The Miscellaneous Works of the Late Dr. Arbuthnot, Volumen1James Carlile, 1751 - 312 páginas |
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John Arbuthnot. Gulliver Decypher'd : OR REMARKS On a late Book , intitled , TRAVELS INTO SEVERAL Remote NATIONS of the World . By Capt . LEMUEL GULLIVER . VINDICATING The Reverend DEAN on whom it is ma- liciously Father'd . WITH Some ...
John Arbuthnot. Gulliver Decypher'd : OR REMARKS On a late Book , intitled , TRAVELS INTO SEVERAL Remote NATIONS of the World . By Capt . LEMUEL GULLIVER . VINDICATING The Reverend DEAN on whom it is ma- liciously Father'd . WITH Some ...
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... LEMUEL GUL- LIVER , whom we undertake to difcover to the World . But first , we shall beg leave to affign fome ... Gulliver Decypher'd .
... LEMUEL GUL- LIVER , whom we undertake to difcover to the World . But first , we shall beg leave to affign fome ... Gulliver Decypher'd .
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... Lemuel Gulliver's General Defcription of Lilliput , mentioned in the 69th Page of the First Volume of his Travels . A SI always had a strong Inclination to Read- ing , from the Time I first went to Ema- nuel College in Cambridge , and ...
... Lemuel Gulliver's General Defcription of Lilliput , mentioned in the 69th Page of the First Volume of his Travels . A SI always had a strong Inclination to Read- ing , from the Time I first went to Ema- nuel College in Cambridge , and ...
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... Lemuel Gulliver . Vindicating the Reverend Dean on whom it is maliciously Father'd . With Some probable Conjectures concerning the Real Author . 75 Critical Remarks on Capt . Gulliver's Travels . By Doc- tor Bantley . Published from the ...
... Lemuel Gulliver . Vindicating the Reverend Dean on whom it is maliciously Father'd . With Some probable Conjectures concerning the Real Author . 75 Critical Remarks on Capt . Gulliver's Travels . By Doc- tor Bantley . Published from the ...
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Página 93 - ... not received a fall, and some of them two or three. I was assured that a year or two before my arrival, Flimnap would have infallibly broke his neck, if one of the King's cushions, that accidentally lay on the ground, had not weakened the force of his fall.
Página 108 - 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.
Página 93 - Reldresal, principal secretary for private affairs, is, in my opinion, if I am not partial, the second after the treasurer; the rest of the great officers are much upon a par. These diversions are often attended with fatal accidents, whereof great numbers are on record.
Página 93 - ... and whoever jumps the highest without falling, succeeds in the office. Very often the chief ministers themselves are commanded to...
Página 92 - When a great office is vacant, either by death or disgrace (which often happens), five or six of those candidates petition the emperor to entertain his majesty and the court with a dance on the rope, and whoever jumps the highest without falling, succeeds in the office. Very often the chief...
Página 94 - The ceremony is performed in his Majesty's great chamber of state, where the candidates are to undergo a trial of dexterity very different from the former, and such as I have not observed the least resemblance of in any other country of the old or new world.
Página 107 - Perfection is required towards the Procurement of any one Station among you; much less that Men are ennobled on Account of their Virtue, that Priests are advanced for their Piety or Learning, Soldiers for their Conduct or Valour, Judges for their Integrity, Senators for the Love of their Country, or Counsellors for their Wisdom. As for yourself...
Página 72 - Be of your patron's mind, whate'er he says ; Sleep very much ; think little ; and talk less ; Mind neither good nor bad, nor right nor wrong, But eat your pudding, slave; and hold your tongue.
Página 95 - It is allowed on all hands that the primitive way of breaking eggs, before we eat them, was upon the larger end; but his present Majesty's grandfather, while he was a boy, going to eat an egg, and breaking it according to the ancient practice, happened to cut one of his fingers.
Página 94 - ... silk ; the red is given to the next, and the green to the third, which they all wear girt twice round about the middle ; and you see few great persons about this court who are not adorned with one of these girdles.