 I confess myself to be touched with a very sensible pleasure, when I hear of a mortality in any country parish or village, where the wretches are forced, to pay for a filthy cabin, and two ridges of potatoes, treble the worth; brought up to steal or beg,...  The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin: Including ... - Page 173by Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth - 1784Full view - About this book
 | Jonathan Swift - 1765 - 536 pages
...myfelf to be touched with a very feniible pleafure, when I hear of a mortality in any country-parifh or village, where the wretches are forced to pay for...both of themfelves and the public. Among all taxes impofed by the legiflature, thofe upon luxury are univerfally allowed to be the moft equitable and... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1765 - 296 pages
...myfelf to be touched with a very fenfible pleaiure, when I hear of a mortality in any country-parifli or village, where the wretches are forced to pay for...the worth, brought up to fteal or beg, for want of worki to whom death would be the beft thing to be wiflied for, on account both of themfelves and the... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1766 - 388 pages
...myfelf to be touched with a very fenfible pleafure, when I hear of a mortality in any countryparim or village, where the wretches are forced to pay for a filthy cabbin and two ridges of potatoes treble the worth, brought up to fteal or beg, for want of work; to... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1774 - 414 pages
...mortality in any country parifh or village, where the wretches are forced to pay for a filthy cabbin and two ridges of potatoes treble the worth, brought...both of themfelves and the public. Among all taxes impofed by the legiflature, thofe Vpon luxury are univei fally allowed to be the moft equitable and... | |
 | History - 1793 - 620 pages
...know a certain fanatic brewer*, who is reported to have fome hundreds of * Leefon. Xa houfes füre, when I hear of a mortality in any country - parifh...work, to whom death would be the beft thing to be wifned for, on account boih of themfelves and the public. Among all taxes impofed by the legifl-uure,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 442 pages
...rnyself to be touched with a very sensible pleasure, when I hear of a mortality in any country parish or village, where the wretches are forced to pay for...ridges of potatoes, treble the worth ; brought up to steal or beg, for want of work ; to whom death would be the best thing to be wished for, on account... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 448 pages
...myself to be touched with a very sensible pleasure, when I hear of a mortality in any country parish or village, where the wretches are forced to pay for...ridges of potatoes, treble the worth ; brought up to steal or beg, for want of work; to whom death would be the best thing to be wished for, on account... | |
 | History - 1802 - 630 pages
...myfelf to be fpuched wiib a very fenCble pleafure, when I hear of a mortality in any country-pariih or village, where the wretches are forced to pay for...beg, for want of work, to whom death would be the bed thing to be wiflud for, on account both of themfelves and the public. Among all taxes impofed by... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1803 - 314 pages
...myself to be touched with a very sensible pleasure, when 1 hear of a mortality in any country parish or village, •where the wretches are forced to pay for a filthy cabin, and two ridgesof potatoes, treble the worth ; brought up to steal or beg, for want of work; to whom death •would... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1812 - 508 pages
...myself to be touched with a very sensible pleasure, when I hear of a mortality in any country parish or village, where the wretches are forced to pay for a filthy cabin, aad two ridges of potatoes, treble the worth ; brought up to steal or beg, for want of work; to whom... | |
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