 I shall say but little at present of their Learning, which for many Ages hath flourished in all its Branches among them : But their manner of Writing is very peculiar, being neither from the Left to the Right, like the Europeans ; nor from the Right to...  Prose - Page 8311826Full view - About this book
 | Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1814 - 490 pages
...imagination. I shall say but little at present of their learning, which for many ages has flourished in all its branches among them : but their manner...like the Arabians ; nor from up to down, like the Chinese : but aslant from one corner of the paper to the other, like ladies in England. They bury their... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1814 - 512 pages
...imagination. I shall say but little at present of their learning, which for many ages has flourished in all its branches among them : but their manner...like the Arabians ; nor from up to down, like the Chinese : but aslant from one corner of the paper to the other, like ladies in England. They bury their... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1834 - 354 pages
...imagination. I shall say bu. little at present of their learning, which, for many ages, has flourished in all its branches among them ; but their manner...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... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - Great Britain - 1838 - 520 pages
...as certain the charge he wishes to convey. To give only one instance : — " In Lilliput " the style of writing is very peculiar, being neither " from...like the Arabians ; nor " from up to down, like the Chinese ; but aslant *' from one corner of the paper to the other, like " ladies in England ! " At... | |
 | Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1837 - 522 pages
...as certain the charge he wishes to convey. To give only one instance : — " In Lilliput " the style of writing is very peculiar, being neither " from...like the Arabians ; nor " from up to down, like the Chinese ; but aslant " from one corner of the paper to the other, like " ladies in England ! " At the... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - Great Britain - 1839 - 532 pages
...as certain the charge he wishes to convey. To give only one instance : — "In Lilliput " the style of writing is very peculiar, being neither " from...like the Arabians ; nor " from up to down, like the Chinese ; but aslant " from one corner of the paper to the other, like " ladies in England ! " At the... | |
 | Earl Philip Henry Stanhope Stanhope - Great Britain - 1849 - 602 pages
...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 the...left, like the Arabians; nor from up to down, like the Chinese; but aslant from one corner of the paper to the other, like ladies in England!" At the time... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1850 - 1012 pages
...say but little at present of their learning, which for many ages has flourished in all its blanches among them ; but their manner of writing is very peculiar,...like the Arabians ; nor from up to down, like the Chinese ; but aslant, from one comer of the paper to the other, like ladies in England. They bury their... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1851 - 192 pages
...imagination. I shall say but little at present of their learning, which for many ages has flourished in all its branches among them ; but their manner...like the Arabians ; nor from up to down, like the Chinese ; but aslant from one corner of the paper to the other, like ladies in England. 34. Conclusion... | |
 | Sir George Cornewall Lewis - Political science - 1852 - 500 pages
...opdov. — Diod. ii. 57. Swift, on the other hand, thus describes the mode of writing at Lilliput : ' Their manner of writing is very peculiar, being neither...left, like the Arabians, nor from up to down, like the Chinese, but aslant, from one corner of the paper to the other, like ladies in England.' (77) Plutarch... | |
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