| Jonathan Swift - 1922 - 358 pagina’s
...is agreed that part was not writ by the same hand, though this has its defenders too. It has passed Lords and Commons, nemine contradicente ; and the...this time be talking to you of a book you have never seen, 'and which has not yet reached Ireland. If it has not, I believe what we have said will be sufficient... | |
| Thomas Lucian Cline - 1923 - 300 pagina’s
...is agreed that part was not writ by the same hand, though this has its defenders too. It has passed Lords and Commons, nemine contradicente; and the whole...this time be talking to you of a book you have never seen, and which has not yet reached Ireland. If it has not, I believe v/hat we have said will be sufficient... | |
| 1926 - 896 pagina’s
...in the nursery, that the satire on general societies of men is too severe. In brief, " it has passed Lords and Commons, nemine contradicente ; and the whole town, men, women, and children, are full of it." Here and there, it is true, Swift heard of a Minister who had taken offence, but Swift's... | |
| John Dennis - 1928 - 280 pagina’s
...they declare, ' it is universally read, from the cabinet council to the nursery. ... It has passed Lords and Commons nemine contradicente, and the whole...town, men, women, and children, are quite full of it.' A book which attained in the author's lifetime a wellnigh unprecedented popularity should have 1 Life... | |
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