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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... leaving a widow and an infant daughter in extreme penury . Through the help of an uncle , Swift entered Trinity College , Dublin , in 1685 , where three years later he grad- uated . He then joined his mother in England , where she was ...
... leaving a widow and an infant daughter in extreme penury . Through the help of an uncle , Swift entered Trinity College , Dublin , in 1685 , where three years later he grad- uated . He then joined his mother in England , where she was ...
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... the war , upon pain of death , and an embargo * laid by our emperor upon all vessels whatsoever . I com- * An order preventing them from leaving the seaports . municated to his majesty a project I had formed , A VOYAGE TO LILLIPUT . 63.
... the war , upon pain of death , and an embargo * laid by our emperor upon all vessels whatsoever . I com- * An order preventing them from leaving the seaports . municated to his majesty a project I had formed , A VOYAGE TO LILLIPUT . 63.
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... leaving the hooks fixed to the ships , I resolutely cut with my knife the cables that fastened the anchors , re- ceiving about two hundred shots in my face and hands ; then I took up the knotted ends of the ca- bles , to which my hooks ...
... leaving the hooks fixed to the ships , I resolutely cut with my knife the cables that fastened the anchors , re- ceiving about two hundred shots in my face and hands ; then I took up the knotted ends of the ca- bles , to which my hooks ...
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... leave the description of this empire to a particular treatise , yet , in the mean time , I am content to gratify the curious reader with some general ideas . As the common size of the natives is somewhat under six inches high , so there ...
... leave the description of this empire to a particular treatise , yet , in the mean time , I am content to gratify the curious reader with some general ideas . As the common size of the natives is somewhat under six inches high , so there ...
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... leave the burden of supporting them on the public . As to persons of quality , they give se- curity to appropriate a certain sum for each child , suitable to their condition ; and these funds are always managed with good husbandry , and ...
... leave the burden of supporting them on the public . As to persons of quality , they give se- curity to appropriate a certain sum for each child , suitable to their condition ; and these funds are always managed with good husbandry , and ...
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able animal arrived arrows attended bassadors began Big-endian boat BROBDINGNAG cable captain carried chair closet coach commanded contrived court creature curious danger desired discover empire endian England Europe eyes farmer fastened favor fear feet high fell five fleet Flimnap forbear fortune gave gently girl Glumdalclitch ground Gulliver's Travels half hammock hand handkerchief happened head heard hole honor horse hundred imperial majesty inches inhabitants JONATHAN SWIFT king kingdom ladies learned least legs liberty Lilliput Lilliputians little nurse London Bridge majesty's man-mountain man-of-war manner master metropolis monarch nardac never observed Old Jewry opinion person pocket prince prodigious queen rienced royal sail scimitar servants ship side sight soon spinet stick thought thousand told took tremely twenty Van Diemen's Land voyage walked wherein whereof whereupon whole wholly window words yards