The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, Τόμος 2C. Bathurst, C. Davis, C. Hitch and L. Hawes, J. Hodges, R. and J. Dodsley, and W. Bowyer., 1755 |
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Σελίδα 8
... himself ; there is however scarce one of these altera- tions , in which he has not committed a blunder : Though while he was thus busy in defacing the parts that were perfect , he fuffered the accidental blemishes of others to remain ...
... himself ; there is however scarce one of these altera- tions , in which he has not committed a blunder : Though while he was thus busy in defacing the parts that were perfect , he fuffered the accidental blemishes of others to remain ...
Σελίδα iii
... himself and family . His first inducements to travel . He is shipwrecked , and fwims for his life ; gets safe on shore in the country of Lilliput , is made a pri- foner , and carried up the country . page 1 . Chap . II . The emperor of ...
... himself and family . His first inducements to travel . He is shipwrecked , and fwims for his life ; gets safe on shore in the country of Lilliput , is made a pri- foner , and carried up the country . page 1 . Chap . II . The emperor of ...
Σελίδα xi
... . XII . The author's veracity . His de- fign in publishing this work . His cenfure of those travellers who fwerve from the truth , The author clears himself from any any finifter ends in writing . An objection answered . CONTENTS . xi.
... . XII . The author's veracity . His de- fign in publishing this work . His cenfure of those travellers who fwerve from the truth , The author clears himself from any any finifter ends in writing . An objection answered . CONTENTS . xi.
Σελίδα xv
... himself and family : his first inducements to tra- vel . He is shipwrecked , and swims for his life ; gets fafe on shore in the country of Lilliput ; is made a prisoner , and car- ried up the country . MY Not- Y father had a small ...
... himself and family : his first inducements to tra- vel . He is shipwrecked , and swims for his life ; gets fafe on shore in the country of Lilliput ; is made a prisoner , and car- ried up the country . MY Not- Y father had a small ...
Σελίδα 26
... himself , if I should happen to break loofe † ; it was almost three inches long ; the hilt and fcabbard were. + The mafculine strength of features , which Gulliver could not fee , till he laid his face upon the ground ; and the awful ...
... himself , if I should happen to break loofe † ; it was almost three inches long ; the hilt and fcabbard were. + The mafculine strength of features , which Gulliver could not fee , till he laid his face upon the ground ; and the awful ...
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againſt almoſt animal anſwer aſked aſſiſtance aſſured Balnibarbi becauſe beſt Blefufcu buſineſs cauſe CHAP cloaths cloſe converſation coun courſe court creature curiofity defired deſign diſcourſe diſcovered diſeaſes diſpoſed diſtance emperor expreſs faid fame faſtened feet fide firſt fome foon fuch gave Glumdalclitch hath himſelf honour horſe houſe Houyhnhnms hundred inſtruct iſland juſt king Laputa laſt leaſt leſs likewife majeſty majesty's manner maſter moſt muſt myſelf neſs nurſe obſerved occafion paſſed perſon pleaſed poſſible preſent prince purpoſe queſtions raiſe reaſon reſt ſaid ſame ſaw ſay ſea ſecond ſee ſeemed ſeen ſervants ſerved ſervice ſet ſeveral ſhall ſhape ſhe ſhew ſhip ſhore ſhort ſhould ſince ſkins ſmall ſome ſometimes ſpeak ſpecies ſpoke ſquare ſtand ſtate ſtick ſtill ſtood ſtory ſtranger ſtrength ſtrong ſubject ſuch themſelves ther theſe thing thoſe thouſand took underſtand uſe uſual utmoſt veſſel voyage whereof whoſe yahoos
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Σελίδα 215 - vices of your country. But by what I have gathered from your own relation, and the anfwers I have with much pains wringed and extorted from you, I cannot but conclude the bulk of your natives to be the molt pernicious race of little
Σελίδα ix - .body, from my arm-pits to my thighs. I could only look upwards, the fun began to grow hot, and the light offended my eyes. I heard a confufed noife about me; but^ in the pofture I lay, could fee nothing except the fky. In a little time I felt fomething alive moving on my left
Σελίδα 369 - in proportion to their number of years, which is not to be defcribed; and among half a dozen I foon diftinguifhed, which was the eldeft, although there was not above a century or two between them. The reader will eafily believe, that from what I had heard and feen, my keen
Σελίδα xiv - hogiheads, then rolled it towards my hand, and beat out the top; I drank it off at a draught, which I might well do, for it did not hold half a pint, and tafted like a fmall wine of Burgundy, but much more delicious. They brought me a fecond hogihead,
Σελίδα 74 - is fitted to fome ftation or other, and that providence never intended to make the management of public affairs a myftery to be comprehended only by a few perfons of fublime genius, of which there feldom are three born in an age: but they fuppofe truth, juftice, temperance, and the like, to be in every
Σελίδα xv - to be the largeft in the whole kingdom¿, which, having been polluted fome years before by an unnatural murder, was according to the zeal of thofe people looked upon as prophane, and therefore had been applied to common ufe, and all the ornaments and furniture carried away. In this edifice it was determined I
Σελίδα 316 - would lay down their loads, open their facks, and hold con verfation for an hour together; then put up their implements, help each other to refume their burthens, and take their leave. But for Ihort converfations a man may carry implements in his pockets and
Σελίδα 26 - globes, or balls, of a moft ponderous metal, about the bignefs of our heads, and required a ftrong hand to lift them: the other cell contained a heap of certain black grains, but of no great bulk or weight, for we could hold above fifty of them in the palms of our hands. This is an
Σελίδα 181 - barrel, came tumbling about my ears; one of them hit me on the back as I chanced to ftoop, and knocked me down flat on my face ; but I received no other hurt, and the dwarf was pardoned at my defire, becaufe I had given the provocation. Another day Glumdalclitcb left me on a
Σελίδα 21 - behaviour, the good opinion of himfelf and his fubjects. He defired I would not take it ill, if he gave orders to certain proper officers to fearch me ; for probably I might carry about me feveral weapons, which muft needs be dangerous things, if they anfwered the bulk of fo prodigious a perfon. I faid, his majefty