Much of its shock value derives from the fact that the first portion of the essay describes the plight of starving beggars in Ireland, so that the reader is unprepared for the surprise of Swift's solution when he states, " A young healthy child well nursed, is, at a year old, a most delicious nourishing and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled ; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricassee, or a ragoust.

Much like old cars and trucks, buses often pass through a dealership where they can be bought for a price or at auction.

Much of this first construction was destroyed by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, but the university retains the Quad, the old Chemistry Building ( which is not in use and has been boarded up since the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake ), and Encina Hall ( the residence of Herbert Hoover, John Steinbeck, and Anthony Kennedy during their times at Stanford ).

Much to Piazzolla's dismay, his father decided that he was not old enough to go along, although the following year he did play a cameo role as a young paper boy in Gardel's movie El día que me quieras.

Much of the negative impact of estrogen that they found was related to the fact that most of the women in the Women ’ s Health Initiative study were far past the menopause and up to 79 years old .” Dr. Rubinow continues by explaining that “ there are now a large number of studies that demonstrate what has been called the timing hypothesis.

Much of the old town Takoma Park was incorporated into the Takoma Park Historic District ; listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

Much of its historic heritage remains intact, and today there are always renovations going on in the city to preserve the many old buildings, fortifications, churches and statues for later generations.

Much of the subject matter of old school hip hop centers around partying and having a good time.

Much of that, but not all, later became Old US 12 — the " old " designation came about when I-94 was built parallel to it — and also was called Red Arrow Highway after a World War I army division.

Much of the Safe as Milk material was honed and arranged by the arrival of 20-year – old guitar prodigy Ry Cooder, who had been brought into the group after much pressure from Vliet.

Much of the old railway right-of-way has been converted to the " Bermuda Railway Trail " for hiking and biking.

Much of the videotaped ABC program material from the 1960s and early 1970s was erased as part of an economy policy instituted in the late 1970s, in which old program tapes were surrendered for bulk erasure and reuse.

Much of Hornsey was built up in Edwardian times, but the tower of the original parish church still stands in its ancient graveyard in Hornsey High Street, at the centre of the old village.

Much of the old village of Roehampton still remains dominated by large detached houses.

Much of the site is now occupied by Crane Park, in which the old Shot Tower, mill sluices and blast embankments can still be seen.

Much culture has arisen around Bowling Green's hills with an old reservoir, hospital and civil war fort on one, much of Western Kentucky Universities campus on another, Hobson Grove, a historic Italian Renaissance style civil war era plantation estate on another and yet another civil war fort on another.

Much of this history is depicted in the Heritage Station Museum, which is located in the old Georgia and Florida Railway train station on Ward Street in downtown Douglas.

Much later, after Clayton had grown to include the Dividings, two of the old Cherokee trails became the main roads for Clayton and the county: U. S. 441 and U. S. 76.

Much of the exposed rock in the area is dated to the Precambrian era ( greater than 542 million years old ).

* Much of the old train system has been converted to trails for biking or Snow Mobile riding.

Much of Oulton consists of old, expensive houses.

Much of the Royal Mile is laid with granite Sett ( paving ) | setts, as seen in this view looking east down the High Street past the old Tron Kirk.

( Much of the text can be found at " Vivarchive " and at " Rawlinson End Book ") In the 1970s he recorded numerous sessions for BBC Radio 1's John Peel show which elaborated, with a mixture of eloquence and irreverence, on the weird and wonderful adventures of the inebriated and blimpish Sir Henry Rawlinson, his dotty wife Great Aunt Florrie, his " unusual " brother Hubert ( who, for speed, stature and far-seeing, habitually goes on stilts ), old Scrotum the wrinkled retainer, Mrs E, the rambling and unhygienic cook, and many other inhabitants of the crumbly Rawlinson End, plus its environs.

Much of the old city was destroyed in the ensuing battles between German and the Red Army soldiers.

Much of the city, including the oil refinery which was the world's largest refinery with capacity of 680, 000 barrels per day, was badly damaged or destroyed by the siege and by bombing.

Much of this funding has historically been diverted to general city expenses, under section 3. d of the 1989 agreement.

Much of the city ’ s economic performance is determined by the fortunes of local industry.

Much of the city, including railroads and stockyards, survived intact, and from the ruins of the previous wooden structures arose more modern constructions of steel and stone which would set the precedent for worldwide construction.

Much notable Chicago fiction focuses on the city itself, with social criticism keeping exultation in check.

Much of his life and his whole career coincided with the struggle between Athens and Sparta for hegemony in Greece but he didn't live to see the final defeat of his city.

Much of the city has been spared from destructions that occurred in other cities of Afghanistan during the 1978-present wars.

Much of the city still boasted intact buildings and monuments from ancient Roman times, but Boniface razed it anyway, even spreading salt on the site as the Romans did in Carthage 1500 years before.

Much of the North End is made up of the former city of Portland and comprises another former working class area which is slowly undergoing gentrification at the eastern end of Douglas Avenue ; immediately north of Portland and upstream from the Reversing Falls is the former community of Indiantown.

Much of the tourism is based on claims of " southernmost " things, for example both Ushuaia and Puerto Williams claim to be the southernmost city in the world.

* February 3 – Hawke's Bay earthquake: Much of the New Zealand city of Napier is destroyed in an earthquake measuring 7. 9 on the Richter scale.

* Much to the delight of the citizens of Chang ' an City, the Chinese Tang Dynasty government orders fruit trees to be planted along every main avenue of the city, which enriches not only the diets of the people but also the surroundings.

Much of the architecture of the time belongs to a remarkably strong Modern ( rationalist ) Architecture current, led by Horia Creangă and Marcel Iancu, which managed to literally change the face of the city.

Much of the wealth on which the city of Manchester, and surrounding towns, was built in the late eighteenth century, and for much of the nineteenth century, was based on the processing of slave-picked cotton .. Other British cities also profited from the slave trade. Birmingham, the largest gun producing town in Britain at the time, supplied guns to be traded for slaves.

Much of its economic activity comes from a large number of chemical industries located in the city or in surrounding areas.

Much of the city's tax base dissipated, leading to problems with funding education, sanitation, and traffic control within the city limits.

Much of the city downtown is built in the Russian Revival and Stalin Empire styles.

Much of Mérida's architecture from the colonial period through the 18th century and 19th century is still standing in the centro historico of the city.

Much of the commercial activity was centered on the area called Washington Square, which was once the center of both the commercial and civic life of the colonial city.

Much of the collectivization in Moldova had undergone in Transnistria, in Chişinău, the present-day capital city of Moldova.

Much of the land inside the city limits on the east and northeast sides of Gardendale is rocky and hilly with deep ravines.

Much of the city flooded due to the storm.