 This flapper is likewise employed diligently to attend his master in his walks, and upon occasion to give him a soft flap on his eyes ; because he is always so wrapped up in cogitation, that he is in manifest danger of falling down every precipice and...  Letters Written by the Earl of Chesterfield to His Son - Page 257by Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1857 - 609 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 406 pages
...employed, diligently to attend his master in his walks, and upon occasion to give him a soft flap on his eyes ; because he is always so wrapped up in cogitation,...his head against every post ; and in the streets, of justling others, or being justled himself into the kennel. It was necessary to give the reader this... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope - Philosophy, English - 1810 - 456 pages
...to attend his master in his walks ; and upon occasion, to give a soft flap upon his eyes ; hecanse he is always so wrapped up in cogitation, that he...manifest danger of falling down every precipice, and houncing his head against every post, and, in the streets, of jostling others, or heing jostled into... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope (4th earl of Chesterfield.) - 1813 - 408 pages
...is in manifest danger of. falling down every preeipiee, and bouneing his head against. every |Mlst, and, in the streets, of jostling others,. or being...the kennel himself. If Christian will undertake this provinee into the bargain, with all my heart; but I will not allow him any inerease of wages upon that... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1814 - 490 pages
...sciences, the powers of whose minds are as absurdly employed as the eyes of the Laputians. — H. gitation, that he is in manifest danger of falling down every...his head against every post ; and in the streets, of justling others, or being justled himself into the kennel. It was necessary to give the reader this... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1823 - 446 pages
...flap on his eyes ; because he is always so wrapped np in cogitation, that he is in manifest danger ot falling down every precipice, and bouncing his head against every post; and in the streets, of justling others, or being justled himself into the kennel. It was necessary to give the reader this... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1824 - 494 pages
...employed diligently to attend his master in his walks, and upon occasion to give him a soft slap on his eyes ; because he is always so wrapped up in cogitation,...manifest danger of falling down every precipice, and boun* By this description the author intended to ridicule those who waste life in speculative sciences,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1834 - 354 pages
...employed diligently to attend his master in Ms walks, and upon occasion to give him a soft flap un IIH eyes ; because he is always so wrapped up in cogitation,...his head against every post ; and in the streets, of justling others, or being justled himself into the kennel. It was necessary to give the reader this... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1850 - 1012 pages
...employed diligently to attend his master in his walks, and upon occasion to give him a soft flap on his eyes, because he is always so wrapped up in cogitation,...his head against every post ; and in the streets of justling others or being justled himself into the kennel. It was necessary to give the reader this... | |
 | Philip Dormer Stanhope Earl of Chesterfield - 1853 - 764 pages
...wrapped up in cogitation, that be is in manifest danger of falling down every precipice, and bouncing bis head against every post, and, in the streets, of jostling...If Christian will undertake this province into the hargain, with all my heart; hut I will not allow him any increase of wages upon that score. In short,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, John Mitford - 1856 - 448 pages
...employed diligently to attend his master in his walks, and upon occasion to give him a soft flap on his eyes; because he is always so wrapped up in cogitation,...his head against every post; and in the streets, of justling others, or being justled himself into the kennel. It was necessary to give the render this... | |
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