 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1869 - 414 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... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1870 - 420 pages
...me gently with the other, after a hearty fit of laughing, asked me whether I was a Whig or a Tory ? Then turning to his first minister, who waited behind him with a white staft" nearly as tall as the mainmast of the Royal Sovereign, he observed how contemptible a thing... | |
 | 1871 - 930 pages
...the fussiness of party ! And how stinging the concluding remark of his Brobdignagian majesty : — Then turning to his First Minister, who waited behind...was human grandeur, which could be mimicked by such contemptible creatures as I ; and yet, says he, I dare engage, these creatures have their titles and... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1871 - 406 pages
...me gently with the other, after a hearty fit of laughing, asked me, whether I 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... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1872 - 660 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... | |
 | Ephraim Hunt - 1872 - 658 pages
...gently with the other, after a hearty fit of laughing, he asked me whether I 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... | |
 | 1873 - 1084 pages
...stroking me gently with the other, after a hearty fit of laughing, asked me whether I was a Whig or Tory. Then turning to his first minister, who waited behind...these creatures have their titles and distinctions of honor ; they contrive little nests and burrows that they call houses and cities ; they make a figure... | |
 | 1873 - 1086 pages
...stroking me gently with the other, after a hearty fit of laughing, asked me whether I was a Whig or Tory. vsnch diminutive insects as I ; and yet," says he, " I dare engage these creatures have their titles... | |
 | Library - 1873 - 1084 pages
...stroking me gently with the other, after a hearty fit of laughing, asked me whether I was a Whig or Tory. Then turning to his first minister, who waited behind...contemptible a thing was human grandeur which could he mimicked by such diminutive insects as I ; and yet," says he, " I dare engage these creatures have... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1873 - 610 pages
...a thousand wonderful absurdities are evolved, at so many stages of the caleulation. Tm'ning 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 * " My health te somewhat mended, :!ui at... | |
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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:... 
