 He said they commonly acted like mortals, till about thirty years old, after which by degrees they grew melancholy and dejected, increasing in both till they came to fourscore. This he learned from their own confession ; for otherwise there not being...  The Political state of Great Britain - Page 542by Political state of Great Britain - 1726Full view - About this book
 | Henry Augustin Beers - English literature - 1894 - 328 pages
...increasing in both till they came to fourscore. This he learned from their own confession; for otherwise, there not being above two or three of that species...born in an age, they were too few to form a general observation by. When they came to fourscore years, which is reckoned the extremity of living in this... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - English literature - 1896 - 510 pages
...increasing in both till they came to fourscore. This he learned from their own confession : for otherwise there not being above two or three of that species...born in an age, they were too few to form a general observation by. When they came to fourscore years, which is reckoned the extremity of living in this... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Stanley Lane-Poole - 1896 - 328 pages
...increasing in both till they came to fourscore. This he learned from their own confession : for otherwise, there not being above two or three of that species...born in an age, they were too few to form a general observation by. When they came to fourscore years, which is reckoned the extremity of living in this... | |
 | Cecil Headlam - English literature - 1897 - 346 pages
...increasing in both till they came to fourscore. This he learned from their own confession : for otherwise, there not being above two or three of that species...born in an age, they were too few to form a general observation by. When they came to fourscore years, which is reckoned the extremity of living in this... | |
 | Cecil Headlam - English literature - 1897 - 348 pages
...increasing in both till they came to fourscore. This he learned from their own confession : for otherwise, there not being above two or three of that species...born in an age, they were too few to form a general observation by. When they came to fourscore years, which is reckoned the extremity of living in this... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - Literature - 1898 - 520 pages
...increasing in both till they came to fourscore. This he learned from their own confession ; for otherwise, there not being above two or three of that species born in an age, they were too few to form an observation by. When they came to fourscore years — which is reckoned the extremity of living... | |
 | Andrew Lang, Donald Grant Mitchell - Literature - 1898 - 578 pages
...encreasing in both till they came to four-score. This he learned from their own Confession ; for otherwise there not being above two or three of that Species born in an Age, were too few to form a general Observation by. When they came to four-score Years, which is reckoned... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1898 - 806 pages
...This he learned from their own confession: for otherwise there not being above two or three of thai species born in an age, they were too few to form a general observation by. When they came to fourscore years, which is reckoned the extremity of living in this... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1899 - 360 pages
...increasing in both till they came to fourscore. This he learned from their own confession : for otherwise there not being above two or three of that species...born in an age, they were too few to form a general observation by. When they came to fourscore years, which is reckoned the extremity of living in this... | |
 | Stephen Lucius Gwynn - 1899 - 250 pages
...increasing in both till they came to fourscore. This he learned from their own confessions; for otherwise, there not being above two or three of that species...born in an age, they were too few to form a general observation by. When they came to fourscore years, which is reckoned the extremity of living in this... | |
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