Great Books of the Western World, 36. köideRobert Maynard Hutchins Encyclopædia Britannica, 1952 |
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... desired me to shew them some proofs of my prodigious strength , of which they had heard so many wonders ; wherein I readily obliged them , but shall not in- terrupt the reader with the particulars . When I had for some time entertained ...
... desired me to shew them some proofs of my prodigious strength , of which they had heard so many wonders ; wherein I readily obliged them , but shall not in- terrupt the reader with the particulars . When I had for some time entertained ...
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... desired to be farther satisfied what I meant by law , and the dispensers thereof , according to the present practice in my own country : because he thought , nature and reason were sufficient guides for a reasonable animal , as we ...
... desired to be farther satisfied what I meant by law , and the dispensers thereof , according to the present practice in my own country : because he thought , nature and reason were sufficient guides for a reasonable animal , as we ...
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... desired they would please to let me depart . They admired to hear me answer them in their own tongue , and saw by my complexion I must be an European ; but were at a loss to know what I meant by Yahoos and Houyhnhnms ; and at the same ...
... desired they would please to let me depart . They admired to hear me answer them in their own tongue , and saw by my complexion I must be an European ; but were at a loss to know what I meant by Yahoos and Houyhnhnms ; and at the same ...
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The Emperor of Lilliput attended by several of the nobility come | 9 |
The author diverts the emperor and his nobility of both sexes in a very | 15 |
The author by an extraordinary stratagem prevents an invasion A high | 23 |
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