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" I grant this food will be somewhat dear, and therefore very proper for landlords, who, as they have already devoured most of the parents, seem to have the best title to the children. "
The Works of Jonathan Swift: Containing Interesting and Valuable Papers, Not ... - Page 88
by Jonathan Swift - 1850
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La questione agraria in Irlanda: studio storico-economico

Antonio Pittaluga - Land use - 1894 - 442 pages
...che gli sembrano atte a far sparire le difficoltà oppostegli. Cosi egli dice: «... . I grant that this food will be somewhat dear « and therefore very proper for Landlords, who as they have alreaconl'«Act of Absentiès» confiscò moltissimi beni della nobiltà Inglese a profitto della Corona,...
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A Manual of English Prose Literature: Biographical and Critical, Designed ...

William Minto - English language - 1895 - 578 pages
...day, especially in winter. "I grant this food will be somewhat dear, and therefore very proper foi landlords, who, as they have already devoured most of the parents, seem tc have the best title to the children. "Those who are more thrifty (as I must confess the times require),...
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The Age of Pope

John Dennis - 1896 - 276 pages
...considering the great misery of Ireland, young children should be used for food. ' I grant,' he says, ' this food will be somewhat dear, and therefore very...parents, seem to have the best title to the children.' A very worthy person, he says, considers that young lads and maidens over twelve would supply the want...
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Lancashire Poets: And Other Literary Sketches ; in a Series of Lectures (Dec ...

Thomas Costley - English literature - 1897 - 404 pages
...weigh twelve pounds, and in a solar year, if tolerably nursed, will increase to 28 pounds. I grant this food will be somewhat dear, and therefore very...parents, seem to have the best title to the children !" The word pauperism, though almost unknown to the law, is used generally to indicate the settled...
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Lancashire Poets: And Other Literary Sketches ; in a Series of Lectures (Dec ...

Thomas Costley - English literature - 1897 - 378 pages
...weigh twelve pounds, and in a solar year, if tolerably nursed, will increase to 28 pounds. I grant this food will be somewhat dear, and therefore very...parents, seem to have the best title to the children !" The word pauperism, though almost unknown to the law, is used generally to indicate the settled...
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The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift: Historical and political tracts-Irish

Jonathan Swift - 1905 - 478 pages
...born will weigh 1 2 pounds, and in a solar year if tolerably nursed increaseth to 28 pounds. I grant this food will be somewhat dear, and therefore very...parents, seem to have the best title to the children. Infants' flesh will be in season throughout the year, but more plentiful in March, and a little before...
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Social Ideals in English Letters

Vida Dutton Scudder - English literature - 1898 - 346 pages
...plentifully in the last month, so as to render them plump and fat for a good table. . . . " I grant this food will be somewhat dear, and therefore very...parents, seem to have the best title to the children. . . . " Some persons of a desponding spirit are in great concern about that vast number of poor people...
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The Age of Pope (1700-1744).

John Dennis - English literature - 1899 - 294 pages
...considering the great misery of Ireland, young children should be used for food. ' I grant,' he says,' this food will be somewhat dear, and therefore very...parents, seem to have the best title to the children.' A very worthy person, he says, considers that young lads and maidens over twelve would supply the want...
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Longman's Handbook of English Literature

R. McWilliam - English literature - 1900 - 834 pages
...a little Pepper or Salt, will be very good boiled on the fourth Day, especially in Winter. I grant this Food will be somewhat dear, and therefore very...Parents, seem to have the best Title to the Children. JONATHAN SWIFT 343 Those who are more thrifty (as I must confess the Times require) may flay the Carcase...
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Selections from the Journal to Stella: A Tale of a Tub, Personal Letters and ...

Jonathan Swift - Authors, Irish - 1901 - 212 pages
...will weigh 12 pounds, and in a solar year, if tolerably nursed, will increase to 28 pounds. I grant this food will be somewhat dear, and therefore very...throughout the year, but more plentifully in March, and 115 a little before and after: for we are told by a grave author, an eminent French physician, that...
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