 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
 | Philip Henry Stanhope (5th earl.) - 1853 - 430 pages
...assuming 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 - 1853 - 424 pages
...assuming 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...Europeans ; nor from the right to the left, like the 6 Arabians ; nor from up to down, like the Chinese ; but aslant from one corner of the paper to the... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, John Mitford - 1856 - 448 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 of...; nor from the right to the left like the Arabians ; vXsLa^ (vusae* (Xs3uU JJ-Ux* nor from up to down, like the Chinese ; but aslant, from one corner... | |
 | Women - 1858 - 444 pages
...— • " I shall say but little at present of their learning, which for many years has flourished in all its branches among them ; but their manner...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." Johnson,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1859 - 152 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... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1864 - 416 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... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, John Francis Waller - Castaways - 1865 - 414 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...peculiar, being neither from the left to the right, like * This is one of the many instances in the Travels which show the manner in which the mind of the narrator... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - Castaways - 1871 - 406 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...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. They bury their... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1872 - 444 pages
...little at present of their learning, which for many ages has flourished in all its branches aiuong them; but their manner of writing is very peculiar,...neither from the left to the right like the Europeans ; '.rn-t'tfi^^o, nor from the right to the left like the Arabians ; VJ ^-- nor from up to down, like... | |
 | English fiction - 1873 - 1084 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, — BL but aslant, from one corner of the paper to the other, like ladies in England. They... | |
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