Travels Into Several Remote Nations of the World: In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, ...Charles Bathurst, 1742 - 351 ページ |
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... gave me exceffive Pain , I a little loofened the Strings that tied down my Hair on the left Side , fo that I was just able to turn my Head about two Inches . But the Creatures ran off a fecond Time , before I could feize them ...
... gave me exceffive Pain , I a little loofened the Strings that tied down my Hair on the left Side , fo that I was just able to turn my Head about two Inches . But the Creatures ran off a fecond Time , before I could feize them ...
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... gave me the Li- berty of turning it to the Right , and of obferving the Perfon and Gefture of him that was to speak . He appeared to be of a middle Age , and taller than any of the other three who attended him , whereof one was a Page ...
... gave me the Li- berty of turning it to the Right , and of obferving the Perfon and Gefture of him that was to speak . He appeared to be of a middle Age , and taller than any of the other three who attended him , whereof one was a Page ...
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... of their Arrows , upon my Face and Hands , which were all in Blifters , and many of the Darts ftill fticking in them , and obferving likewife that the Number Number of my Enemies increased , I gave Tokens to to LILLIPUT , 9.
... of their Arrows , upon my Face and Hands , which were all in Blifters , and many of the Darts ftill fticking in them , and obferving likewife that the Number Number of my Enemies increased , I gave Tokens to to LILLIPUT , 9.
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... gave Tokens to let them know that they might do with me what they pleased . Upon this the Hurgo and his Train withdrew with much Civility and chearful Countenances . Soon after I heard a general Shout , with frequent Repetitions of the ...
... gave Tokens to let them know that they might do with me what they pleased . Upon this the Hurgo and his Train withdrew with much Civility and chearful Countenances . Soon after I heard a general Shout , with frequent Repetitions of the ...
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... gave me not only the Liberty of walking backwards and forwards in a Semicircle ; but , being fixed within four Inches of the Gate , allowed me to creep in , and lie at my full Length in the Temple . CHA P. II . The Emperor of Lilliput ...
... gave me not only the Liberty of walking backwards and forwards in a Semicircle ; but , being fixed within four Inches of the Gate , allowed me to creep in , and lie at my full Length in the Temple . CHA P. II . The Emperor of Lilliput ...
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281 ページ - there was a society of men among us, bred up from their youth in the art of proving, by words multiplied for the purpose, that white is black, and black is white, according as they are paid.
206 ページ - An expedient was therefore offered, that since words are only names for things, it would be more convenient for all men to carry about them such things as were necessary to express the particular business they are to discourse on.
206 ページ - ... the whole disposition of the words was entirely changed. He then commanded six and thirty of the lads to read the several lines softly as they appeared upon the frame ; and where they found three or four words together that might make part of a sentence, they dictated to the four remaining boys who were scribes.
16 ページ - He is taller, by almost the breadth of my nail, than any of his court ; which alone is enough to strike an awe into the beholders.
8 ページ - I confess I was often tempted while they were passing backwards and forwards on my body, to seize forty or fifty of the first that came in my reach, and dash them against the ground. But the remembrance of what I had felt, which probably might not be the worst they could do, and the promise of honour I made them, for so I interpreted my submissive behaviour, soon drove out these imaginations.
148 ページ - And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together.
14 ページ - ... pain of death. When the workmen found it was impossible for me to break loose, they cut all the strings that bound me; whereupon I rose up with as melancholy a disposition as ever I had in my life. But the noise and astonishment of the people at seeing me rise and walk, are not to be expressed. The chains that held my left leg were about two yards long, and gave me not only the liberty of walking backwards and forwards in a semi-circle; but being fixed within four inches of the gate, allowed...
340 ページ - ... king, they set up a rotten plank or a stone for a memorial, they murder two or three dozen of the natives, bring away a couple more by force for a sample, return home, and get their pardon. Here commences a new dominion acquired with a title by divine right.
27 ページ - This diversion is only practised by those persons who are candidates for great employments and high favour at court. They are trained in this art from their youth, and are not always of noble birth or liberal education. When a great office is vacant, either by death or disgrace (which often happens), five or six of those candidates petition the emperor to entertain his majesty and the court with a dance on the rope, and whoever jumps the highest without falling, succeeds in the office.
241 ページ - They were the most mortifying sight I ever beheld, and the women more horrible than the men. Besides the usual deformities in extreme old age, they acquired an additional ghastliness in proportion to their number of years, which is not to be described; and among half a dozen, I soon distinguished which was the eldest, although there was not above a century or two between them.