Great Books of the Western World, 36. köideRobert Maynard Hutchins Encyclopædia Britannica, 1952 |
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... foot high , and twenty foot dis- tant from the buildings . I had his Majesty's permission to step over this wall ; and the space being so wide between that and the palace , I could easily view it on every side . The outward court is a ...
... foot high , and twenty foot dis- tant from the buildings . I had his Majesty's permission to step over this wall ; and the space being so wide between that and the palace , I could easily view it on every side . The outward court is a ...
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... foot long , with her Majesty's name decyphered in gold letters ; which I gave to Glumdalclitch , by the queen's ... foot long , each key being almost a foot wide ; so that , with my arms extended , I could not reach to above five keys ...
... foot long , with her Majesty's name decyphered in gold letters ; which I gave to Glumdalclitch , by the queen's ... foot long , each key being almost a foot wide ; so that , with my arms extended , I could not reach to above five keys ...
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... foot high , formed like a standing ladder ; the steps were each fifty foot long : it was indeed a moveable pair of stairs , the lowest end placed at ten foot distance from the wall of the chamber . The book I had a mind to read was put ...
... foot high , formed like a standing ladder ; the steps were each fifty foot long : it was indeed a moveable pair of stairs , the lowest end placed at ten foot distance from the wall of the chamber . The book I had a mind to read was put ...
Contents
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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