 | Jonathan Swift - 1757 - 394 pages
...ftealing, till they arrive at fix years old, except where they are, of towardly parts ; altho' I confefs they learn the rudiments much earlier ; during which...however be properly looked upon only as 'probationers ; •35 1 have been informed by ;a -principal gentleman in the county of Cavan, who protefted to me,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 442 pages
...utterly impossible by all the methods hitherto proposed. For we can neither employ them in handicraft or agriculture ; we neither build houses, (I mean in...however be properly looked upon only as probationers ; a9 I have been informed by a principal gentleman in the county of Cavan, who protested to me, that... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 448 pages
...utterly impossible by all the methods hitherto proposed. For we can neither employ them in handicraft or agriculture; we neither build houses, (I mean in the...arrive at six years old, except where they are of towafdly parts; although I confess they learn the rudiments much earlier; during which time they can... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1812 - 508 pages
...utterly impossible by all the methods hitherto proposed. For we can neither employ them in handicraft or agriculture ; we neither build houses, (I mean in...pick up a livelihood by stealing, till they arrive at sis years old, except where they are of towardly parts; although I confess they learn the rudiments... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1814 - 610 pages
...utterly impossible by all the methods hitherto proposed. For we can neither employ them in handicraft or agriculture; we neither build houses (I mean in the...have been informed by a principal gentleman in the coun.tyof Cavan, who protested to me, that he never i knew above one or two instances under the asre... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1814 - 598 pages
...proposed. For we can, neither employ them in handicraft or agriculture ; we neither build houses (1 mean in the country), nor cultivate land ; they can...have been informed by a principal gentleman in the eouhty of Cavan, who protested to me, that he never knew above one or two instances under the age of... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1823 - 376 pages
...utterly impossible by all the methods hitherto proposed ; for we can neither employ them in handicraft or agriculture ; we neither build houses (I mean in the...can very seldom pick up a livelihood by stealing, until they arrive at six years old, except where they are of Cowardly parts, although I confess they... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Thomas Roscoe - 1859 - 686 pages
...utterly impossible by all the methods hitherto proposed. For we can neither employ them in handicraft or agriculture ; we neither build houses (I mean in the...country) nor cultivate land; they can very seldom pick ^ujj a livelihood by stealing, till they arrive at six years old, except where they are of toward ly... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1905 - 478 pages
...utterly impossible by all the methods hitherto proposed, for we can neither employ them in handicraft, or agriculture ; we neither build houses, (I mean in the country) nor cultivate land : they c?-i very seldom pick up a livelihood by stealing till they arrive at six years old, except where they... | |
 | Vida Dutton Scudder - 1898 - 346 pages
...deserve so well of the publio as to have his statue set up as a preserver of the nation. . . . " There remain 120,000 children of poor parents annually born....where they are of towardly parts ; although I confess that they learn the rudiments much earlier. . . . " I have been assured by a very knowing American... | |
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... children of poor parents annually born. The question therefore is, How this number shall be reared and provided for? which, as I have already said, under the present situation of affairs, is utterly impossible by all the methods hitherto proposed.... 
