Miscellaneous Works of the Late Dr. Arbuthnot, Volumen1W. Richardson and L. Urquhart, 1770 |
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... designing Part of the Clergy were his intimate Friends , and eat daily of his Dumplings , he had doubt . lefs been made - away with ; but they flood in the Gape for him for the Sake of his Dumplings , know- ing that when Sir John was ...
... designing Part of the Clergy were his intimate Friends , and eat daily of his Dumplings , he had doubt . lefs been made - away with ; but they flood in the Gape for him for the Sake of his Dumplings , know- ing that when Sir John was ...
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... There was no Man like him for Invention and Con- trivance : And then for Execution , he spared no La- bour and Pains to compafs his magnanimous Designs . O would to Heaven this little Attempt of mine . its Dignity , Antiquity , & c . 63.
... There was no Man like him for Invention and Con- trivance : And then for Execution , he spared no La- bour and Pains to compafs his magnanimous Designs . O would to Heaven this little Attempt of mine . its Dignity , Antiquity , & c . 63.
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... Design was , to afcertain the Name of Merry Andrew to the Fool of a Droll , and to fubftitute it instead of Jack Pudding ; which Name my Friend Matt . could not hear with Temper , as carrying with it an oblique Reflection on Sir John ...
... Design was , to afcertain the Name of Merry Andrew to the Fool of a Droll , and to fubftitute it instead of Jack Pudding ; which Name my Friend Matt . could not hear with Temper , as carrying with it an oblique Reflection on Sir John ...
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... From the ludicrous , trifling , and obfcure Paffages in it . And Thirdly , from the Reflections it is faid to caft upon the prefent Government and Friends . But 1 But though we have divided what we design to Gulliver Decypher'd . 85.
... From the ludicrous , trifling , and obfcure Paffages in it . And Thirdly , from the Reflections it is faid to caft upon the prefent Government and Friends . But 1 But though we have divided what we design to Gulliver Decypher'd . 85.
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John Arbuthnot. 1 But though we have divided what we design to fay into feveral Heads , to fhew our Skill in Analytick ,: we hope the courteous Reader will not imagine us fuch dull Fellows to be methodical , fince he may be affured that ...
John Arbuthnot. 1 But though we have divided what we design to fay into feveral Heads , to fhew our Skill in Analytick ,: we hope the courteous Reader will not imagine us fuch dull Fellows to be methodical , fince he may be affured that ...
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Página ix - Was at last condemned to it for what he could not do. Oh, indignant Reader! Think not his Life useless to Mankind!
Página 104 - 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 88 - This diversion is only practised by those persons who are candidates for great employments and high favour at court. They are trained in this art from their youth, and are not always of noble birth or liberal education. 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.
Página 89 - ... and whoever jumps the highest without falling, succeeds in the office. Very often the chief ministers themselves are commanded to...
Página 89 - 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 92 - Blefuscu; and when they were quelled the exiles always fled for refuge to that empire. It is computed that eleven thousand persons have at several times suffered death rather than submit to break their eggs at the smaller end. Many hundred large volumes have been published upon this controversy; but the books of the Bigendians have been long forbidden, and the whole party rendered incapable by law of holding employments.
Página 89 - ... 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 89 - But the danger is much greater when the ministers themselves are commanded to show their dexterity; for, by contending to excel themselves and their fellows, they strain so far that there is hardly one of them who hath not received a fall, and some of them two or three.
Página 90 - The Emperor holds a stick in his hands, both ends parallel to the horizon, while the candidates, advancing one by one, sometimes leap over the stick, sometimes creep under it backwards and forwards several times, according as the stick is advanced or depressed.
Página 5 - By giving us a clear and extensive knowledge of the system of the world, which, as it creates in us the most profound reverence of the Almighty and wise Creator, so it frees us from the mean and narrow thoughts which ignorance and superstition are apt to beget.