Hidden fields
Books Books
" I hope I shall be forgiven a hard word, if I call this a perfect cavil. I readily own there has been an old custom, time out of mind, for people to assemble in the churches every Sunday, and that shops are still frequently shut, in order, as it is conceived,... "
Jonathan Swift: Selections - Page 141
by Jonathan Swift - 1924 - 448 pages
Full view - About this book

The Works ...: With the Author's Life and Character, Notes [etc ..., Volume 1

Jonathan Swift - 1761 - 468 pages
...every Sunday ; and that fhops are ftill frequently fhut, in order, as it is conceived, to preferve the memory of that ancient practice. But how this can prove a hindrance to bufinefs or pleafure, is harJ to imagine. What if the men of pleafure are forced, one day in the week,...
Full view - About this book

The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin ...

Jonathan Swift - 1768 - 448 pages
...churches every Sunday, and that fLops are ftill frequently (hut, in order, as it is conceived, to preferve the memory of that ancient practice ; but how this can prove a hindrance to burinefs or pleafurc, is hard to imagine. What if the men of pleafure are forced, one day in the week,...
Full view - About this book

The Works of Dr Jonathan Swift, Dean of St Patrick's, Dublin. In Thirteen ...

Jonathan Swift - 1774 - 376 pages
...churches every Sunday; and that fhops are ftill frequently fhut, in order, as it is conceived, to preferve the memory of that ancient practice. But how this can prove a hindrance to bufinefs or pleafure, is hard to imagine. What if the men of pleafure are forced, one day in the week,...
Full view - About this book

The Works of the Rev. Dr. Jonathan Swift ...

Jonathan Swift - 1784 - 474 pages
...churches every Sunday, and that ihops are ftill frequently fhut, in order, as it is conceived, to preferve the memory of that ancient practice ; but how this can prove a hindrance to bufmefs or pleafure, is hard to imagine. What if the mei> of pleafure are forced, one day in the week,...
Full view - About this book

The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin ..., Volume 2

Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth - 1784 - 498 pages
...every Sunday ; and that fhops are ftill frequently fhut, in order, as it is conceived, to prefcrve the memory of that ancient practice. But how this can prove a hindrance to bufinefs or pleafure, is hard to imagine. What if the men of pleafure are forced, one day in the week,...
Full view - About this book

A tale of a tub. The battle of the books [and essays

Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 488 pages
...I shall be forgiven a hard word, if I call this a perfect cavil. I readily own there has been V M u an old custom, time out of mind, for people to assemble...week, to game at home instead of the chocolate-houses ? are not the taverns and coffeehouses open ? can there be a more convenient season for taking a dose...
Full view - About this book

The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's ..., Volume 2

Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 498 pages
...hope I shall be forgiven a hard word, if I call this a perfect cavil. I readily own there has been an old custom, time out of mind, for people to assemble...week, to game at home instead of the chocolate-houses ? are not the taverns and coffeehouses open ? can there be a more convenient season for taking a dose...
Full view - About this book

The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D. ...: With Notes ..., Volume 3

Jonathan Swift - 1808 - 516 pages
...word, if I call this a perfect cavil. I readily own there has been an old custom, time out of mind, tor people to assemble in the churches every Sunday, and...shops are still frequently shut, in order, as it is concejved, to preserve the memory of that ancient practice; but how this can prove a hindrance to business...
Full view - About this book

The Works of Jonathan Swift: Twelve sermons. Tracts

Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1814 - 462 pages
...hope I shall be forgiven a hard word, if I call this a perfect cavil. I readily own there has been, an old custom, time out of mind, for people to assemble...week, to game at home instead of the chocolatehouses ? are not the taverns and coffeehouses open ? can there be a more convenient season for taking a dose...
Full view - About this book

The Christian remembrancer; or, The Churchman's Biblical ..., Volume 2

1820 - 796 pages
...I hope I shall be forgiven a hard word if I call this a perfect cavil. I readily own there has been an old custom, time out of mind, for people to assemble...as it is. conceived, to preserve the memory of that antient practice. But how this can prove a hindrance to the growth of infidelity, it is hard to imagine....
Full view - About this book




  1. My library
  2. Help
  3. Advanced Book Search
  4. Download EPUB
  5. Download PDF