The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, Nide 2C. Bathurst, C. Davis, C. Hitch and L. Hawes, J. Hodges, R. and J. Dodsley, and W. Bowyer., 1755 |
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... farther defcriptions of this kind , because I reserve them for a greater work , which is now almoft ready for the prefs , contain- ing a general defcription of this empire , from its firft erection , through a long feries of princes ...
... farther defcriptions of this kind , because I reserve them for a greater work , which is now almoft ready for the prefs , contain- ing a general defcription of this empire , from its firft erection , through a long feries of princes ...
Sivu 71
... farther than a little to difcompofe them . I had now fastened all the hooks , and taking the knot in my hand began to pull ; but not a fhip would ftir , for they were all too fast held by their anchors , fo that the boldeft part of my ...
... farther than a little to difcompofe them . I had now fastened all the hooks , and taking the knot in my hand began to pull ; but not a fhip would ftir , for they were all too fast held by their anchors , fo that the boldeft part of my ...
Sivu 84
... monftrous in me to offer as a defence the greatest aggravation of the crime ; and truly I had little to fay in return , farther than the common anfwer , that different nations had different cuftoms ; for , I confefs , I 4 had 84 A VOYAGE .
... monftrous in me to offer as a defence the greatest aggravation of the crime ; and truly I had little to fay in return , farther than the common anfwer , that different nations had different cuftoms ; for , I confefs , I 4 had 84 A VOYAGE .
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... farther than that her grace was pleased to treat me with all innocent marks of free- dom and friendship . I own fhe came of- ten to my house , but always publickly , nor ever without three more in the coach , who were usually her fifter ...
... farther than that her grace was pleased to treat me with all innocent marks of free- dom and friendship . I own fhe came of- ten to my house , but always publickly , nor ever without three more in the coach , who were usually her fifter ...
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... farther than with the loss of mine eyes ; that I had fled from juftice , and , if I did not return in two hours , I should be deprived of my ti- tle of nardac , and declared a traitor . The envoy further added , that , in order to main ...
... farther than with the loss of mine eyes ; that I had fled from juftice , and , if I did not return in two hours , I should be deprived of my ti- tle of nardac , and declared a traitor . The envoy further added , that , in order to main ...
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againſt almoſt animal anſwer aſked Balnibarbi becauſe Blefufcu cauſe cloaths cloſet converfation coun courſe court creature curiofity defcribed defign defired diſcovered diſtance emperor expreffed fafe faid fame feemed feen feet fent fervants feven feveral fhall fhew fhip fhort fhould fide fign fince firft firſt fize fome fometimes foon ftone ftrength fubject fuch fuffer gave Glumdalclitch greateſt hand hath himſelf honour horfe horſe houſe Houyhnhnms hundred iſland juftice king kingdom laft laſt leaft leaſt lefs likewife Lilliput mafter majeſty majeſty's manner miſtreſs moft moſt muſt myſelf nurſe obferved occafion paffed perfons pleaſed preſent prince purpoſe queen queſtions raiſe reaſon reft reſt ſaid ſee ſeemed ſeen ſeveral ſhe ſhip ſmall ſome ſpeak ſtate ſtrong thefe themſelves ther theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thouſand took ufual underſtand underſtood uſe veffel voyage whereof whoſe words yaboos yahoos yards
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Sivu 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
Sivu 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
Sivu 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
Sivu 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,
Sivu 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
Sivu 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
Sivu 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
Sivu 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
Sivu 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
Sivu 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