 | Robert Lloyd - 1762 - 464 Seiten
...hundred men fufficiently qualified for ' both, whot by a very few faults, that they might cor* re& in half an hour, are not fo much as tolerable. * I was prompted to write my thoughts upon this fub*jecr, by meer indignation, to reflect that fo ufeful * and innocent a pleafure, fo fitted for every... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1765 - 304 Seiten
...company ; and ' there are an hundred men iufficiently qualified for both, who, by a very few faujts, that they might correct in half an hour, are not fo...prompted to write my thoughts upon this fubject by meer indignation, to reheft that ib ufeful and innocent a pleafure, fo fitted for every period and... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1766 - 378 Seiten
...tho' not of fhining in company ; and there are an hundred men fufficiently qualified for both, who, by a very few faults that they might correct in half...tolerable. I was prompted to write my thoughts upon this fubjedl by mere indignation, to reflect that fo ufeful and innocent a pleafure, fo fitted for every... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1774 - 404 Seiten
...though not of ihining in company ; and there arc an hundred men fufficientry qualified for both, who, by a very few faults that they might correct in half an hour, are not fomuch as tolerable. I was prompted to write my thoughts upon this fubject by mere indignation, to... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1784 - 514 Seiten
...ufficiently qualified for both, who, by a very few aults, that they might correct in half an hour, arg lot fo much as tolerable. I was prompted to write my thoughts upon this ubjec~l by mere indignation, to reflect that fo ufeful ind innocent a pleafure, fo fitted for every... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 486 Seiten
...though not of shining in company ; and there are a hundred men sufficiently qualified for both, who, by a very few faults, that they might correct in half an hour, are not so much as tolerable. I was prompted to write my thoughts upon this subject by mere indignation, to... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1808 - 554 Seiten
...though not of shining in company; and there are a hundred men sufficiently qualified for both, who, by a very few faults, that they might correct in half an hour? are not so much as tolerable. I was prompted to write my thoughts upon this subject by mere indignation, to... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1814 - 558 Seiten
...though not of shining in company ; and there are a hundred men sufficiently qualified for both, who, by a very few faults, that they might correct in half an hour, are not so much as tolerable. I was prompted to write my thoughts upon this subject by mere indigna ion, to... | |
 | 1829 - 488 Seiten
...though not of shining in company ; and there are a hundred men sufficiently qualified for both, who, by a very few faults, that they might correct in half an hour, are not so much as tolerable. SOME men make a vanity of telling their faults ; they are the strangest men in... | |
 | John Timbs - 1829 - 354 Seiten
...though not of shining in company: and there are a hundred men sufficiently qualified for both, who, by a very few faults, that they might correct in half an hour, are not so much as tolerable. — Swift. MCCCCLXXXII. particles of vice by being thrown into the alembic of... | |
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For, nature has left every man a capacity of being agreeable, though not of shining in company; and there are a hundred men sufficiently qualified for both, who, by a very few faults, that they might correct in half an hour? are not so much as tolerable. 
