I think it is agreed by all parties that this prodigious number of children in the arms, or on the backs, or at the heels, of their mothers, and frequently of their fathers, is in the present deplorable state of the kingdom a very great additional grievance... A Manual of English Prose Literature.. - Page 364by William Minto - 1881 - 548 pagesFull view - About this book
| Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 448 pages
...present deplorable l plorable state of the kingdom, a very great additional grievance ; and therefore whoever could find out a fair, cheap, and easy method...of the commonwealth, would deserve so well of the publick, as to have his statue set up for a preserver of the nation. But my intention is very far from... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 442 pages
...present deplorable plorable state of the kingdom, a very great additional grievance ; and therefore whoever could find out a fair, cheap, and easy method...of the commonwealth, would deserve so well of the publick, as to have his statue set up for a preserver of the nation. But my intention is very far from... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1803 - 314 pages
...present deplorable state of the kingdom, a very great additional grievance ; and therefore whoever couM find out a fair, cheap, and easy method of making...of the commonwealth, would deserve so well of the publick, as to have his statue set up for a preserver of the nation. But my intention is very far from... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1808 - 506 pages
...deplorable state of the kingdom, a very great additional grievance; and therefore whoever could lind out a fair, cheap, and easy method of making these...have his statue set up for a preserver of the nation. But my intention is very far from being confined to provide only for the children of professed beggars:... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1812 - 334 pages
...is, in the present deplorable state of the kingdom, a very great additional grievance ; and therefore whoever could find out a fair, cheap, and easy method...have his statue set up for a preserver of the nation. But my intention is very far from being confiued to provide only for the children of professed beggars... | |
| Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1814 - 610 pages
...is, in the present deplorable state of the kingdom, a very great additional grievance j and therefore whoever could find out a fair, cheap, and easy method...have his statue set up for a preserver of the nation. But my intention is very far from being confined to provide only for the children of professed beggars... | |
| Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1814 - 598 pages
...is, in the present deplorable state of the kingdom, a very great additional grievance ; and therefore whoever could find out a fair, cheap, and easy method...have his statue set up for a preserver of the nation. But my intention is very far from being confined to provide only for the children of professed beggars... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1823 - 376 pages
...in the present deplorable state of the kingdom, a very great additional grievance ; and therefore, whoever could find out a fair, cheap, and easy method of making these children sound and useful members of the commonwealth, would deserve so well of the public, as to have his statue... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1850 - 900 pages
...is in the present deplorable state of the kingdom a very great additional grievance ; and therefore whoever could find out a fair, cheap, and easy method...have his statue set up for a preserver of the nation. But my intention is very far from being confined to provide only for the children of professed beggars... | |
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