 | Beat Affentranger - 2000 - 194 sayfa
...here "in a Mythological, and Allegorical Sense." The same brother interjected again and wanted to know "why their father should forbid them to wear a Broom-stick on their Coat, a Caution that seemed unnatural and impertinent." Who would want to wear a broom-stick in the... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 2004 - 290 sayfa
...replied upon him that this epithet was understood in a mythological and allegorical sense. However, he objected again why their father should forbid them...impertinent; upon which he was taken up short, as one who spoke irreverently of a mystery which doubtless was very useful and significant, but ought not... | |
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This another of the brothers disliked, because of that epithet 'silver,' which could not, he humbly conceived, in propriety of speech be reasonably applied to a broomstick; but it was replied upon him that this epithet was understood in a mythological... 
