 Then as to the females, it would, I think with humble submission, be a loss to the public, because they soon would become breeders themselves: and besides, it is not improbable that some scrupulous people might be apt to censure such a practice (although...  The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift... - Page 28de Jonathan Swift - 1812Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Jonathan Swift - 1803
...themselves: and besides, it it not improbable that some scrupulous people might lie apt to Censure such n practice, (although indeed very unjustly) as a little bordering upon cruelty ; which, I contcsn, hat always been with me the strongest objection against any project, how wHI soever intended.... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1814
...to fatten them would not answer the charge. Then as to the females, it would, L think, with humhle submission, be a loss to the public, because they...is not improbable that some scrupulous people might b« apt to censure such a practice, (although indeed very unjustly) as a little bordering upon cruelty... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1823
...to fatten them would not answer the charge. Then, as to the females, it would, I think, with humble submission, be a loss to the public, because they...a little bordering upon cruelty, which, I confess hath always been with me the strongest objection against any project, how well soever intended. But... | |
 | Robert Conger Pell - 1853 - 229 pages
...recommend buying the children alive, then dressing them hot from the knife, as we do roasting pigs. " It is not improbable that some scrupulous people might...(although indeed very unjustly,) as a little bordering on cruelty, which, I confess, has always been with me the strongest objection against any project,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1861
...and to fatten them would not answer the charge. Then as to the females, it would I think with humble submission be a loss to the public, because they soon...would become breeders themselves : and besides, it is Lot improbable that some scrupulous people might be apt to censure such a practice, (although indeed... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1882 - 576 pages
...difficulties : and chiefly because " some scrupulous persons might be apt to censure such a practice (though indeed very unjustly) as a little bordering upon cruelty:...objection against any project, how well soever intended." As he concludes with an earnest, but modest enforcement of his scheme, he is careful to add that he... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1882 - 576 pages
...difficulties : and chiefly because " some scrupulous persons might be apt to censure such a practice (though indeed very unjustly) as a little bordering upon cruelty...objection against any project, how well soever intended." As he concludes with an earnest, but modest enforcement of his scheme, he is careful to add that he... | |
 | Howard Williams, Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope - 1886 - 552 pages
...objections, "it is not improbable that some scrupulous persons might bo apt to censure such a practice as a little bordering upon cruelty ; which, I confess,...objection against any project, how well soever intended." For the rest, he protests the entire disinterestedness of his own plan. " I have no children," he declares,... | |
 | Howard Williams, Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope - 1886 - 552 pages
...objections, " it is not improbable that some scrupulous persons might be apt to censure such a practice as a little bordering upon cruelty ; which, I confess,...with me the strongest objection against any project, bow well soever intended." For the rest, he protests the entire disinterestedness of his own plan.... | |
 | Sir Henry Craik - 1894
...difficulties: and chiefly because "some scrupulous persons might be apt to censure such a practice (though indeed very unjustly) as a little bordering upon cruelty:...objection against any project, how well soever intended." As he concludes with an earnest, but modest enforcement of his scheme, he is careful to add that he... | |
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