 I am glad," answered the bee, " to hear you grant, at least, that I am come honestly by my wings and my voice ; for then, it seems, I am obliged to Heaven alone for my flights and my music, and Providence would never have bestowed on me two such gifts,...  The works of Jonathan Swift, containing additional letters, tracts, and ... - Page 237by Jonathan Swift - 1824Full view - About this book
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 488 pages
...for then, it seems, I am obliged to Heaven alone for my flights and my musick ; and Providence would never have bestowed on me two such gifts, without...for you and your skill in architecture, and other mathematicks, I have little to say : in that building of yours there might, for aught I know, have... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 498 pages
...for then, it seems, I am obliged to Heaven alone for my flights and my musick ; and Providence would never have bestowed on me two such gifts, without...for you and your skill in architecture, and other mathematicks, I have little to say : in that building of yours there might, for aught I know, have... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1803 - 346 pages
...then, it stems, f--am obliged to Heaven alone for my Bights and my inuiick ; and Providehce would nev-r have bestowed on me two such gifts, without designing them for the noblest cads. I visit indeed all the flowers and blossoms of the field and garden; but whatever I co'leit theace,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, William Wotton - 1811 - 390 pages
...for then, it seems, I am obliged to heaven alone for my flights and my music; and providence would never have bestowed on me two such gifts, without...the noblest ends. I visit indeed all the flowers and blosorns of the field and garden: but whatever I collect from thence, enriches myself, without the... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1823 - 342 pages
...and my ' music ; and Providence would never have ' bestowed on me two such gifts, without design' ing them for the noblest ends. I visit indeed ' all the flowers and blossoms of the field and ' the garden: but whatever I collect from ' thence, euriches myself, without the least in4 jury to... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1831 - 184 pages
...,,then, it seems, I am obliged to Heaven alone for my /lights ,,and my music; and Providence would never have bestowed on ,,me two such gifts, without...them for the noblest ends. „ I visit indeed all the ffowers and blossoms of the field and the ,,garden : but whatever I collect from thence , enriches... | |
 | 576 pages
...for then, it seems, I am obliged to Heaven alone for my flights and my music ; and Providence would never have bestowed on me two such gifts, without...enriches myself, without the least injury to their beaut}' their smell, or their taste. Now, for you and your skill in architecture, and other mathematics,... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - Readers - 1853 - 300 pages
...for then, it seems, I am obliged to Heaven alone for my flights and my music ; and Providence would never have bestowed on me two such gifts, without..." Now, for you and your skill in architecture and othei mathematics, I have little to say. In that huilding of yours there might, for aught I know, have... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1856 - 800 pages
...such gifts, without designing them tor the nnblesl ends. I visit, indeed, all the flowers and bh.ssoms of the field and garden ; but whatever I collect thence,...mathematics, I have little to say : in that building 1 of yours there might, for aught I know, have been labor and method enough ; but, by woful experience... | |
 | Epes Sargent - American literature - 1857 - 488 pages
...for then, it seems, I am obliged to Heaven alone for my flights and my music ; and Providence would never have bestowed on me two such gifts, without...smell, or their taste. Now, for you and your skill in architecture11 and other mathematics, I have little to say. In that building of yours there might,... | |
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