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 to their surprise, the audience liked them better as comedians than as singers.

Much to Podkayne's surprise, the normally very self-centered Clark contracts a severe case of puppy love.

" Much to her surprise, the syndicate approved of the initial strips and offered her a twenty-year contract.

Much to his surprise, they overwhelmingly rejected his " voluntary " segregation plan and instead stated that they wanted only an integrated school system.

Much to their surprise, they found that RNase-P contained RNA in addition to protein and that RNA was an essential component of the active enzyme.

Much to their parents ' surprise and delight, the two were married while summering in Europe in 1963.

Much to his surprise, his friend points out that it is in fact very close and not on a hill in the distance.

Much to Benoit's surprise, Los Guerreros helped him win the match.

Much to his surprise, von Bek is charged by Lucifer with doing God's work, by finding the Holy Grail, the " cure for the world's pain ," that will also cure Lucifer's pain by reconciling him with God.

Much to the surprise of many of his friends, Chatwin married Elizabeth Chanler ( a descendant of John Jacob Astor ) on 26 August 1965.

Much to Andros ' surprise, it turns out that Karone is actually Astronema, who was raised by Ecliptor to be evil.

Much to the surprise of his peers, he delivers convincing rhetoric, using Vilmorin's arguments.

Much to their surprise, Sonic aids Sally in falling to her death.

Much to the surprise of the Chinese the new currency even gained in value against the gold yen, although Japanese businessmen claimed that it was not backed up by sufficient silver reserves.

Much to his surprise, Brian learns that she is pregnant with his child.

Much to his surprise, he soon finds out Jennifer has moved on with another man.

Much to his surprise, Michael reciprocates Steve's feelings, and realises that he too is gay.

Much to the surprise of the other four members in February 2011, Tom Hingley announced on Twitter that the Inspirals had split up.

Much to his surprise, Calvert indeed strikes lucky, finding a virtually intact memory core with the first-ever images of the reason for the Laymil racial suicide.

Much time is spent on her interaction with the computer TEC, which has suffered from a glitch and has fallen in love with Peach to her surprise.

Much to the surprise of many observers, Pierce, Stein, and Belitsky all resurfaced in 2000: the three appeared on the self-titled album by Chappaquiddick Skyline, a side project of the Massachusetts-based Pernice Brothers.

Much to his surprise, it is said he saw the lord himself narrating the story.

Much to the surprise and relief of Rudolph and Hermey, Yukon Cornelius returns with a tamed Abominable Snow Monster, whom he has taught to place a star on top of a Christmas tree.

Much as he abhorred slavery, Lincoln was always willing to concede to each `` slave state '' the right to decide independently whether to continue or end it.

Much of his earlier work was conceived in terms of a `` pseudo-anthropological '' myth reference, which is concerned with imaginary places and beings described in grandiloquent and travelogue-like language.

Much of the older experimental work on respiratory infections was accomplished by very artificial procedures.

Much which was in embryo in 1000 had become reasonably well developed by 800.

Much of the history of the Hittite Empire was concerned with warring with the rival empires of Egypt, Assyria and the Mitanni.

Much of the distinction between the differing factions was over the phrasing that Christ expressed in the New Testament to express submission to God the Father.

Much emphasis was given to quantitative data, seen as the key to unlocking all of social history.

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 the AIX v2 kernel was written in the PL / I programming language, which proved troublesome during the migration to AIX v3.

Jensen's most controversial work, published in February 1969 in the Harvard Educational Review, was titled " How Much Can We Boost IQ and Scholastic Achievement?

Much later, he was reinstated by the British, ruling during 1839-1842.

Much that happened between Nora and Torvald happened to Laura and her husband, Victor, with the most important exception being the forged signature that was the basis of Nora's loan.

Much damage was done to the hillside during the filming.

Much of this demolition was initiated by municipal architecture programs to build new residential or business quarters and main roads.

Much of the shareware movement was started via user distribution of software through BBSes.

Much of Bulgaria ’ s communist-era industry was heavy industry, although biochemicals and computers were significant products beginning in the 1980s.

Much of the scholarship of the 1800s assumes that Galatia was a province to the north of the first missionary journey churches started through Paul and Barnabas ' ministry as described in Acts 13-14.

Much later, a new trial was ordered by Yugoslavia and the convictions were overturned.

Much suspense was built around the devastation that Hurricane Ivan had caused as the leader of Government business Mr. Mckeeva Bush decided to close the Islands to any and all reporters.

Much of the banking sector was nationalized.

Much of the jump in FDI in 2006 was also the result of acquisitions and mergers, but has done little to create new employment in Chile.

Much later, the region was settled by Liburnians and Illyrians, while the first Greek colonies were established on the Vis and Hvar islands.

Much of Spain was under Muslim rulers during the Middle Ages, and castration had a history going back to the ancient near east.

Much later, when his fame was attached to the Reformed churches, their whole body of doctrine came to be called " Calvinism ".