot in honour see lady Giffard , and consequently not go into her house ...
Pagina 13
... hear your speeches . No , it is a lie , I am not sleepy yet . Let us sit up a little longer , and talk . Well , where have you been to - day , that you are but just this minute come home in a coach ? What have you 13 Journal to Stella.
... hear your speeches . No , it is a lie , I am not sleepy yet . Let us sit up a little longer , and talk . Well , where have you been to - day , that you are but just this minute come home in a coach ? What have you 13 Journal to Stella.
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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...