 | Cassell, ltd - 1883 - 512 sivua
...get a hundred times more by cutting their throats. He laughed at my odd kind of arithmetic, as he wu pleased to call it, in reckoning the numbers of our...the several sects among us in religion and politics. He «aid, he knew no reason why those who entertain opinions prejudicial to the public shooU be obliged... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1884 - 334 sivua
...wages, who might get a hundred times more by cutting their throats ? " He laughed at my " odd kind of arithmetic," as he was pleased to call it, " in reckoning...several sects among us in religion and politics." He said "He knew no reason why those who entertain opinions prejudicial to the public should be obliged... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Stanley Lane-Poole - 1884 - 342 sivua
...wages, who might get a hundred times more by cutting their throats ? " He laughed at my " odd kind of arithmetic," as he was pleased to call it, " in reckoning...several sects among us in religion and politics." He said "He knew no reason why those who entertain opinions prejudicial to the public should be obliged... | |
 | W. C. TAYLOR - 1890 - 890 sivua
...wages, who might get a hundred times more by cutting their throats." * He laughed at my " odd kind of arithmetic," as he was pleased to call it, " in reckoning...the several sects among us in religion and politics. ' ' He said " he knew no reason why those, who entertain opinions prejudicial to the public, should... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1894 - 424 sivua
...might get an Hundred times more by cutting their Throats. p HE laughed at my odd kind of Arithmetick (as he was pleased to call it) in reckoning the Numbers...drawn from the several Sects among us in Religion and Politicks. He said, he knew no reason, why those who entertain Opinions prejudicial to the Publick,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Stanley Lane-Poole - 1896 - 328 sivua
...wages, who might get a hundred times more by cutting their throats?" He laughed at my "odd kind of arithmetic," as he was pleased to call it, " in reckoning...several sects among us in religion and politics." He said " He knew no reason why those who entertain opinions prejudicial to the public should be obliged... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1898 - 590 sivua
...Davenant, will be found in some editions of Chalmers's Estimate. 1 Dalrymple's Appendix to Part II. Book I. The practice of reckoning the population by sects...several sects among us in religion and politics." Lastly, in our own days, Mr. Finlaison, an actuary of eminent skill, subjected the ancient parochial... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1905 - 186 sivua
...soil was generally such * The practice of reckoning the population by sects was long fashion- 30 able. Gulliver says of the king of Brobdingnag, " He laughed...several sects among us in religion and politics." as required skillful and industrious cultivation; and there could be little skill or industry in a... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1905 - 184 sivua
...soil was generally such * The practice of reckoning the population by sects was long fashion- 30 able. Gulliver says of the king of Brobdingnag, " He laughed...several sects among us in religion and politics." as required skillful and industrious cultivation; and there could be little skill or industry in a... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1909 - 194 sivua
...Davenant, will be found in some editions of Chalmers's Estimate. 2 Dalrymple's Appendix to Part II. Book I. The practice of reckoning the population by sects...several sects among us in religion and politics.' s Preface to the Population Eeturns of We may, therefore, with confidence pronounce that, when James... | |
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The practice of reckoning the population by sects was long fashionable. Gulliver says of the King of Brobdingnag ; " He laughed at my odd arithmetic, as he was pleased to call it, in reckoning the numbers of our people by a computation drawn from the... 
