 | Jonathan Swift - 1726 - 342 sider
...Arabians 5 nor from up to down, like the Chtnefe ; nor from down to up, like the Cafcagianss but aflant from one Corner of the Paper to the other, like Ladies in. England. THEY bury their Dead with their Heads dircctly downwards, becaufe they hold an Opinion, that in eleven... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1742 - 386 sider
...from the Right to the Left, like the Arabian* ; nor from up to down, like the Cbinefe ; but aflant from one Corner of the Paper to the other, like Ladies in England. They bary their Dead with their Heads directly downwards, becaufe they hold an Opinion, that in eleven... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1743 - 430 sider
...Arabians ; nor from up to down, like the Chinefe ; nor from down to 'up, like the Cafeqgians ; but aflant from one Corner of the Paper to the other, like Ladies in England. THEY bury their Dead with their Heads directly downwards ; becaufe they hold an Opinion, that in eleven... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1768 - 468 sider
...nor from the right to the left, like the arabians ; nor from up to down, like the chinefe; but aflant from one corner of the paper to the other, like ladies in England. They bury their dead with their heads directly downwards, becaufe they hold an opinion, that in eleven... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - 1797 - 516 sider
...from the right to the left, like the Arabians ; nor from up to down, like the Chinefe : bat allant from one corner of the paper to the other, like ladies in England. They bury their dead with their heads direilly downwards, becaufe they hold an opinion, that in eleven... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 406 sider
...their learning, which for many ages has flourished in all its branches among them : but their manner of writing is very peculiar, being neither from the...of the paper to the other, like ladies in England. They bury their dead with their heads directly downwards, because they hold an opinion, that in eleven... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1814 - 490 sider
...their learning, which for many ages has flourished in all its branches among them : but their manner of writing is very peculiar, being neither from the...of the paper to the other, like ladies in England. They bury their dead with their heads directly downward, because they hold an opinion, that in eleven... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1834 - 354 sider
...like the Europeans ; nor from the right to the left, like the Arabians ; nor from up to down, liko the Chinese ; but aslant from one corner of the paper to the other, like ladies in England. They bury their dead with their heads directly downward, because they hold an opinion, that la eleven... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - 1849 - 602 sider
...Lord Peterborough, April 28, 1726. j Letter of February 1, 1727. § Letter to Swift, November 8, 1726. style of writing is very peculiar, being neither from...In the following passage, for example, he doubtless bad in view the proceedings against Attcrbury and Layer, and some of the Royal speeches at that period:... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1851 - 192 sider
...their learning, which for many ages has flourished in all its branches among them ; but their manner of writing is very peculiar, being neither from the...of the paper to the other, like ladies in England. 34. Conclusion of Johnson's Preface to his " English Dictionary : " — 1755. In this work, when it... | |
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... their manner of writing is very peculiar, being neither from the left to the right, like the Europeans ; nor from the right to the left, like the Arabians ; nor from up to down, like the Chinese ; but aslant, from one corner of the paper to the other,... 
