 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1898 - 828 halaman
...reign after they were fourscore years old. " They were the most mortifying sight I ever beheld, and the women more horrible than the men ; besides the...deformities in extreme old age, they acquired an additional ghastlincss, in proportion to their number of years, which is not to be described ; and among half-a-dozen,... | |
 | Henry Augustin Beers - 1899 - 346 halaman
...They were the most mortifying sight I ever beheld ; and the women were homelier than the men. Beside the usual deformities in extreme old age, they acquired...described ; and among half a dozen I soon distinguished which was the eldest, although there was not above a century or two between them. ALEXANDER POPE. A... | |
 | Charles James Longman - 1901 - 626 halaman
...beside the usual deformities in extreme old age,' says Gulliver of those immortals, ' they acquire an additional ghastliness, in proportion to their number of years, which is not to be described.' We would have a statute of euthanasia, with careful provision for the exhuming of the remains on appropriate... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1900 - 414 halaman
...mortifying sight I ever beheld, and the women more horrible than the men; besides the usual deformities 40 in extreme old age, they acquired an additional ghastliness,...of years, which is not to be described; and among half-a-dozen, I soon distinguished which was the eldest, although tli ere was not above a century or... | |
 | William Peacock - 1903 - 408 halaman
...although indeed with a very scanty allowance. They were the most mortifying sight I ever beheld, and the women more horrible than the men. Besides the...number of years, which is not to be described ; and sinioiitr half a dozen, I soon distinguished which was the eldest, although there was not above a century... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1903 - 440 halaman
...reign after they were fourscore years old. They were the most mortifying sight I ever beheld ; and the women more horrible than the men. Besides the...described ; and, among half a dozen, I soon distinguished which was the eldest, although there was not above a century or two between them. The reader will easily... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1907 - 288 halaman
...his reign after they were fourscore years old. They were the most mortifying sight I ever beheld; and they acquired an additional ghastliness, in proportion to their number of years. The reader will easily believe that, from what I had heard and seen, my keen appetite for perpetuity... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1922 - 354 halaman
...his reign after they were fourscore years old. They were the most mortifying sight I ever beheld, and the women more horrible than the men. Besides the...described; and among half a dozen, I soon distinguished which was the eldest, although there was not above a century or two between them. The reader will easily... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1922 - 358 halaman
...his reign after they were fourscore years old. They were the most mortifying sight I ever beheld, and the women more horrible than the men. Besides the...described; and among half a dozen, I soon distinguished which was the eldest, although there was not above a century or two between them. The reader will easily... | |
 | Granville Stanley Hall - 1922 - 560 halaman
...lost after a thousand years. "They were the most mortifying sight I ever beheld, and the women were more horrible than the men. Besides the usual deformities...ghastliness in proportion to their number of years." Thus from what the author saw and heard, his keen appetite for perpetuity of life was much abated and... | |
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Years old. They were the most mortifying Sight I ever beheld, and the Women more horrible than the Men. Besides the usual Deformities in extreme old Age, they acquired an additional Ghastliness in Proportion to their Number of Years, which is not to be... 
