The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ...G. Hamilton, J. Balfour, & L. Hunter, 1757 |
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... eyes . I heard a confufed noise about me ; but , in the posture I lay , could fee nothing except the fky . In a little time I felt fomething alive moving on my left leg , which advancing gently forward over my breast came almost up to ...
... eyes . I heard a confufed noise about me ; but , in the posture I lay , could fee nothing except the fky . In a little time I felt fomething alive moving on my left leg , which advancing gently forward over my breast came almost up to ...
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... eyes to the fun , as calling him for a witness and being al- moft famished with hunger , having not eaten a morfel for fome hours before I left the fhip , I found the demands of nature fo ftrong upon me , that I could not forbear fhew ...
... eyes to the fun , as calling him for a witness and being al- moft famished with hunger , having not eaten a morfel for fome hours before I left the fhip , I found the demands of nature fo ftrong upon me , that I could not forbear fhew ...
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... eyes , spoke about ten minutes without any figns of anger , but with a kind of determinate refolution ; often pointing forwards , which , as I afterwards found , was towards the capital city , about half a mile distant , whither it was ...
... eyes , spoke about ten minutes without any figns of anger , but with a kind of determinate refolution ; often pointing forwards , which , as I afterwards found , was towards the capital city , about half a mile distant , whither it was ...
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... eye . them + The mafeuline strength of features , which Gulliver could not fee , till he laid his face upon the ground ; and the awful fu- periority of ftature in a being whom he held in his hand ; the belmet , the plume , and the fword ...
... eye . them + The mafeuline strength of features , which Gulliver could not fee , till he laid his face upon the ground ; and the awful fu- periority of ftature in a being whom he held in his hand ; the belmet , the plume , and the fword ...
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... eyes were wholly fixed upon his Majefty . He then defired me to draw my fcymiter ; which , altho ' it had got fome ruft by the fea- water , was in moft parts exceeding bright . I did fo , and immediately all the troops gave a fhout ...
... eyes were wholly fixed upon his Majefty . He then defired me to draw my fcymiter ; which , altho ' it had got fome ruft by the fea- water , was in moft parts exceeding bright . I did fo , and immediately all the troops gave a fhout ...
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Page 170 - The professor then desired me to observe, for he was going to set his engine at work. The pupils at his command took each of them hold of an iron handle, whereof there were forty fixed round the edges of the frame and giving them a sudden turn, the whole disposition of the words was entirely changed. He then commanded...
Page 126 - And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together.
Page 13 - Fortune directed me, and was pushed forward by wind and tide. I often let my legs drop, and could feel no bottom ; but when 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.
Page 210 - In talking, they forget the common appellation of things, and the names of persons, even of those who are their nearest friends and relations. For the same reason, they never can amuse themselves with reading, because their memory will not serve to carry them from the beginning of a sentence to the end...
Page 380 - When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him.
Page 172 - However, many of the most learned and wise adhere to the new scheme of expressing themselves by things, which hath only this inconvenience attending it, that if a man's business be very great and of various kinds, he must be obliged in proportion to carry a greater bundle of things upon his back, unless he can afford one or two strong servants to attend him.
Page 170 - The first professor I saw was in a very large room, with forty pupils about him. After salutation, observing me to look earnestly upon a frame which took up the greatest part of both the length and breadth of the room, he said, perhaps I might wonder to see him employed in a project for improving speculative knowledge by practical and mechanical operations.
Page 166 - Every room hath in it one or more projectors, and I believe I could not be in fewer than five hundred rooms.
Page 291 - ... king, they set up a rotten plank or a stone for a memorial, they murder two or three dozen of the natives, bring away a couple more by force for a sample, return home, and get their pardon. Here commences a new dominion acquired with a title by divine right.
Page 172 - The other project was a scheme for entirely abolishing all/ words whatsoever; and this was urged as a great advantage in point of health as well as brevity. For it is plain that every word we speak is in some degree a diminution of our lungs by corrosion, and consequently contributes to the shortening of our lives.