 | William Elliot Marshall - 1873 - 338 страници
...solely 1 This reminds one somewhat that the emperor of the Lilliputians was ' taller, by almost the breadth of my nail, than any of his court, which alone is enough to strike an awe into his beholders.' N? 4 N?5 N°6 on account of being one of the baldest men of the tribe, though his head... | |
 | Library - 1873 - 1084 страници
...they alighted, and came near his person, which I am now going to describe. He is taller, by almost the doth not lay the blessing in the knowing of them, but in the doing of them. For there the beholders. His features are strong and masculine, with an Austrian lip, and arched nose ; his complexion... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1873 - 718 страници
...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 : "... | |
 | 1873 - 1084 страници
...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 awe into the beholders. His features are strong and masculine, with an Austrian lip, and arched nose ; his complexion... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1910 - 480 страници
...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 measured by the same standard. We have all read hi Milton of the spear that was like " the mast of some great ammiral ; " but these images are surely... | |
 | Alexander Falconer Murison - 1875 - 380 страници
...resolved into conjunction and demonstrative pronoun. EXERCISE 105. 1. The Emperor 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. 2. I nearly trod on a serpent about ten feet long, which rather startled me. 3. The... | |
 | Alfred Guy L'Estrange - 1878 - 370 страници
...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... | |
 | Alfred Guy L'Estrange - 1878 - 414 страници
...especially to the general satire upon human vanity. " The Emperor of Lilliput is taller by almost the 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 - 466 страници
...alighted, and cann near to 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 awe into the beholders. His features are strong and masculine, with an Austrian lip, and arched nose; his complexion... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1879 - 250 страници
...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,... | |
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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. 
