Gulliver's Travels Into Several Remote Nations of the WorldLippincott, 1872 - 431 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة ix
... observations thereon . 227 CHAPTER VII . The author's love of his country - He makes a proposal of much advantage to the king , which is rejected - The king's great ignorance in politics - The learning of that country very imperfect and ...
... observations thereon . 227 CHAPTER VII . The author's love of his country - He makes a proposal of much advantage to the king , which is rejected - The king's great ignorance in politics - The learning of that country very imperfect and ...
الصفحة xi
... observations upon the constitution and administration of England , as described by the Author , with parallel cases and comparisons - His master's observations upon human na ture 888 CHAPTER VIII . PAGE The Author relates several ...
... observations upon the constitution and administration of England , as described by the Author , with parallel cases and comparisons - His master's observations upon human na ture 888 CHAPTER VIII . PAGE The Author relates several ...
الصفحة 31
... observed , in Swift's correspondence with Archbishop King on this subject , how anxious he was that his friend Harley should have the merit of the grant to the clergy of Ireland ; while the archbishop , not very partial to the new ...
... observed , in Swift's correspondence with Archbishop King on this subject , how anxious he was that his friend Harley should have the merit of the grant to the clergy of Ireland ; while the archbishop , not very partial to the new ...
الصفحة 54
... observed , that Swift undoubtedly had a right to lay down these or any other rules for the regulation of his own conduct , and the supposed safe - guard of his happiness ; but these very rules obliged him to act with great ...
... observed , that Swift undoubtedly had a right to lay down these or any other rules for the regulation of his own conduct , and the supposed safe - guard of his happiness ; but these very rules obliged him to act with great ...
الصفحة 55
... observed Swift to be exceeding gloomy and agitated , so much so that he went to Archbishop King to mention his apprehensions ; on entering the library , Swift rushed out with a countenance of distraction , and passed him without ...
... observed Swift to be exceeding gloomy and agitated , so much so that he went to Archbishop King to mention his apprehensions ; on entering the library , Swift rushed out with a countenance of distraction , and passed him without ...
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الصفحة 68 - So soon as that spare Cassius. He reads much; He is a great observer and he looks Quite through the deeds of men; he loves no plays, As thou dost, Antony; he hears no music; Seldom he smiles, and smiles in such a sort As if he mock'd himself and scorn'd his spirit That could be moved to smile at any thing.
الصفحة 129 - Christ was the word that spake it; He took the bread and brake it ; And what the word did make it, That I believe and take it.
الصفحة 102 - He was then past his prime, being twenty-eight years and three quarters old, of which he had reigned about seven in great felicity, and generally victorious. For the better convenience of beholding him, I lay on my side, so that my face was parallel to his, and he stood but three yards off; however, I have had him since many times in my hand, and therefore cannot be deceived in the description.
الصفحة 79 - It exhibits a vehemence and rapidity of mind, a copiousness of images, and vivacity of diction, such as he afterwards never possessed or never exerted. It is of a mode so distinct and peculiar that it must be considered by itself; what is true of that is not true of any thing else which he has written.
الصفحة 205 - Tory. Then turning to his first minister, who waited behind him with a white staff, near as tall as the mainmast of the Royal Sovereign, he observed how contemptible a thing was human grandeur, which could be mimicked by such diminutive insects as I : and yet...
الصفحة 94 - I confess I was often tempted, while they were passing backwards and forwards on my body, to seize forty or fifty of the first that came in my reach, and dash them against the ground.
الصفحة 109 - 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.
الصفحة 88 - It would not be proper, for some reasons, to trouble the reader with the particulars of our adventures in those seas : let it suffice to inform him, that, in our passage from thence to the East Indies, we were driven by a violent storm to the north-west of Van Diemen's Land.
الصفحة 90 - I attempted to rise, but was not able to stir ; for as I happened to lie on my back, I found my arms and legs were strongly fastened on each side to the ground, and my hair, which was long and thick, tied down in the same manner. I likewise felt several slender ligatures across my body, from my arm-pits to my thighs.
الصفحة 97 - ... were fastened by hooks to many bandages, which the workmen had girt round my neck, my hands, my body, and my legs. Nine hundred of the strongest men were employed to draw up these cords by many pulleys fastened on the poles ; and thus, in less than three hours, I was raised and slung into the engine, and there tied fast.