Travels Into Several Remote Nations of the World: In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, ...Charles Bathurst, 1742 - 351 pages |
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... whole Opera- tion was performing , I lay in a profound Sleep , by the Force of that foporiferous Medicine infuf- ed into my Liquor . Fifteen hundred of the Em- peror's largest Horfes , each about four Inches and an half high , were ...
... whole Opera- tion was performing , I lay in a profound Sleep , by the Force of that foporiferous Medicine infuf- ed into my Liquor . Fifteen hundred of the Em- peror's largest Horfes , each about four Inches and an half high , were ...
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... whole Kingdom , which , having been pol- luted fome Years before by an unnatural Murder , was , according to the Zeal of thofe People , look- ed on as prophane , and therefore had been applied to common Ufe , and all the Ornaments and ...
... whole Kingdom , which , having been pol- luted fome Years before by an unnatural Murder , was , according to the Zeal of thofe People , look- ed on as prophane , and therefore had been applied to common Ufe , and all the Ornaments and ...
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... whole Kingdom . In the midst of thefe Confultations , feyeral Officers of the Army went to the Door of the great Council - Chamber , and two of them , being admitted , gave an Account of my Behaviour to the fix Criminals above - men ...
... whole Kingdom . In the midst of thefe Confultations , feyeral Officers of the Army went to the Door of the great Council - Chamber , and two of them , being admitted , gave an Account of my Behaviour to the fix Criminals above - men ...
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... whole Em- pire . I have feen him do the Summerfet feveral Times together , upon a Trencher fixed on the Rope , which is no thicker than a common Pack- thread in England . My Friend Reldrefal , prin- cipal Secretary for private Affairs ...
... whole Em- pire . I have feen him do the Summerfet feveral Times together , upon a Trencher fixed on the Rope , which is no thicker than a common Pack- thread in England . My Friend Reldrefal , prin- cipal Secretary for private Affairs ...
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... whole Perfor- mance . It was by good Fortune that no ill Ac- cident happened in thefe Entertainments , only once a fiery Horse , that belonged to one of the Captains , pawing with his Hoof , ftruck a Hole in my Handkerchief , and his ...
... whole Perfor- mance . It was by good Fortune that no ill Ac- cident happened in thefe Entertainments , only once a fiery Horse , that belonged to one of the Captains , pawing with his Hoof , ftruck a Hole in my Handkerchief , and his ...
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Page 281 - 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.
Page 206 - 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.
Page 206 - ... 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.
Page 16 - 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.
Page 8 - 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.
Page 148 - 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.
Page 14 - ... 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...
Page 340 - ... 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.
Page 27 - 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.
Page 241 - 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.