WHOEVER examines, with due circumspection, into the annual records of time, will find it remarked that War is the child of Pride, and Pride the daughter of Riches:- the former of which assertions may be soon granted, but one cannot so easily subscribe to the latter; for Pride is nearly related to Beggary and Want, either by father or mother, and sometimes by both: and, to speak naturally, it very seldom happens among men to fall out when all have enough; invasions usually travelling from north to south, that is to say, from poverty to plenty.
An edition of The battle of the books
(1880)
The battle of the books
eine historisch-kritischeAusgabe mit literarhistorischer Einleitung und Kommentar
by Jonathan Swift
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Publish Date
1978
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Walter de Gruyter,
Walter de Gruyter Inc.,
De Gruyter Mouton
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English
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226
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