 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1896 - 510 pages
...wonderful absurdities are evolved, at so many stages of the calculation. Turning to the first ministei who waited behind him with a white staff near 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 - 1885 - 418 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 - 1907 - 288 pages
...me gently with the other, after a hearty fit of laughing, asked me, whether I were a Whig or Tory? Then turning to his first minister, who waited behind...with a white staff, near as tall as the mainmast of one of our ships, he observed, how contemptible a thing was human grandeur, which could be mimicked... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1908 - 542 pages
...asked me whether I was a Whig or a Tory? Turning to his prime minister, he observed how contemptible was human grandeur, which could be mimicked by such diminutive insects as I. Then addressing me he said: " My little friend Grildrig, you have spent the greatest part of your manhood... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1911 - 278 pages
...logic 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 staff near as taU^as the mainmast of the >M Royal Sovereign," the King of Brobdingnag observes how contemptible a... | |
 | Sir Adolphus William Ward, Alfred Rayney Waller - 1912 - 636 pages
...feet in height The king, who regarded Europe as if it were an anthill, said, after many questions, ' How contemptible a thing was human grandeur, which could be mimicked by such diminutive insects' as Gulliver, and Gulliver himself, after living among a great race distinguished for calmness and common... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1914 - 168 pages
...me gently with the other, after a hearty fit of laughing, asked me, whether I were a Whig or Tory? Then turning to his first minister, who waited behind...mimicked by such diminutive insects as I; "and yet," said he, "I dare engage these creatures have their titles and distinctions of honor; they contrive... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1914 - 168 pages
...me gently with the other, after a hearty fit of , laughing, asked me, whether I were a Whig or Tory? Then turning to his first minister, who waited behind...Sovereign, he observed, how contemptible a thing was puman grandeur, which could be mimicked by such dimin|itive insects as I; "and yet," said he, "I dare... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1919 - 740 pages
...me gently with the other, after an hearty fit of laughing, asked me whether I were a Whig or a Tory. Then turning to his first minister, who waited behind...mimicked by such diminutive insects as I : and. ) yet, said he, I dare engage, these creatures have their titles and distinctions of honour, they contrive... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1922 - 354 pages
...gently with the other, after an hearty fit of laughing, asked me, whether I were a Whig or a Tory. Then turning to his first minister, who waited behind...mimicked by such diminutive insects as I : and yet, said he, I dare engage, these creatures have their titles and distinctions of honour, they contrive... | |
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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:... 
