 | Michael Perelman - 2000 - 428 sivua
...been chiefly modeled after Petty's work. Gulliver's description of an “odd kind of arithmetick. . . in reckoning the numbers of our people by a computation...drawn from the several sects among us in religion and politicks” also seems to be an allusion to Petty (Swift 1726, 131). In addition, Swift ¿ 175) parodied... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 2000 - 180 sivua
...small Wages, who might get an 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 be obliged... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 2003 - 340 sivua
...small Wages, who might get an 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 be obliged... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 2004 - 396 sivua
...small 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 be obliged... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 2005 - 419 sivua
...small 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 be obliged... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1882 - 76 sivua
...small wages, who might got 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 - 1871 - 406 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... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 2011 - 204 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... | |
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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... 
