 But I am not in the least pain upon that matter, because it is very well known that they are every day dying, and rotting, by cold, and famine, and filth, and vermin, as fast as can be reasonably expected.  The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin - Page 295de Jonathan Swift - 1801Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | 1881 - 1120 pages
...poor ; but I am not in the least pain upon that matter, because it is very well known that they are every day dying and rotting by cold and famine, and...vermin, as fast as can be reasonably expected. And again : — I confess myself to be touched with a very sensible pleasure when I hear of a mortality... | |
 | William Anderson O'Conor - 1881 - 334 pages
...aged, diseased, or maimed, there was no need for uneasiness, because it was well known that they were every day dying and rotting, by cold and famine, and filth and vermin ; while the young labourers could not get work, and consequently were pining away for want of nourishment... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1882 - 336 pages
...poor ; but I am not in the least pain upon the matter, because it is very well known that they are every day dying and rotting by cold and famine, and...vermin, as fast as can be reasonably expected. And again : — I confess myself to be touched with a very sensible pleasure when I hear of a mortality... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1883 - 490 pages
...encumbrance. But I am not in the least pain upon that matter ; because it is very well known, that they are every day dying and rotting, by cold and famine, and...expected. And as to the young labourers, they are now hi almost as hopeful a condition ; they cannot get work, and consequently pine away for want of nourishment,... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1883 - 534 pages
...poor ; but I am not in the least pain upon the matter, because it is very well known that they are every day dying and rotting by cold and famine, and...vermin, as fast as can be reasonably expected." And again : — " I confess myself to be touched with a very sensible pleasure when I hear of a mortality... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1885 - 1108 pages
...encumbrance. But 1 am not in the least pain upon that matter ; because it u very well known, that they are every day dying and rotting, by cold and famine, and filth and vermin, as fast as can be : ^asonably expected. And as to the jounjl Jabonrers, they are now in almost a hopeful a cond tion... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1886 - 402 pages
...encumbrance. But I am not in the least pain upon that matter, because it is very well known that they are every day dying and rotting by cold and famine, and...expected. And as to the young labourers, they are now in as hopeful a condition ; they cannot get work, and consequently pine away for want of nourishment,... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1890 - 448 pages
...incumbrance. But I am not in the least pain upon that matter, because it is very well known that they are every day dying and rotting by cold and famine, and...as can be reasonably expected. And as to the young laborers, they are now in almost as hopeful a condition ; they cannot get work, and consequently pine... | |
 | James Hay - 1891 - 392 pages
...that they are every day rotting by cold and famine, and filth and vermin, as fast as can reasonably be expected And as to the young labourers, they are now...want of nourishment to a degree that, if at any time accidentally hired to common labour, they have no strength to perform it; and thus the country and... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1891 - 252 pages
...but I am not in thejeast J»in upon the matter, because it is very well known that they are ever)' day dying and rotting by cold and famine, and filth...vermin, as fast as can be reasonably expected.' And again : — ' I confess myself to be touched with a very_sensible pleasure when I hear of a mortality... | |
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