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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... island , as I had reason to expect ; behold , after above fix months warning , I cannot learn that my book has produced one single effect according to mine intentions . I defired , you would let me know by a letter , when party and ...
... island , as I had reason to expect ; behold , after above fix months warning , I cannot learn that my book has produced one single effect according to mine intentions . I defired , you would let me know by a letter , when party and ...
Σελίδα vii
... island . He is received into Laputa . p . 265 . Chap . II . The humours and difpofitions of the Laputians described . An account of their learning . Of the king , and his court . The author's reception there . The inhabi- tants fubject ...
... island . He is received into Laputa . p . 265 . Chap . II . The humours and difpofitions of the Laputians described . An account of their learning . Of the king , and his court . The author's reception there . The inhabi- tants fubject ...
Σελίδα 55
... island of Blefufcu * , and do his utmost to destroy their fleet , which is now preparing to invade us . 7th , That the faid man - mountain shall , at his times of leifure , be aiding and assist- ing to our workmen , in helping to raise ...
... island of Blefufcu * , and do his utmost to destroy their fleet , which is now preparing to invade us . 7th , That the faid man - mountain shall , at his times of leifure , be aiding and assist- ing to our workmen , in helping to raise ...
Σελίδα 63
... we are threatened with an inva- fion from the island of Blefufcu , which is the other great empire of the universe , al- most as large and powerful as this of his majefty . majesty . For as to what we have heard yout TO LILLIPUT . 63.
... we are threatened with an inva- fion from the island of Blefufcu , which is the other great empire of the universe , al- most as large and powerful as this of his majefty . majesty . For as to what we have heard yout TO LILLIPUT . 63.
Σελίδα 68
... island , fituated to the north - east side of Lilliput , from whence it is parted only by a channel of eight hundred yards wide . I had not yet seen it , and upon this no- tice of an intended invasion I avoided appearing on that fide of ...
... island , fituated to the north - east side of Lilliput , from whence it is parted only by a channel of eight hundred yards wide . I had not yet seen it , and upon this no- tice of an intended invasion I avoided appearing on that fide of ...
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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