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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Sivu 13
... prodigious a creature , as I muft appear to them . After fome time , when they obferved that I made no more demands for meat , there appeared before me a person of high rank from his impe- rial majefty . His excellency , having mounted ...
... prodigious a creature , as I muft appear to them . After fome time , when they obferved that I made no more demands for meat , there appeared before me a person of high rank from his impe- rial majefty . His excellency , having mounted ...
Sivu 29
... prodigious num- bers of rich , idle , and curious people to fee me ; so that the villages were al- moft emptied ; and great neglect of tillage and houfhold affairs must have enfued , if his imperial majesty had not provided + Gulliver ...
... prodigious num- bers of rich , idle , and curious people to fee me ; so that the villages were al- moft emptied ; and great neglect of tillage and houfhold affairs must have enfued , if his imperial majesty had not provided + Gulliver ...
Sivu 33
... prodigious a perfon . I faid , his majesty fhould be fatisfied ; for I was ready to strip myself , and turn up my pockets be- fore him . This I delivered part in words , and part in figns . He replied , that by the laws of the kingdom I ...
... prodigious a perfon . I faid , his majesty fhould be fatisfied ; for I was ready to strip myself , and turn up my pockets be- fore him . This I delivered part in words , and part in figns . He replied , that by the laws of the kingdom I ...
Sivu 34
... found himself up to the mid leg in a fort of duft , fome part whereof flying up to our faces , fet us both a fneezing for feveral times together . In his right waist- coat coat - pocket we found a prodigious bun- dle of 34 A VOYAGE.
... found himself up to the mid leg in a fort of duft , fome part whereof flying up to our faces , fet us both a fneezing for feveral times together . In his right waist- coat coat - pocket we found a prodigious bun- dle of 34 A VOYAGE.
Sivu 35
Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth. coat - pocket we found a prodigious bun- dle of white thin fubftances , folded one over another , about the bigness of three men , tied with a strong cable , and mark- ed with black figures ; which we ...
Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth. coat - pocket we found a prodigious bun- dle of white thin fubftances , folded one over another , about the bigness of three men , tied with a strong cable , and mark- ed with black figures ; which we ...
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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