 Men of great parts are often unfortunate in the management of public business, because they are apt to go out of the common road by the quickness of their imagination. This I once said to my lord Bolingbroke, and desired he would observe, that the clerks...  Miscellanies: The Tenth Volume - Página 235de Jonathan Swift - 1745 - 277 páginasVisualização completa - Sobre este livro
 | Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth - 1755 - 402 páginas
...of the common road, by the quicknefs of their imagination. This I once faid to my lord Bolingbroke, and defired he would obferve, that the clerks in his...fort of ivory knife with a blunt edge to divide a fheet of paper, which never failed to cut it even, only requiring a ftrong hand, whereas if they fhould... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1757 - 486 páginas
...of the common road, by the quicknefs of their imagination. This I once faid to my Lord Bolingbroke, and defired he would obferve, that the clerks in his...fort of ivory knife with a blunt edge, to divide a meet of paper, which never failed to cut it even, only requiring a iirong hand ; whereas, if they mould... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1761 - 424 páginas
...of the common road, by the quicknefs of their imagination. This I once fiid to my Lord Boliugbroke, and defired he would obferve, that the clerks in his...fort of ivory knife with a blunt edge, to divide a fheet of paper, which never failed to cut it even, only requiring a ftrong hand ; whereas, if they... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1765 - 308 páginas
...once faid to my lord Bolbigbroke, and clefired he would obferve, that the clerks in his office uicd a fort of ivory knife with a blunt edge to divide a fheet of paper, which never failed to cut it even, only requiring a flrong hand ; whereas, if they... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1768 - 402 páginas
...of the common road by the quicknefs of their imagination. This I once faid to my lord Eolingbroke, and defired he would obferve, that the clerks in his...fort of ivory knife with a blunt edge to divide a flieet of paper, which never failed to cut it even, only requiring a ftrong hand, whereas if they fhould... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1774 - 400 páginas
...of the common road, by the quicknefs of their imagination. This 1 once faid to my Lord Bolingbroke, and defired he would obferve, that the clerks in his...fort of ivory knife with a blunt edge, to divide a fheet of paper, which never failed to cut it even, only requiring a ftrong hand ; whereas, if they... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1784 - 454 páginas
...of the. common road by the quicknefs of their imagination. This I once faid to my lord Bolingbroke, and defired he would obferve, that the clerks in his...fort of ivory knife with a blunt edge to divide a meet of paper, which never failed to cut it even, only requiring a fteady hand, whereas if they mould... | |
 | Thomas Sheridan - 1787 - 524 páginas
...the common road, by the quickhefs of their imagination : and he defired his Lordihip to take notice, that th'e Clerks in his Office ufed a fort of ivory knife, with a blunt edge, to divide a fheet of paper, which never/ailed to cut it even, only requiring a fteady hand ; whereas, if they fhould... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1803 - 336 páginas
...imagination : and he desired his lordship to take notice, that the clerks in his office used a sort of ivory knife, with a blunt edge, to divide a sheet...which never failed to cut it even, only requiring a steady hand ; whereas, if they should make use of a sharp penknife, the sharpness would make it go... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1812 - 310 páginas
...said to my lord Bolingbroke, and desired he would oh serve, that the clerks in his office used a sort of ivory knife with a blunt edge to divide a sheet...which never failed to cut it even, only requiring a steady hand; whereas if they should make use of a sharp penknife, the sharpness would make it often... | |
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