 I conceive their refinements were grounded upon reason, and that a little grain of the romance is no ill ingredient to preserve and exalt the dignity of human nature, without which it is apt to degenerate into everything that is sordid, vicious, and low.  The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift ... - Seite 143von Jonathan Swift - 1766Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Robert Lloyd - 1762 - 464 Seiten
...were grounded upon reafon, and that a * little grain of the romance is no ill ingredient to pre* ferve and exalt the dignity of human nature, without ' which it is apt to degenerate into every thing that is t fordid, vicious and low. If there were no other ufe in * the converfation of iadies, it is fufficient... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth - 1764 - 456 Seiten
...were grounded upon reafon, and that a little grain of the romance is no ill ingredient to preferve and exalt the dignity of human nature, without which...converfation of ladies, it is fufficient that it would lay a reftraint upon thofe odious topicks of immodefty and indecencies, into which the rudenefs of our northern... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1765 - 304 Seiten
...reiinements were grounded upon reaibn, and that a little grain of romance is no ill ingredient to preferve and exalt the dignity of human nature, without which...is fordid, vicious and low. If there were no other Erther ufe in the converfation of ladies, it is Sufficient that it would lay a reftraint upon thofe... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1768 - 486 Seiten
...grain of the romance is no ill ingredient to preferve and exalt the dignity of human nature, withou t which it is apt to degenerate into every thing that...were no other ufe in the converfation of ladies, it isfufficient that it would lay a reflraint upon thofe odious topicks of immodefty and indecencies,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1774 - 404 Seiten
...were grounded upon reafon, and that a little grain of the romance is no ill ingredient to preferve and exalt the dignity of human nature, without which...converfation of ladies, it is fufficient that it ^would lay a rcftraint upon thofe odious topics of immodefty and indecencies, into which the rudenefs of our northern... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1784 - 514 Seiten
...were grounded upon reafon, and that a little grain of the romance is no ill ingredient to preferve and exalt the dignity of human nature, without which...no other ufe in the converfation of ladies, it is fufficicnt that it would lay a reftraint upon thofe odious topicks of immodefty and indecencies, into... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1797 - 384 Seiten
...were grounded upon reafon, and that a little grain of the romance is no ill ingredient to preferve and exalt the dignity of human nature, without which...converfation of ladies, it is fufficient that it would lay a reftraint upon thofe odious topics of immodefty and indecencies into which the rudenefs of our northern... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 486 Seiten
...were grounded upon reason, and that a little grain of the romance is no ill ingredient to preserve and exalt the dignity of human nature, without which it is apt to degenerate into everything that 'is sordid, vicious, and low. If there were no other use in the conversation of ladies,... | |
 | Alexander Pope, William Lisle Bowles - 1806 - 466 Seiten
...were grounded upon reafon, and that a little grain of the romance is no ill ingredient to preferve and exalt the dignity of human nature, without which...converfation of ladies, 'it is fufficient that it would lay a reilraint upon thofe odious topics of immodefty and indecencies into which the rudenefs of our northern... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1806 - 474 Seiten
...were grounded upon reafon, and that a little grain of the romance is no ill ingredient to preferve and exalt the dignity of human nature, without which it is apt to degenerate into every tiling that is fordid, vicious, and low. If there were no other ufe in the converfation of ladies,... | |
| |
