A voyage to LilliputBenj. Motte, 1726 - 199 páginas |
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... I was the Third of Five Sons . He fent me to Emanuel College in Cambridge , at Fourteen Years old , where I refided three Years , and applyed my self 1 PART I. clofe clofe to my Studies ; But the Charge of maintaining.
... I was the Third of Five Sons . He fent me to Emanuel College in Cambridge , at Fourteen Years old , where I refided three Years , and applyed my self 1 PART I. clofe clofe to my Studies ; But the Charge of maintaining.
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... Five Hundred Carpen- ters and Engineers were immediately fet at work to prepare the greatest Engine they had . It was a Frame of Wood raised three Inches from the Ground ,. about feven Foot long and four wide , moving upon twenty two ...
... Five Hundred Carpen- ters and Engineers were immediately fet at work to prepare the greatest Engine they had . It was a Frame of Wood raised three Inches from the Ground ,. about feven Foot long and four wide , moving upon twenty two ...
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... five hundred Guards on each fide of me , half with Torches , and half with Bows and Arrows , ready to shoot me if I fhould offer to ftir . The next Morning at Sun - rife we continued our March , and arrived within two hundred Yards of ...
... five hundred Guards on each fide of me , half with Torches , and half with Bows and Arrows , ready to shoot me if I fhould offer to ftir . The next Morning at Sun - rife we continued our March , and arrived within two hundred Yards of ...
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... five Foot high . Here the Emperor afcended with many principal Lords of his Court , to have an opportunity of viewing me , as I was told , for I could not fee them . It was reckoned that above an hundred thou- fand Inhabitants came out ...
... five Foot high . Here the Emperor afcended with many principal Lords of his Court , to have an opportunity of viewing me , as I was told , for I could not fee them . It was reckoned that above an hundred thou- fand Inhabitants came out ...
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... five of them into my Coat - Pocket , and as to the fixth , I made a Countenance as if I would eat him alive . The poor Man fqualled terribly and the Colonel and his Officers were in much Pain , especially when they saw me take out my ...
... five of them into my Coat - Pocket , and as to the fixth , I made a Countenance as if I would eat him alive . The poor Man fqualled terribly and the Colonel and his Officers were in much Pain , especially when they saw me take out my ...
Términos y frases comunes
againſt almoſt Anſwer becauſe Big-Endian Blefufcu Boat BROBDINGNAG CHAP Cloſet Country Court Creature Cuſtom defired diſcharged diſcover diſtance Emperor fafe faftned faid fame faſt Favour feemed feen felf fent ferved feve feven feveral fhall fhew fhould fide fince firft firſt fmall fome fometimes foon Foot high fuch gave Glumdalclitch greateſt Ground Hand hath himſelf Honour Horfes Horſe Houfe Houſe hundred Imperial Inches King largeſt laſt leaſt lefs Lilliput Mafter Majefty Majefty's manner meaſured ment Minifters moft moſt muſt myſelf Nardac Number Nurſe obferved Occafion paffed Palace Perfons pleaſed Pocket prefent Prince publick Puniſhment purpoſe Queen Queſtions racter raiſe Reader reaſon reft ſaid ſay ſee ſeen ſelf ſeveral ſhe Ship ſmall ſome ſtrong thefe themſelves ther theſe thofe thoſe thought thouſand tion took twenty ufual underſtand uſed Veffel Voyage walked wherein whereof whofe Yards
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Página 129 - 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.
Página 101 - Their notions relating to the duties of parents and children differ extremely from ours. For, since the conjunction of male and female is founded upon the great law of nature, in order to propagate and continue the species, the Lilliputians will needs have it, that men and women are joined together...
Página 9 - I discovered the methods they had taken to bind me, and at the same time with a violent pull, which gave me...
Página 42 - Having thus, in obedience to your Majesty's commands, diligently searched all his pockets, we observed a girdle about his waist made of the hide of some prodigious animal; from which, on the left side, hung a sword of the length of five men, and on the right, a bag or pouch divided into two cells, each cell capable of holding three of your Majesty's subjects.
Página 112 - I am here obliged to vindicate the reputation of an excellent lady, who was an innocent sufferer upon my account. The treasurer took a fancy to be jealous of his wife, from the malice of some evil tongues, who informed him that her grace had taken a violent affection for my person ; and the court scandal ran for some time that she once came privately to my lodging.
Página 7 - I got to the shore, which I conjectured was about eight o'clock in the evening. I then advanced forward near half a mile, but could not discover any sign of houses or inhabitants; at least I was in so weak a condition that I did not observe them. I was extremely tired, and with that, and the heat of the weather...
Página vii - ... and party. This volume would have been at least twice as large, if I had not made bold to strike out innumerable passages relating to the winds and tides, as well as to the variations and bearings in the several voyages...
Página 11 - He appeared to be of a middle age, and taller than any of the other three who attended him ; whereof one was a page, that held up his train, and seemed to be somewhat longer than my middle finger ; the other two stood one on each side to support him. He acted every part of an orator ; and I could observe many periods of threatenings, and others of promises, pity, and kindness.
Página 23 - I believe there could not be fewer than ten thousand, at several times, who mounted my body by the help of ladders. But a proclamation was soon issued to forbid it, upon pain of death. When the workmen found it was impossible for me to break loose...
Página 10 - In this terrible agitation of mind, I could not forbear thinking of Lilliput, whose inhabitants looked upon me as the greatest prodigy that ever appeared in the world ; where I was able to draw an imperial fleet in my hand, and perform those other actions which will be recorded...