 | Alfred Guy L'Estrange - 1878 - 370 páginas
...especially to 'the general satire upon human vanity. "l"he Emperor of Lilliput is taller by almost t.^ie breadth of my nail than any of his Court, which alone is enough to strike awe into beholders." In the Honyhuhums, the human race is compared to the Yahoos, and placed in a loathsome... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1879 - 208 páginas
...to 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...then past his prime, being twenty-eight years and three-quarters old, of which he had reigned about seven in great felicity, and generally victorious.... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1879 - 250 páginas
..." 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 enouglTto strike an awe into the beholders." About thirty years before Gulliver's Travels appeared,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1880 - 684 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 acics... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1881 - 878 páginas
...countenance erect, his body and liml>s 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 humor there is in these descriptions! How noble the satire is here !... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1881 - 732 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 humor there is in these descriptions ! How noble the satire is here !... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1882 - 76 páginas
...they alighted, and came near his person, which I am now going to describe. He is taller, by ahnost the breadth of my nail, than any of his court, which...then past his prime, being twenty-eight years and threequarters old, of which he had reigned about seven in great felicity, and generally victorious.... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1882 - 874 páginas
...countenance erect, his bod}' 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 humor there is in these descriptions! How noble the satire is here !... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1883 - 612 páginas
...extravagant stories are related. Describing the emperor of Lilliput, the veracious Gulliver says : He is taller, by almost the breadth of my nail, than...countenance erect, his body and limbs well proportioned, nil his motions graceful, and his deportment majestic. He was then past his prime, being twentyeight... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1883 - 880 páginas
...— " The Emperor's features," Gulliver says, " are strong and masculine, with an Austrian lip, an arched nose, his complexion olive, his 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... | |
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He is taller, by almost the breadth of my nail, than any of his court, 'which alone is enough to strike an awe into the beholders. His features are strong and masculine, with an Austrian lip and arched nose ; his complexion olive, his countenance erect,... 
