 It is allowed on all hands, that the primitive way of breaking eggs before we eat them, was upon the larger end: but his present Majesty's grandfather, while he was a boy, going to eat an egg, and breaking it according to the ancient practice, happened...  The New Jersey Magazine - Page 61867Full view - About this book
 | Jonathan Swift, Stanley Lane-Poole - 1884 - 342 pages
...that the primitive way of breaking eggs, before we eat them, was upon the larger end ; but his present majesty's grandfather, while he was a boy, going to...subjects, upon great penalties, to break the smaller ends of their eggs. The people so highly resented this law, that our histories tell us there have been... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - Voyages, Imaginary - 1886 - 64 pages
...that the primitive way of breaking eggs before wfe eat them was upon the larger end; but his present majesty's grandfather, while he was a boy, going to...to the ancient practice, happened to cut one of his fingers;1 whereupon the emperor, his father, published an edict, commanding all his subjects, under... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1887 - 296 pages
...that the primitive way of breaking eggs, before we eat them, was upon the larger end ; but his present majesty's grandfather, while he was a boy, going to...subjects, upon great penalties, to break the smaller ends of their eggs. The people so highly resented this law, that our histories tell us there have been... | |
 | W. C. TAYLOR - 1890 - 890 pages
...that the primitive way of breaking eggs, before we eat them, was upon the larger end ; but his present majesty's grandfather, while he was a boy, going to...upon great penalties, to break the smaller end of the eggs.f The people so highly resented this law, that our histories tell us, there have been six... | |
 | Chestine Gowdy, Lora M. Dexheimer - English language - 1913 - 352 pages
...that the primitive way of breaking eggs before we eat them is upon the larger end ; but his present majesty's grandfather, while he was a boy, going to...father, published an edict commanding all his subjects to break the smaller end of their eggs. The people so highly resented this law that our histories tell... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - Fantasy fiction, English - 1919 - 348 pages
...that the primitive way of breaking eggs before we eat them, was upon the larger end : but his present Majesty's grandfather, while he was a boy, going to...great penalties, to break the smaller end of their eggs.1 The people so highly resented this law, that our histories tell us there have been six rebellions... | |
 | Amy Cruse - English literature - 1919 - 666 pages
...that the primitive way of breaking eggs before we eat them was upon the larger end ; but his present Majesty's grandfather, while he was a boy, going to...to the ancient practice, happened to cut one of his ringers. Whereupon the Emperor, his father, published an edict, commanding all his subjects, upon great... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1919 - 740 pages
...that the primitive way of breaking eggs before we eat them, was upon the larger end : but his present Majesty's grandfather, while he was a boy, going to eat an egg, and breaking.it according to the ancient practice, happened to cut one of his fingers. Whereupon the Emperor... | |
 | Arthur Mee - Children's encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1910 - 656 pages
...boy, as he was going to eat an egg, broke it at the larger end, according to the ancient practice, and cut one of his fingers. Whereupon the Emperor, his...penalties, to break the smaller end of their eggs. This led to rebellion and civil discord, which were fomented and encouraged by the Emperor of Blefuscu,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1922 - 358 pages
...that the primitive way of breaking eggs before we eat them, was upon the larger end : but his present Majesty's grandfather, while he was a boy, going to...great penalties, to break the smaller end of their eggs.3 The people so highly resented this law, that our histories tell us there have been six rebellions... | |
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