 | Thomas Brown - 1824 - 468 pages
...unfortunate, or rather the most fortunate of all voyagers, as " turning to his first minister, vvho waited behind him with a white staff, near as tall as the mainmast of the Royal Sovereign, and observing how contemptible a thing was human grandeur, which could be mimicked by such diminutive... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1834 - 354 pages
...me gently with the other, after a hearty fit of laughing, asked me, whether I was a whig or tory t Then turning to his first minister, who waited behind...be mimicked by such diminutive insects as I : and yit,' says he, ' I dare engage these creatures have their titles and distinctionb of honour ; they... | |
 | Thomas Brown, David Welsh - 1846 - 580 pages
...of giants is represented by the most unfortunate, or rather the most fortunate of all voyagers, as " turning to his first minister, who waited behind him...near as tall as the mainmast of the Royal Sovereign, and observing how contemptible a thing was human grandeur, which conld be mimicked by such diminutive... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1853 - 332 pages
...a thousand wonderful absurdities are evolved, at so many stages of the calculation. Turning to the first minister who waited behind him with a white...as tall as the mainmast of the "Royal Sovereign," the king of Brobdingnag observes how contemptible a thing human grandeur is, as represented by such... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1853 - 332 pages
...a thousand wonderful absurdities are evolved, at so many stages of the calculation. Turning to the first minister, who waited behind him with a white...as tall as the mainmast of the "Royal Sovereign," the king of Brobdignag observes how contemptible a thing human grandeur is, as represented by such... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1854 - 306 pages
...absurdities are evolved, at so many stages of the calculation. Turning to the first minister, who wajted behind him with a white staff near as tall as the mainmast of the "Royal Sovereign," the king of Brobdignag observes how contemptible a thing human grandeur is, as represented by such... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1854 - 608 pages
...nie gently with the other, after an hearty fit of laughing, asking me, whether / was a Whig or a Ton. Then turning to his first minister, who waited behind him with a white staff nearly as tall as the mainmast of the Royal Sovereign, he observed how contemptible a thing was human... | |
 | 1854 - 598 pages
...gently with the other, afier an hearty fit of laughing, asking me, whether / was a Whig or a Tory. Then turning to his first minister, who waited behind him with a white staff nearly as tall as the mainmast of the Royal Sovereign, he observed how contemptible a thing was human... | |
 | David Masson - 1856 - 494 pages
...a Whig or Tory. Then turning to his first minister, who waited behind him with a white staff nearly as tall as the mainmast of the ' Royal Sovereign,'...mimicked by such diminutive insects as I ; 'And yet,' sajs he, ' I dare engage these creatures have their titles and distinctions of honour ; they contrive... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, John Mitford - 1856 - 448 pages
...stroking me gently with the other, after a hearty fifTof laughing, asked me whether I was a whig or tory ? Then turning to his first minister, who waited behind him with a white staff, near as tall as th§ mainmast of the Royal Sovereign, he observed, "how contemptible a thing was human grandeur which... | |
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Tory. Then turning to his first minister, who waited behind him with a white staff, near as tall as the mainmast of the Royal Sovereign, he observed how contemptible a thing was human grandeur, which could be mimicked by such diminutive insects as I:... 
