The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, Volumen 6J. Johnson, J. Nichols, R. Baldwin, Otridge and Son, J. Sewell, F. and C. Rivington, T. Payne, R. Faulder, G. and J. Robinson, R. Lea, J. Nunn, W. Cuthell, T. Egerton, ... [and 12 others], 1801 |
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... creatures ? And indeed to avoid so monstrous and detestable a sight was one principal motive of my retirement hither . Thus much I thought proper to tell you in relation to yourself , and to the trust I reposed in you . " I do in the ...
... creatures ? And indeed to avoid so monstrous and detestable a sight was one principal motive of my retirement hither . Thus much I thought proper to tell you in relation to yourself , and to the trust I reposed in you . " I do in the ...
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... creature not six inches high , with a bow and arrow in his hands , and a quiver at his back . In the mean time , I ... creatures ran off a second time , before I could seize them ; whereupon there was a great shout in a very shrill ...
... creature not six inches high , with a bow and arrow in his hands , and a quiver at his back . In the mean time , I ... creatures ran off a second time , before I could seize them ; whereupon there was a great shout in a very shrill ...
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... creature as I must appear to them . After some time , when they observed that I made no more demands for meat , there appeared before me a person of high rank , from his imperial majesty . His excellency , having mounted on the small of ...
... creature as I must appear to them . After some time , when they observed that I made no more demands for meat , there appeared before me a person of high rank , from his imperial majesty . His excellency , having mounted on the small of ...
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... creature , as they at first apprehended , for it lay on the grass without motion ; and some of them had walked round it several times ; that , by mounting upon each other's shoulders , they had got to the top , which was flat and even ...
... creature , as they at first apprehended , for it lay on the grass without motion ; and some of them had walked round it several times ; that , by mounting upon each other's shoulders , they had got to the top , which was flat and even ...
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... creatures as large as yourself , our philosophers are in much doubt , and would rather conjecture that you dropped from the moon , or one of the stars ; because it is certain , that a hundred mortals of your bulk would in a short time ...
... creatures as large as yourself , our philosophers are in much doubt , and would rather conjecture that you dropped from the moon , or one of the stars ; because it is certain , that a hundred mortals of your bulk would in a short time ...
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Página 208 - 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.
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Página 209 - IN the school of political projectors I was but ill entertained ; the professors appearing, in my judgment, wholly out of their senses, which is a scene that never fails to make me melancholy. These unhappy people were proposing schemes for persuading monarchs to choose favourites upon the score of their wisdom, capacity, and virtue ; of teaching ministers to consult the public good ; of rewarding merit, great abilities, and eminent services ; of instructing princes to know their true interest, by...
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Página 2 - In a little time I felt something alive' moving on my left leg, which advancing gently forward over my breast, came almost up to my chin; when bending my eyes downwards as much as I could, I perceived it to be a human creature not six inches high, with a bow and arrow in his hands, and a quiver at his back.
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