Gulliver's Travels Into Several Remote Regions of the World: In Words of One Syllable. With Fifty-four IllustrationsH. Altemus, 1896 - 215 páginas |
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... tinual noise it made , and the motion of the minute hand , which he could easily discern ; for their sight is much more acute than ours : and asked the opin- ions of his learned men about him , which were 40 GULLIVER'S TRAVELS .
... tinual noise it made , and the motion of the minute hand , which he could easily discern ; for their sight is much more acute than ours : and asked the opin- ions of his learned men about him , which were 40 GULLIVER'S TRAVELS .
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... asking a friend at court how they came to fix on that determinate number , he told me that his majesty's mathematicians , having taken the height of my body by the help of a quadrant , and finding it to exceed theirs in the proportion ...
... asking a friend at court how they came to fix on that determinate number , he told me that his majesty's mathematicians , having taken the height of my body by the help of a quadrant , and finding it to exceed theirs in the proportion ...
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... asked them , as I afterwards learned , Whether they had ever seen in the fields any little creature that resembled me ? He then placed me softly on the ground upon all four , but I got immediately up , and walked slowly backwards and ...
... asked them , as I afterwards learned , Whether they had ever seen in the fields any little creature that resembled me ? He then placed me softly on the ground upon all four , but I got immediately up , and walked slowly backwards and ...
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... asked him in his own language how he did , and told him he was welcome , just as my little nurse had instructed me . This man , who was old and dim - sighted , put on his spectacles to behold me better , at which I could not forbear ...
... asked him in his own language how he did , and told him he was welcome , just as my little nurse had instructed me . This man , who was old and dim - sighted , put on his spectacles to behold me better , at which I could not forbear ...
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... asked me questions , as far as she knew my understanding of the language reached , and I answered them as loud as I could . I turned about several times to the company , paid my humble respects , said they were welcome , and used some ...
... asked me questions , as far as she knew my understanding of the language reached , and I answered them as loud as I could . I turned about several times to the company , paid my humble respects , said they were welcome , and used some ...
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