 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
 | United States. Internal Revenue Service - English language - 1961 - 216 pages
...naturalness. "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...left, like the Arabians; nor from up to down, like the Chinese; nor from down to up, like the Cascagians ; but aslant from one corner of the paper to the... | |
 | Calvin Darlington Linton - English language - 1962 - 216 pages
...naturalness. "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...left, like the Arabians; nor from up to down, like the Chinese; nor from down to up, like the Cascagians ; but aslant from one corner of the paper to the... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - Fiction - 1992 - 290 pages
...imagination. I shall say but litde at present of their learning, which for many ages hath flourished in all its branches among them: but their manner of...left, like the Arabians; nor from up to down, like the Chinese; nor from down to up, like the Cascagians;65 but aslant from one corner of the paper to the... | |
 | Steven H. Gale - English wit and humor - 1996 - 690 pages
...obviously something that was on his mind when he has Gulliver describe the writing of the Lillipunans as "very peculiar; being neither from the left to the...nor from the right to the left, like the Arabians . . . but aslant from one corner of the paper to the other, like ladies in England." The concerns just... | |
 | Ignatius Sancho - History - 1998 - 388 pages
...handwriting in Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), "A Voyage to Lilliput," ch. VI, Gulliver's Travels (London, 1726): "But their Manner of Writing is very peculiar; being...Left, like the Arabians; nor from up to down, like the Chinese; nor from down to up, like the Cascagians; but aslant from one Comer of the Paper to the other,... | |
 | Frank T. Boyle - Literary Criticism - 2000 - 262 pages
...late 19505 Mackie L.Jarrell noticed that Gulliver's report on the handwriting of the Lilliputians — "Their Manner of Writing is very peculiar; being neither...Left, like the Arabians; nor from up to down, like the Chinese; nor from down to up, like the Cascagians; but aslant from one Corner of the Paper to the other,... | |
 | Richard William Sproat - Computers - 2000 - 260 pages
...taxonomy of the possible instantiations of the SLU. 2.5 Macroscopic Catenation: Text Direction . . . 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 . . . Swift, Jonathan. 1726. Gulliver's... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - Fiction - 2003 - 340 pages
...Imagination. 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...Europeans'; nor from the right to the left, like the Arahians'; nor from up to down, like the Chinese; nor from down to up, like the Cascagians';13 but... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - Fiction - 2005 - 419 pages
...imagination. 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...the left to the right, like the Europeans; nor from right to the left, like the Arabians; nor from up to down, like the Chinese; nor from down to up, like... | |
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