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" The other, was a scheme for entirely abolishing all words whatsoever: and this was urged as a great advantage in point of health as well as brevity. For, it is plain, that every word we speak is in some degree a diminution of our lungs by corrosion; and... "
The English Journal of Education: Specially Designed as a Medium of ... - Page 387
1843
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Guilliver's Travels Into Several Remote Nations of the World

Jonathan Swift - 1879 - 466 pages
...participles; because, in reality, all things imaginable are but nouns. The other project was, a scheme for entirely abolishing all words whatsoever ; and...word we speak, is in some degree, a diminution of oar lungs by corrosion ; and consequently contributes to the shortening our lives. An expedient was...
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Cyclopędia of English Literature: A History, Critical and ..., Volume 3

Robert Chambers - English literature - 1879 - 428 pages
...and participles ; becanse, in reality, all things imaginable are but nouns. The other was a scheme for entirely abolishing all words whatsoever ; and...advantage in point of health as well as brevity ; for, it ifa plain, that every word we speak is in some degree a diminution of our lungs by corrosion, and consequently...
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Chambers's Cyclopędia of English Literature: A History ..., Volumes 3-4

Robert Chambers - American literature - 1881 - 842 pages
...and parliclpJes ; U < ui-.-. In reality, all things imaginable are but aouus. The other was a scheme for entirely abolishing all words whatsoever ; and this was urged as* a gr.-at advantage in point of health as well :is brevity ; for, it ia plain, that tivery word WTJ spoak...
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The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the ..., Volume 3

Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley - Wit and humor - 1884 - 460 pages
...participles; because in reality all things imaginable are but nouns. The other project was a scheme for entirely abolishing all words whatsoever; and...word we speak is, in some degree, a diminution of our lung? by corrosion, and consequently contributes to the shortening of our lives. An expedient was therefore...
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The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the ..., Volume 3

Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Rufus Edmonds Shapley - Wit and humor - 1884 - 458 pages
...participles ; because in reality all things imaginable are but nouns. The other project was a scheme for entirely abolishing all words whatsoever ; and...was urged as a great advantage in point of health, us well as brevity. For it is plain that every word we speak is, in some degree, a diminution of our...
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A biographical history of English literature

John Daniel Morell - 1885 - 530 pages
...participles, because, in reality, all things imaginable are but names. The other project was a scheme for entirely abolishing all words whatsoever, and...speak is, in some degree, a diminution of our lungs by corrosion,11 and consequently contributes to the shortening of our lives. An expedient was therefore...
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Chambers's Cyclopaedia of English Literature: A History Critical ..., Volume 2

Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1902 - 860 pages
...because, in reality, all things imaginable are but nouns. The other was a scheme for entirely abolish ing from aiarice, her friendship from partiality, her...of beauty, the desire of admiration, the jealousy livts. An expedient was therefore offered, that since worU are only names for things, it would be more...
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Heath Readers: Primer [-sixth] Reader, Book 6

D.C. Heath and Company - Readers - 1903 - 360 pages
...verbs and participles; because, in reality, all things imaginable are but nouns. The other was a scheme for entirely abolishing all words whatsoever; and...great advantage in point of health as well as brevity. An expedient was therefore offered, that since words are only names for things, it would be more convenient...
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The Heath Readers: Primer, [First-sixth reader]

Readers - 1903 - 360 pages
...and participles ; because, in reality, all things imaginable are but nouns. The other was a scheme for entirely abolishing all words whatsoever ; and...great advantage in point of health as well as brevity. An expedient was therefore offered, that since words are only names for things, it would be more convenient...
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The Heath Readers by Grades, Volume 4

Readers - 1907 - 264 pages
...verbs and participles; because, in reality, all things imaginable are but nouns. The other was a scheme for entirely abolishing all words whatsoever; and...great advantage in point of health as well as brevity. An expedient was therefore offered, that since words are only names for things, it would be more convenient...
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