| Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1814 - 490 páginas
...the emperor's horse, they alighted, and came near his person, which I am now going to describe. He is taller, by almost the breadth of my nail, than...any of his court; which alone is enough to strike an a\vre into the beholders. His features are strong and masculine, with an Austrian lip and arched nose,... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1823 - 446 páginas
...person, which I am now going to describe. He is t-.illor, by almost the breadth of my nail, than iinv of his court ; which alone is enough to strike an awe into his beholders. His features are strong and masculine, with an Austrian lip and arched nose, his complexion... | |
| 1826 - 450 páginas
...they alighted, and came near his perfon, which I am now going to defcribe. He is taller, by almoft the breadth of my nail, than any of his court, which alone is enough to ftrike an awe into the beholders. His features are flrong and mafculine, ivith an Aulirian lip and... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1834 - 354 páginas
...alighted and came near his person, which I am now going to describe. He is taller by almost the breath of my nail, than any of his court ; which alone is...deportment majestic. He was then past his prime, being twenty -eight years and three quarters old, of which he had reigned about seven in great felicity,... | |
| John Holmes Agnew, Eliakim Littell - 1843 - 614 páginas
...Lilliput from Addison's verses. Let our readers judge. ' The Emperor,' says Gulliver, 'is taller by about the breadth of my nail than any of his court, which...alone is enough to strike an awe into the beholders.' About thirty years before Gulliver's travels appeared, Addison wrote these lines : — ' Jnmque acies... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1844 - 446 páginas
...Lilliput from Addison's verses. Let our readers judge. " The Emperor," says Gulliver, " is taller by about the breadth of my nail than any of his court, which...alone is enough to strike an awe into the beholders." About thirty years before Gulliver's Travels appeared, Addison wrote these lines :— " Jamque acies... | |
| Jonathan Swift - 1850 - 1012 páginas
...the emperor's horse they alighted, and came near his person, which I arn now going to describe. He U taller, by almost the breadth of my nail, than any...court, which alone is enough to strike an awe into his beholders. His features are strong and masculine, with an Austrian Up and arched nose, his complexion... | |
| Joseph Addison - 1853 - 600 páginas
...Lilliput from Addison's verses. Let our readers judge. " The Emperor," says Gulliver, " is taller by about the breadth of my nail than any of his court, which...alone is enough to strike an awe into the beholders." About thirty years before Gulliver's Travels appeared, Addison wrote these lines : — " Jamquc acies... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1853 - 332 páginas
...countenance erect, his body and limbs well-proportioned, and his deportment majestic. He is taller by the breadth of my nail than any of his court, which alone is enough to strike an awe into beholders." What a surprising humour there is in these descriptions! How noble the satire is here!... | |
| William Makepeace Thackeray - 1853 - 332 páginas
...countenance erect, his body and limbs well-proportioned, and his deportment majestic. He is taller by the breadth of my nail than any of his court, which alone is enough to strike an awe into beholders." What a surprising humour there is in these descriptions ! How noble the satire is here... | |
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