| Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 406 páginas
...and mechanical operations. But the world would soon be sensible of its usefulness ; and tie nattered himself, that a more noble exalted thought, never...ignorant person, at a reasonable charge, and with a little bodily labour, might write books in philosophy, poetry, politicks, laws, mathematicks, and... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 392 páginas
...might wonder to see him employed in a project for improving speculative knowledge, by practical and mechanical operations. But the world would soon be...a more noble exalted thought, never sprang in any othef man's head. Every one knew, h<*w laborious the usual method is of attaining to arts and sciences... | |
| Hugh Leslie - 1808 - 356 páginas
...might wonder to see him employed in a project for improving speculative knowledge by practical and mechanical operations. But the world would soon be...usefulness; and he flattered himself, that a more exalted thought never sprang in any other man's head. Every one knew how laborious the' usual method... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1812 - 374 páginas
...knowledge, by practical and mechanical operations. But the world would soon be sensible of its usefulness 5 and he flattered himself, that a more noble exalted...ignorant person, at a reasonable charge, and with a little bodily labour, might write books in philosophy, poetry, politics, laws, mathematics, and theology,... | |
| Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1814 - 490 páginas
...might wonder to see him employed in a project for improving speculative knowledge, by practical and mechanical operations. But the world would soon be...ignorant person, at a reasonable charge, and with a little bodily labour, might write books in philosophy, poetry, politics, laws, mathematics, and theology,... | |
| H. Nolte - 1823 - 646 páginas
...might wonder to see him employed in a project for improving speculative knowledge by practical and mechanical operations. But the world would soon be...flattered himself that a more noble exalted thought never sprung in any other man's head. Every one knew how laborious the usual method is of attaining to arts... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1823 - 446 páginas
...might wonder to see him employed in a project for improving speculative knowledge, by practical and mechanical operations. But the world would soon be...flattered himself, that a more noble exalted thought never sprangin any other man's head. Every one knew how laborious the usual method is of attaining to arts... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1824 - 494 páginas
...illustrious person more, who is called among them, " the universal artist." He told us " he had beeti thirty years employing his thoughts for the improvement...ignorant person, at a reasonable charge, and with a little bodily labour, might write books in philosophy, poetry, politics, laws, mathematics, and theology,... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1834 - 354 páginas
...TRAVELS, be sensible of its usefulness ; and he flattered himself that a more noble exalted thought naver sprang in any other man's head. Every one knew how...ignorant person, at a reasonable charge, and with a little bodily labour, might write bonio in philosophy, poetry, politics, laws, mathematics, and theology,... | |
| George Campbell - 1838 - 460 páginas
...sprang in any other man's head," but doth not lay claim to inspiration. " Every one knows," he adds, " how laborious the usual method is of attaining to...sciences : whereas, by his contrivance, the most ignorant perSo much for the third and last cause of illusion that was taken notice of, arising from the abuse... | |
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