 | Jonathan Swift - 1742 - 342 halaman
...Diftance •, who are otherwife too apt to infult them upon the Score of their Age. EVERY Man defires to live long; but no Man would be old. LOVE of Flattery in moft Men proceeds from the mean Opinion they have of themfelves : In Women from the contrary. IF Books... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1752 - 356 halaman
...Diftance ; who are otherwife too apt to infult them upon the Score. of their Age. EVE.RY Man. defaeth to live long; but no Man would be old. ; LOVE of Flattery in moft Men proceedeth from the mean Opinion they have of themfelves : In Women from the contrary. IF... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth - 1754 - 440 halaman
...£ e 2 who who are otherwife too apt to infult them upon the fcore of their age. Every man defires to live long ; but no man would be old. Love of flattery in moft men proceeds from the mean opinion they have of themfelves; in women from the contrary. If books... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1757 - 416 halaman
...great ones are not in the way : for want of a block he will Humble at a ftraiw. EVERY man de-fires to live long ; but no man would be old. Love of flattery in moll men proceeds from the mean opinion they have of themfelves •, in women from "the contrary. DIGNITY,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1761 - 412 halaman
...a diftance, who are otherwife too apt to infult them upoa the fcore of their age. Every man defires to live long ; but no man would be old. Love of flattery in moft men proceeds from nhe mean opinion they have of themfelves ; in women from the contrary. If books... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1774 - 382 halaman
...diftance, who are otherwife too apt to infult them upon the feore of their age. • Every man defires to live long ; but no man would be old. Love of flattery in moft men proceeds from the mean opinion they have of themfelres ; in women from the contrary. • If... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1812 - 386 halaman
...for want of a block he will stumble at a straw: Dignity, high station, or great riches, are in some sort necessary to old men, in order to keep the younger...of their age. Every man desires to live long ; but DO man would be old. Love of flattery, in most men, proceeds from the mean opinion they have of themselves;... | |
 | George Campbell - 1840 - 450 halaman
...power of fortune is confessed by the miserable ; the happy ascribe all their success to merit." — " Every man desires to live long ; but no man would be old." — "A nice man is a man of nasty ideas." — " The sluggard," saith Solomon, " hideth his hand in... | |
 | 1842 - 400 halaman
...fancied. When I am reading a book, whether wise or silly, it seems to me to be alive and talking to me. Every man desires to live long, but no man would be...proceeds from the mean opinion they have of themselves i in women, from the contrary. Kings are commonly said to have long hands ; I wish they had as long... | |
 | George Campbell - 1849 - 472 halaman
...power of fortune is confessed by the miserable ; the happy ascribe all their success to merit" — " Every man desires to live long ; but no man would be old" — " A nice man is a man of nasty ideas" — " The sluggard," saith Solomon, " hideth his hand in... | |
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Love of flattery, in most men, proceeds from the mean opinion they have of themselves ; in women, from the contrary. 
