 I will tell you one Thing further; that if Mr. Wood's Project should take, it will ruin even our Beggars: For when I give a Beggar a Half-penny, it will quench his Thirst, or go a good Way to fill his Belly; but the Twelfth Part of a Halfpenny will do...  A Concise History of Ireland ... - Page 237by Patrick Weston Joyce - 1912 - 335 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 448 pages
...it will quench his thirst, or go a good way to fill his belly; but the twelfth part of a halfpenny will do him no more service than if I should give him three pins out of my sleeve. In short, these halfpence are like the accursed thing, which, as the Scripture tells us, the children... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1801 - 442 pages
...it will quench his thirst, or go a good way to fill his belly ; but the twelfth part of a halfpenny will do him no more service than if I should give him three pins out of my sleeve. In short, these halfpence are like the accursed thing, which, as the Scripture tells us, the children... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - English literature - 1814 - 610 pages
...it will quench his thirst, or go a good way to fill his belly; but the twelfth part of a halfpenny will do him no more service than if I should give him three pins out of my sleeve. In short, these halfpence are like " the accursed thing, which," as the Scripture tells us, " the children... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1824 - 538 pages
...it will quench his thirst, or go a good way to fill his belly; but the twelfth part of a halfpenny will do him no more service than if I should give him three pins out of my sleere. like the plague, and destroy every one who lays his hand upon them. I have heard scholars talk... | |
 | Irishman - 1842 - 254 pages
...it will quench his thirst, or go a good way to fill his belly; but the twelfth part of a half-penny, will do him no more service than if I should give him three pins out of my sleeve." A popular ferment was soon excited; and as the Irish parliament and privy council had previously addressed... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1850 - 900 pages
...it will quench his thirst, or go a good way to fill his belly; but the twelfth part of a halfpenny will do him no more service than if I should give him three pins out of my sleeve. In short, these halfpence are like the "accursed thing, which," as the Scripture tells us, " the children... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1871 - 908 pages
...it will quench his thirst, or go a good way to fill his belly ; but the twelfth part of a halfpenny will do him no more service than if I should give him three pins out of my sleeve. How pleasantly he preserves the personal manner and habit of the linen-draper ! Here is another short... | |
 | James Wills - Ireland - 1876 - 736 pages
...it will quench his thirst, or go a good way to fill his belly ; but the twelfth part of a halfpenny will do him no more service than if I should give him three pins out of my sleeve." A popular ferment was soon excited ; and as the Irish parliament :ind privy council had previously... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1876 - 466 pages
...it will quench his thirst, or go a good way to fill his belly ; but the twelfth part of a halfpenny s more common : for, not to instance in myself, who have co pina out of my sleeve. In short, these halfpence are like the accursed thing, which, as the Scripture... | |
 | William Minto - English prose literature - 1881 - 596 pages
...it will quench his thirst, or go a good way to fill his belly ; but the twelfth part of a halfpenny will do him no more service than if I should give him three pins out of my sleeve." JOSEPH ADDISON, 1672-1719. Speaking of the age of William and Anne, Macaulay says — " There was,... | |
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