Gulliver's Travels Into Several Remote Nations of the WorldCassell, Petter & Galpin, 1834 - 352 páginas |
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Página 33
... perch ; sixteen feet and a half . + The author is singular in the use of this phrase , as think of , not think on , is the usual mode . C 2 not but hope the candid reader will give some allowance A VOYAGE TO LILLIPUT . 33 38.
... perch ; sixteen feet and a half . + The author is singular in the use of this phrase , as think of , not think on , is the usual mode . C 2 not but hope the candid reader will give some allowance A VOYAGE TO LILLIPUT . 33 38.
Página 75
... usual , in honour to my dear country , as well as to fill the court with admira- tion . I have some private reasons to believe , that this visit from his majesty gave Flimnap an oppor- tunity of doing me ill offices to his master . A ...
... usual , in honour to my dear country , as well as to fill the court with admira- tion . I have some private reasons to believe , that this visit from his majesty gave Flimnap an oppor- tunity of doing me ill offices to his master . A ...
Página 76
... usual to the moroseness of his nature . He represented to the emperor the low condition of his treasury ; that he was forced to take up money at a great discount , that exchequer bills would not circulate under nine per cent , below par ...
... usual to the moroseness of his nature . He represented to the emperor the low condition of his treasury ; that he was forced to take up money at a great discount , that exchequer bills would not circulate under nine per cent , below par ...
Página 78
... usual custom and sat down by it . After the common salutations was over , observing his lordship's countenance full of concern , and enquiring into the reason , he desired I would hear him with pa- tience , in a matter that highly ...
... usual custom and sat down by it . After the common salutations was over , observing his lordship's countenance full of concern , and enquiring into the reason , he desired I would hear him with pa- tience , in a matter that highly ...
Página 95
... usual , continuing so for twenty days together : during which time , we were driven a little to the east of the Molucca Islands , and about three de- grees northward of the line , as our captain found by an observation he took the 2d of ...
... usual , continuing so for twenty days together : during which time , we were driven a little to the east of the Molucca Islands , and about three de- grees northward of the line , as our captain found by an observation he took the 2d of ...
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Página 35 - 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. His features are strong and masculine, with an Austrian lip and arched nose, his complexion olive, his countenance erect, his body and limbs well proportioned, all his motions graceful, and his deportment majestic. He...
Página 206 - I made him a small present, for my lord had furnished me with money on purpose, because he knew their practice of begging from all who go to see them.
Página 157 - 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.
Página 243 - they commonly acted like mortals till about thirty years old; after which, by degrees, they grew melancholy and dejected, increasing in both till they came to fourscore. This he learned from their own confession: for otherwise, there not being above two or three of that species born in an age, they were too few to form a general observation by. When they came to fourscore...
Página 44 - Disposition. The Natives came by Degrees to be less apprehensive of any Danger from me. I would sometimes lie down, and let five or six of them dance on my Hand.
Página 154 - I cannot but conclude the bulk of your natives to be the most pernicious race of little odious vermin that nature ever suffered to crawl upon the surface of the earth.
Página 28 - 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.
Página 46 - The Emperor lays on the table three fine silken threads of six inches long. One is blue, the other red, and the third green.
Página 70 - In relating these and the following laws, I would only be understood to mean the original institutions, and not the most scandalous corruptions, into which these people are fallen by the degenerate nature of man.
Página 211 - Six hours a day the young students were employed in this labour ; and the professor shewed me several volumes in large folio, already collected, of broken sentences, which he intended to piece together, and out of those rich materials to give the world a complete body of all arts and sciences...