 | Jonathan Swift - English essays - 1713 - 436 pages
....-•!/' i. THE Stoical Scheme of Supplylag our Wants by lopping off our Defires,. .is,-li&e cutting, oft our Feet when we Want Shoes. .PHYSICIANS ought not to give their Judgment of Religion, for, the fame Reafon that Butchers are not admitted to be Jurors upon Life and Death. , ; . , THE Reafon why... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - Irish prose literature (in English) - 1721 - 312 pages
...iroprota dixit, Ovjd. Metam. THE Stoical Scheme of Supplying our Wants by lopping oft' our De-fires, is like cutting off our Feet, when we want Shoes....PHYSICIANS ought not to give their Judgment of Religion, tor the fame reafon that Butchers are not admitted to be Jurors upon Li fe"and Death. THE Reafon why... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1735 - 374 pages
...fende tamea, imprcba, dixit. THE Stoical Scheme of fupplying our Wants, by lopping off our Defires ; is like cutting off our Feet when we want Shoes. PHYSICIANS...ought not to give their Judgment of Religion, for the fame Reafon that Butchers are not admitted to be Jurors upon Lite and Death. THE Reafon why fo few... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1752 - 356 pages
...penile tamen, improba, dixit. THE floical Scheme of fupplying our Wants, by lopping off our Defires ; is like cutting off our Feet when we want Shoes. PHYSICIANS...ought not to give their Judgment of Religion, for the fame Reafon that Butchers are not admitted to be Jurors upon Life and Death. THE Reafon why fo few... | |
 | Mrs. Chapone (Hester) - Conduct of life - 1807 - 214 pages
...at him, which 1 picked up t'other day out of the dirt, that is, out of Swift. ' The stoical method of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes.' I was wonderfully diverted with the comparison, and immediately resolved, though I am almost barefoot... | |
 | Mrs. Chapone (Hester) - 1807 - 372 pages
...at him, which I picked up t'other day out of the dirt, that is, out of Swift. ' The stoical method of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes.' I was wonderfully diverted with the comparison, and immediately resolved, though I am almost barefoot... | |
 | Mrs. Chapone (Hester) - 1807 - 236 pages
...at him, which I picked up t'other day out of the dirt, that is, out of Swift. ' The stoical method of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting oifour feet when we want shoes.' I was wonderfully diverted with the comparison, and immediately resolved,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1808 - 496 pages
...in suspense; it is the life of a spider. " Vive quidem, pende tarn en, improba, dixit." OvID. Metam. The stoical scheme of supplying our wants, by lopping...we want shoes. Physicians ought not to give their judgement of religion, for the same reason that butchers are not admitted to be jurors upon life and... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1812 - 310 pages
...in suspense ; it is the life of a spider. ' Vive quidem, pende tamen, improba, dixit.' Oviil. Metam. The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off oar feet when we want shoes. The reason why so few marriages are happy, is because young ladies spend... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1823 - 342 pages
...Five quidem, pende tam«n, improba, dixit. Ovid Met. The stoical scheme of supplying our wants l>y lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet...of religion, for the same reason that butchers are nut admitted to be jurors upon life and death. The reason why so few marriages are happy, is, because... | |
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The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes. 
