 | René Dirven, Marjolyn Verspoor - 2004 - 300 pages
...things, which has only this inconvenience attending it, that if a man's business be very great, and of various kinds, he must be obliged in proportion...almost sinking under the weight of their packs, like peddlers among us; who, when they met in the streets, would lay down their loads, open their sacks,... | |
 | Buford Norman - 2004 - 260 pages
...[...] which hath only this 1nconvenience attending il; that if a Man's Business be very great, and of various Kinds, he must be obliged in Proportion...to carry a greater Bundle of Things upon his Back." Loti's child has learned the totemic value of objects, discovering how to perceive objects as metaphors.... | |
 | Martyn Bone - 2007 - 232 pages
...Things, which hath only this Inconvenience attending it, that if a Man's Business be very great, and of various kinds, he must be obliged in Proportion...Packs, like Pedlars among us; who, when they met in the Streets, would lay down their Loads, open their Sacks, and hold Conversation for an Hour together;... | |
 | Wayne Wild - 2006 - 294 pages
...on... which only hath this Inconvenience attending it; that if a Man's Business be very great, and of various Kinds, he must be obliged in Proportion...almost sinking under the Weight of their Packs.... In a related Academy project, Swift alludes to the Royal Society's suspicion of Latinisms. The 'Professors'... | |
 | Philip Lieberman - 2006 - 458 pages
...Things, which hath only this Inconvenience attending it; that if a Man's Business be very great, and of various Kinds, he must be obliged in Proportion...Servants to attend him. I have often beheld two of these Sages almost sinking under the Weight of their Packs, like Peddlers among us, who when they meet... | |
 | Peter Schwenger - 2006 - 244 pages
...on. ... which hath only this Inconvenience attending it; that if a Man's Business be very great, and of various Kinds, he must be obliged in Proportion...can afford one or two strong Servants to attend him. (Swift 169) Here Swift is satirizing the notion of a perfect correspondence between words and the physical... | |
 | Eva M. Simms - 2008 - 268 pages
...they carry all manner of things around and silently lift them up as the objects of their discourse: "I have often beheld two of those sages almost sinking under the weight of their packs, like peddlers among us; who, when they meet in the streets would lay down their loads, open their sacks... | |
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However, many of the most learned and wise adhere to the new scheme of expressing themselves by things, which hath only this inconvenience attending it, that if a man's business be very great, and of various kinds, he must be obliged in proportion to... 
