 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1880 - 684 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 :... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1881 - 878 страници
...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...to strike an awe into beholders." What a surprising humor there is in these descriptions! How noble the satire is here ! how just and honest ! How perfect... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1881 - 732 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...to strike an awe into beholders." What a surprising humor there is in these descriptions ! How noble the satire is here ! how just and honest ! How perfect... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1882 - 874 страници
...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...to strike an awe into beholders." What a surprising humor there is in these descriptions! How noble the satire is here ! how just and honest ! How perfect... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Sir Walter Scott - 1883 - 468 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... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1883 - 466 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... | |
 | James Baldwin - 1883 - 612 страници
...related. Describing the emperor of Lilliput, the veracious Gulliver says : 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... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1883 - 128 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 - 1884 - 664 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...to strike an awe into beholders." What a surprising humor there is in these descriptions ! How noble the satire is here ! how just and honest ! How * "... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1885 - 572 страници
...heart." — In May, 1719. and limbs well-proportioned, and his deportment majestic. He is taller by the breadth of my nail than any of his court, which alone...here! how just and honest! How perfect the image! Mr. Macauly I3t) has quoted the .charming lines of the poet l31), where the king of the pigmies is measured... | |
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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. 
