 | Thomas Brown - Philosophy - 1835 - 574 pages
...us or to each other. " There was a scheme," he says, " for entirely abolishing all words whatoever, and this was urged as a great advantage in point of health as well as revity. For it is plain, that every word we speak is, in some degree, a ' i liiiutinu of our lungs... | |
 | Edward R. Cotten - 1840 - 306 pages
...difficulty of carrying about all the things nficessary for discourse. "There was a scheme," he says, "for entirely abolishing all words whatsoever," and...great advantage in point of health as well as brevity. We cannot but think, that to a genius like that of Dean Swift, a finer subject of philosophical ridicule,... | |
 | John Peace - Railroads - 1842 - 50 pages
...necessity for dying. ' These ingenious philosopher's (says the reporter) hold that every word we utter is in some degree a diminution of our lungs by corrosion and consequently tends to destroy life, and that as words after all are only names for things, it would be better for... | |
 | 1850 - 818 pages
...light than anything that we could say, we cannot forbear quoting it. " There was," ssys he, " a scheme for entirely abolishing all words whatsoever, and...consequently, contributes to the shortening of our lives. An espedient was therefore offered, that, since words are only names for things, it would be more convenient... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1852 - 380 pages
...and participles ; because, in reality, all things imaginable are but nouns. The other was a scheme for entirely abolishing all words whatsoever; and...consequently contributes to the shortening of our lives. 2. An expedient was.- therefore offered, that since words are only names for things, it would be more... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, John Mitford - 1856 - 448 pages
...participles; because, in reality, all things imaginable are but nouns. The other project was, a scheme for entirely abolishing all words whatsoever ; and...corrosion ; and consequently contributes to the shortening our lives. An expedient was therefore offered, " that since words are only jjames for things, it would... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1864 - 416 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 luugs by corrosion ; and consequently contributes to the shortening of our lives. An expedient was... | |
 | John Heywood (ltd.) - 1872 - 232 pages
...and participles ; because, in reality, all things imaginable are but nouns. The other was a scheme for entirely abolishing all words whatsoever ; and...contributes to the shortening of our lives. An expedient was thereby offered, that since words are only names for things it would be more convenient for all men... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1872 - 444 pages
...participles; because, in reality, all things imaginable are but nouns. The other project was, a scheme for entirely abolishing all words whatsoever ; and...corrosion ; and consequently contributes to the shortening our lives. An expedient was therefore offered, " that since words are only names for things, it would... | |
 | George Rhett Cathcart - American literature - 1878 - 446 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...our lives. An expedient was therefore offered, that siuce words are only names for things, it would be more convenient for all men to carry about them... | |
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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... 
