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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... these Wonders , they fhouted for Joy , and danced upon my Breaft , repeating several Times as they did at firft , Hekinah Degul . They made me a Sign that I fhould throw down the two Hogfheads , but first warning the People below to ...
... these Wonders , they fhouted for Joy , and danced upon my Breaft , repeating several Times as they did at firft , Hekinah Degul . They made me a Sign that I fhould throw down the two Hogfheads , but first warning the People below to ...
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... these diminutive Mortals , who durft venture to mount and walk upon my Body , while one of my Hands was at Liberty , without trembling at the very Sight of fo prodigious a Creature , as I muft appear to them . After fome Time , when ...
... these diminutive Mortals , who durft venture to mount and walk upon my Body , while one of my Hands was at Liberty , without trembling at the very Sight of fo prodigious a Creature , as I muft appear to them . After fome Time , when ...
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... These Circumstances , added to the Refreshment I had received by their Victuals and Drink , which were very nourishing , difpofed me to fleep . I flept about eight Hours , as I was af- terwards affured ; and it was no Wonder , for the ...
... These Circumstances , added to the Refreshment I had received by their Victuals and Drink , which were very nourishing , difpofed me to fleep . I flept about eight Hours , as I was af- terwards affured ; and it was no Wonder , for the ...
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... these Cords by many Pulleys faftened on the Poles , and thus , in lefs than three Hours , I was raised and flung into the Engine , and there tied fast . All this I was told , for , while the whole Opera- tion was performing , I lay in a ...
... these Cords by many Pulleys faftened on the Poles , and thus , in lefs than three Hours , I was raised and flung into the Engine , and there tied fast . All this I was told , for , while the whole Opera- tion was performing , I lay in a ...
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... These Fields were intermingled with Woods of half a Stang , and the tallest Trees , as I could judge , appeared to be feven Feet high . I viewed the Town on my left Hand which look- ed like the painted Scene of a City in a Theatre . I ...
... These Fields were intermingled with Woods of half a Stang , and the tallest Trees , as I could judge , appeared to be feven Feet high . I viewed the Town on my left Hand which look- ed like the painted Scene of a City in a Theatre . I ...
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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.