 | Jonathan Swift - 1814 - عدد الصفحات: 446
...delusion ! how shrunk is every thing, as it appears in the glass of nature ! so that if it were «ot for the assistance of artificial mediums, false lights,...there would be a mighty level in the felicity and enjoyments of mortal men. If this were seriously considered by the world, as I have a certain reason... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1823 - عدد الصفحات: 342
...the senses, it will be acknowledged wonderfully adapt. How fading and insipid do all objects accost us that are not conveyed in the vehicle of delusion...refracted angles, varnish, and tinsel, there would be a might; level in the felicity and enjoyments of mortal men. If this were seriously considered by the... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1824 - عدد الصفحات: 458
...all objects accost us, that are not conveyed in the vehicle of delusion ! how shrunk is everything, as it appears in the glass of nature ! so that if...there would be a mighty level in the felicity and enjoyments of mortal men. If this were seriously considered by the world, as I have a certain reason... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1831 - عدد الصفحات: 184
...if it were not for the assistance of artificial mediums, false lights, refracted angles, Tarnish , and tinsel , there would be a mighty level in the felicity and enjoyments of mortal men. If this were seriously considered by the world, as I have a certain reason... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1845 - عدد الصفحات: 484
...Taylor. Here is a single sentence : — " How fading and insipid do all objects accost us that are not ft conveyed in the vehicle of delusion! how shrunk is...there would be a mighty level in the felicity and enjoyments of mortal men." When he wrote this, indeed, Swift must have been thinking of Bacon, or fresh... | |
 | J. D. Bell - 1850 - عدد الصفحات: 486
...all objects accost us, that are not conveyed in the vehicle of delusion ! How shrunk is .everything as it appears in the glass of nature ! So that, if...be a mighty level in the felicity and enjoyment of men." Alas ! that so many pause not to see where the fountains of youth and happiness are flowing forever... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1850 - عدد الصفحات: 1012
...glass of nature ! so that, if it were not for the assistance of artificial mediums, false light», refracted angles, varnish and tinsel, there would be a mighty level in the felicity and enjoyments of mortal men. If this were seriously considered by the world, as I have a certain reason... | |
 | 1852 - عدد الصفحات: 512
...do all objects accost us that are not conveyed in the rehicle of delusion ! how shrunk is everything as it appears in the glass of nature ! so that if...there would be a mighty level in the felicity and enjoyments of mortal men." — SWIFT, Tale of a Tub. " All gratifications of the senses, and all the... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1857 - عدد الصفحات: 432
...do all objects accost us that are not conveyed in the vehicle of delusion ! How shrunk is everything as it appears in the glass of nature ! So that, if...there would be a mighty level in the felicity and enjoyments of mortal men. If this were seriously considered by the world, as I have a certain reason... | |
 | William Moore Wooler - 1860 - عدد الصفحات: 548
...glass of nature ! so that if it were not for the aid of artificial mediums, false lights, reflected angles, varnish, and tinsel, there would be a mighty level in the felicity and enjoyment of mortal men. We most cordially subscribe to Dr. South's opinion : — I do not (says he) doubt but if a true... | |
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How fading and insipid do all objects accost us, that are not conveyed in the vehicle of delusion ! how shrunk is every thing, as it appears in the glass of nature ! so that if it were not for the assistance of artificial mediums, false lights, refracted... 
