Gulliver's travels into several remote regions of the worldCassell & Company, 1870 - 352 pàgines |
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Pàgina 4
... half , making a voyage or two into the Levant , and some other parts . * When I came back I resolved to settle in London ; to which Mr. Bates , my master , encouraged me , and by him I was recom- mended to several patients . I took part ...
... half , making a voyage or two into the Levant , and some other parts . * When I came back I resolved to settle in London ; to which Mr. Bates , my master , encouraged me , and by him I was recom- mended to several patients . I took part ...
Pàgina 6
... half a cable's length of the ship ; but the wind was so strong , that we were driven directly upon it , and split . Six of the crew , of whom I was one , having let down the boat into the sea , made a shift to get clear of the ship and ...
... half a cable's length of the ship ; but the wind was so strong , that we were driven directly upon it , and split . Six of the crew , of whom I was one , having let down the boat into the sea , made a shift to get clear of the ship and ...
Pàgina 7
... 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 , and about half a pint ...
... 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 , and about half a pint ...
Pàgina 9
... half from the ground , capable of holding four of the inhabitants , with two or three ladders to mount it ; from whence one of them , who seemed to be a person of quality , made me a long speech , whereof I understood not one syllable ...
... half from the ground , capable of holding four of the inhabitants , with two or three ladders to mount it ; from whence one of them , who seemed to be a person of quality , made me a long speech , whereof I understood not one syllable ...
Pàgina 10
... half a pint , * and tasted like a small wine of Burgundy , but much more delicious . They brought me a second hogshead , which I drank in the same manner , and made signs for more , but they had none to give me . When I had performed ...
... half a pint , * and tasted like a small wine of Burgundy , but much more delicious . They brought me a second hogshead , which I drank in the same manner , and made signs for more , but they had none to give me . When I had performed ...
Altres edicions - Mostra-ho tot
Gulliver's Travels Into Several Remote Regions of the World: In Four Parts Jonathan Swift Visualització de fragments - 1886 |
Gulliver's Travels Into Several Remote Regions of the World Jonathan Swift Previsualització no disponible - 2011 |
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Pàgina 156 - 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.
Pàgina 215 - An expedient was therefore offered, that since words are only names for things, it would be more convenient for all men to carry about them such things as were necessary to express the particular business they are to discourse on.
Pàgina 294 - It is likewise to be observed, that this society has a peculiar cant and jargon of their own, that no other mortal can understand, and wherein all their laws are written, which they take special care to multiply; whereby they have wholly confounded the very essence of truth and falsehood, of right and wrong...
Pàgina 6 - ... my mouth, laden with baskets full of meat, which had been provided and sent thither by the King's orders, upon the first intelligence he received of me. I observed there was the flesh of several animals, but could not distinguish them by the taste. There were shoulders, legs, and loins, shaped like those of mutton, and very well dressed, but smaller than the wings of a lark.
Pàgina 304 - As these noble Houyhnhnms are endowed by nature with a general disposition to all virtues, and have no conceptions or ideas of what is evil in a rational creature ; so their grand maxim is, to cultivate reason, and to be wholly governed by it.
Pàgina 22 - He put this engine to our ears, which made an incessant noise, like that of a water-mill. And we conjecture it is either some unknown animal, or the god that he worships ; but we are more inclined to the latter opinion...
Pàgina 193 - If they would, for example, praise the beauty of a woman, or any other animal, they describe it by rhombs, circles, parallelograms, ellipses, and other geometrical terms, or by words of art drawn from music, needless here to repeat.
Pàgina 3 - 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.
Pàgina 26 - I took all possible methods to cultivate this favourable disposition. The natives came by degrees to be less apprehensive of any danger from me. I would sometimes lie down, and let five or six of them dance on my hand.
Pàgina 291 - Yahoos, might easily believe it possible for so vile an animal to be capable of every action I had named, if their strength and cunning equalled their malice. But as my discourse had increased his abhorrence of the whole species, so he found it gave him a disturbance in his mind, to. which he was wholly a stranger before.