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Fifteen hundred of the emperor's largest horses , each about four inches and a half high , were employed to draw me towards the metropolis , which , as I said , was half a mile distant . About four hours after we began our journey ...
Fifteen hundred of the emperor's largest horses , each about four inches and a half high , were employed to draw me towards the metropolis , which , as I said , was half a mile distant . About four hours after we began our journey ...
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In their situations , answered my uncle Toby : -For when a ravelin , brother , stands before the curtin , it is a ravelin ; and when a ravelin stands before a bastion , then the ravelin is not a ravelin ; -it is a half - moon ; -a half ...
In their situations , answered my uncle Toby : -For when a ravelin , brother , stands before the curtin , it is a ravelin ; and when a ravelin stands before a bastion , then the ravelin is not a ravelin ; -it is a half - moon ; -a half ...
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CHAPTER 26 It is natural for a perfect stranger who is going from London to Edinburgh , to enquire before he sets out , how many miles to York ; which is about the half way — nor does any body wonder , if he goes on and asks about the ...
CHAPTER 26 It is natural for a perfect stranger who is going from London to Edinburgh , to enquire before he sets out , how many miles to York ; which is about the half way — nor does any body wonder , if he goes on and asks about the ...
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Contents
The author gives some account of himself and family His first induce | 3 |
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 |
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| Pealkiri | Great Books of the Western World, 36. köide Great Books of the Western World, Robert Maynard Hutchins |
| Editor | Robert Maynard Hutchins |
| Publisher | Encyclop¿dia Britannica, 1952 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 27 juuni 2007 |
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