The Works of D. Jonathan Swift: In Nine Volumes, Volume 9Dublin printed; and Edinburgh reprinted, for G. Hamilton & J. Balfour, and L. Hunter, at Edinburgh; and A. Stalker, at Glasgow; and sold by them and other booksellers., 1752 |
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... Humanity or Truth , let thofe who " think it worth their while , determine . 66 66 66 66 " IT is agreed , this Anfwerer would have fuc- " ceeded much better , if he had ftuck wholly to his " Business as a Commentator upon the Tale of a ...
... Humanity or Truth , let thofe who " think it worth their while , determine . 66 66 66 66 " IT is agreed , this Anfwerer would have fuc- " ceeded much better , if he had ftuck wholly to his " Business as a Commentator upon the Tale of a ...
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... human Na- " ture , fo Humour is the most agreeable ; and where " these two enter far into the Compofition of any " Work , they will render it always acceptable to the " World . Now , the great Part of those who have no " Share or Taste ...
... human Na- " ture , fo Humour is the most agreeable ; and where " these two enter far into the Compofition of any " Work , they will render it always acceptable to the " World . Now , the great Part of those who have no " Share or Taste ...
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... human Wit , in this polite and most accom- plished Age . Methinks , the Number of Appellants were enough to fhock and ftartle any Judge of a Genius lefs unlimited than your's . But , in order to prevent fuch glorious Trials , the Perfon ...
... human Wit , in this polite and most accom- plished Age . Methinks , the Number of Appellants were enough to fhock and ftartle any Judge of a Genius lefs unlimited than your's . But , in order to prevent fuch glorious Trials , the Perfon ...
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... human Things , that I have been for fome Years preparing Materials towards A Panegyric upon the World ; to which I intended to add a fecond Part , intitled , A modeft Defence of the Proceedings of the Rabble in all Ages . Both these I ...
... human Things , that I have been for fome Years preparing Materials towards A Panegyric upon the World ; to which I intended to add a fecond Part , intitled , A modeft Defence of the Proceedings of the Rabble in all Ages . Both these I ...
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... human Reafon . The Matter , as we have faid , is of rotten Wood ; and that upon two Confiderations ; because it is the Quality of rotten Wood , to give Light in the Dark : And , fecondly , becaufe its Cavities are full of Worms ; which ...
... human Reafon . The Matter , as we have faid , is of rotten Wood ; and that upon two Confiderations ; because it is the Quality of rotten Wood , to give Light in the Dark : And , fecondly , becaufe its Cavities are full of Worms ; which ...
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Page 36 - As to his body there can be no dispute ; but examine even the acquirements of his mind, you will find them all contribute in their order towards furnishing out an exact dress : to instance no more ; is not religion a cloak, honesty a pair of shoes worn out in the dirt, selflove a surtout, vanity a shirt, and conscience a pair of breeches, which, though a cover for lewdness as well as nastiness, is easily slipt down for the service of both...
Page 15 - But satire, being levelled at all, is never resented for an offence by any, since every individual person makes bold to understand it of others, and very wisely removes his particular part of the burden upon the shoulders of the World, which are broad enough and able to bear it.
Page 149 - In this mansion he had for some time dwelt in peace and plenty, without danger to his person by swallows from above, or to his palace by brooms from below, when it was the pleasure of fortune to conduct thither a...
Page 105 - The two senses to which all objects first address themselves are the sight and the touch. These never examine farther than the colour, the shape, the size, and whatever other qualities dwell, or are drawn by art upon the outward of bodies...
Page 149 - Things were at this crisis when a material accident fell out. For upon the highest corner of a large window there dwelt a certain spider, swollen up to the first magnitude by the destruction of infinite numbers of flies, whose spoils lay scattered before the gates of his palace, like human bones before the cave of some giant.
Page 106 - And he whose fortunes and dispositions have placed him in a convenient station to enjoy the fruits of this noble art ; he that can, with Epicurus, content his ideas with the films and images that fly off...
Page 105 - Now, I take all this to be the last degree of perverting nature; one of whose eternal laws it is, to put her best furniture forward. And therefore, in order to save the charges of all such expensive anatomy for the time to come, I do here think fit to inform the reader, that in such conclusions as these, reason is certainly in the right, and that in most corporeal beings, which have fallen under my...
Page 85 - Men do Lords, learn their Titles exactly, and then brag of their Acquaintance. Or Secondly, which is indeed the choicer, the profounder, and politer Method, to get a thorough Insight into the Index, by which the whole Book is governed and turned, like Fishes by the Tail. For, to enter the Palace of Learning at the great Gate, requires an Expence of Time and Forms; therefore Men of much Haste and little Ceremony, are content to get in by the Back-Door.
Page 150 - Thrice he endeavoured to force his passage, and thrice the centre shook. The spider within, feeling the terrible convulsion, supposed at first that nature was approaching to her final dissolution ; or else, that Beelzebub, with all his legions, was come to revenge the death of many thousands of his subjects whom his enemy had slain and devoured.
Page 94 - ... of what is most perfect, finished, and exalted ; till, having soared out of his own reach and sight...