Selections from the Prose Writings of Jonathan SwiftKegan Paul, Trench, 1884 - 284 עמודים |
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עמוד xxvii
... he worked a marvellous change in the country at large . Right or wrong about Wood's halfpence and other matters , he created public opinion in a " nation of slaves , " and used it as a political force against a bad law PREFACE xxvii.
... he worked a marvellous change in the country at large . Right or wrong about Wood's halfpence and other matters , he created public opinion in a " nation of slaves , " and used it as a political force against a bad law PREFACE xxvii.
עמוד 11
... wooden machines for the use of those orators who desire to talk much with- out interruption . These are the pulpit , the ladder , and the stage itinerant . For as to the bar , though it be com- pounded of the same matter , and designed ...
... wooden machines for the use of those orators who desire to talk much with- out interruption . These are the pulpit , the ladder , and the stage itinerant . For as to the bar , though it be com- pounded of the same matter , and designed ...
עמוד 15
... wood ; and that upon two considerations ; because it is the quality of rotten wood to give light in the dark and secondly , because its cavities are full of worms ; which is a type with a pair of handles , having a respect to the two ...
... wood ; and that upon two considerations ; because it is the quality of rotten wood to give light in the dark and secondly , because its cavities are full of worms ; which is a type with a pair of handles , having a respect to the two ...
עמוד 42
... wooden window of his cell constantly at eight o'clock ; dreams of fire , and shop - lifters , and court - customers , and privileged places . Now , what a figure would all these acquirements amount to , if the owner were sent into the ...
... wooden window of his cell constantly at eight o'clock ; dreams of fire , and shop - lifters , and court - customers , and privileged places . Now , what a figure would all these acquirements amount to , if the owner were sent into the ...
עמוד 166
... wooden shoes ; and your worst enemies adorned with the ensigns of liberty , property , indulgence , moderation , and a cornu- copia in their hands . Her large wings , like those of a flying - fish , are of no use but while they are ...
... wooden shoes ; and your worst enemies adorned with the ensigns of liberty , property , indulgence , moderation , and a cornu- copia in their hands . Her large wings , like those of a flying - fish , are of no use but while they are ...
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able Æsop ancient better Brobdingnag carcase Cercopithecus Christianity Church coin colonel conversation court discourse Drapier's Letters endians England English eyes farther favour friends genius gentlemen give Gulliver half halfpence hands head heard honour hope Houyhnhnms humour Ireland Irish island Jacobite John Tutchin king kingdom kingdom of Ireland labour Lady language Laputa laws learning least Lilliput lord LORD HIGH TREASURER lord-lieutenant lord-lieutenant of Ireland lordship madam majesty manner matter ment Miss modern nation nature never Neverout oaths observed opinion paper parliament party perhaps persons Peter Annet Phalaris Pindar polite Pray present pretend prince proposed prorogation reader reason religion satire side Spark struldbrugs style swearing Swift taste Tatler things thought tion tongue Tories town true wherein whereof Whig whole wholly wonder Wood Wood's words Wotton writings
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עמוד 125 - We next went to the School of Languages, where three Professors sat in Consultation upon improving that of their own Country. The first Project was to shorten Discourse by cutting Polysyllables into one, and leaving out Verbs and Participles; because in Reality all things imaginable are but Nouns.
עמוד 81 - Antelope, who was making a voyage to the South Sea. We set sail from Bristol, May 4, 1699, and our voyage at first was very prosperous. It would not be proper, for some reasons, to trouble the reader with the particulars of our adventures in those seas; let it suffice to inform him that in our passage from thence to the East Indies, we were driven by a violent storm to the northwest of Van Diemen's Land.
עמוד 133 - When they came to fourscore years, which is reckoned the extremity of living in this country, they had not only all the follies and infirmities of other old men, but many more which arose from the dreadful prospect of never dying.
עמוד 221 - Those who are more thrifty (as I must confess the times require) may flay the carcass the skin of which artificially dressed will make admirable gloves for ladies and summer boots for fine gentlemen. As to our city of Dublin, shambles may be appointed for this purpose in the most convenient parts of it, and butchers, we may be assured, will not be wanting; although I rather recommend buying the children alive and dressing them hot from the knife as we do roasting pigs.
עמוד 217 - ... leave their dear native country to fight for the Pretender in Spain or sell themselves to the Barbadoes.
עמוד 222 - Psalmanazar, a native of the island Formosa, who came from thence to London above twenty years ago, and in conversation told my friend that in his country when any young person happened to be put to death, the executioner sold the carcass to persons of quality as a prime dainty; and that in his time the body of a plump girl of fifteen, who was crucified for an attempt to poison the emperor, was sold to his Imperial Majesty's prime minister of state, and other great mandarins of the court, in joints...
עמוד 218 - There is likewise another great advantage in my scheme, that it will prevent those voluntary abortions, and that horrid practice of women murdering their bastard children, alas!
עמוד 212 - The remedy is wholly in your own hands ; and therefore I have digressed a little, in order to refresh and continue that spirit so seasonably raised among you ; and to let you see, that by the laws of GOD, of NATURE, of NATIONS, and of your COUNTRY, you ARE, and OUGHT to be, as FREE a people as your brethren in England.
עמוד 222 - ... it is not improbable that some scrupulous people might be apt to censure such a practice (although indeed very unjustly) as a little bordering upon cruelty; which, I confess, hath always been with me the strongest objection against any project, how well soever intended.
עמוד 227 - But before something of that kind shall be advanced in contradiction to my scheme and offering a better, I desire the author or authors will be pleased maturely to consider two -points: first, as things now stand, how they will be able to find food and raiment for...