 | 1872 - 692 pages
...that happened to the emperor's horse, they alighted, and came near his person. 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. He held his sword drawn in his hand to defend himself if I should happen to break loose; it was almost... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1872 - 660 pages
...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 enough to strike an awe into beholders." What a surprising humour there is in these descriptions ! How noble the satire is here... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1873 - 718 pages
...never known to steal a hint ; and he certainly owed as little to his predecessors as any modern writer. Yet we cannot help suspecting that he borrowed, perhaps...Gulliver's Travels appeared Addison wrote these lines : " Jamque acies inter mcdias sese arduus infert Pygmsadmn ductor, qui, majestafce verendus, Incessuque... | |
 | English fiction - 1873 - 1084 pages
...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 olive,... | |
 | Library - 1873 - 1084 pages
...they alighted, and came near his person, which I am now going to describe. He is taller, by almost " doth not lay the blessing in the knowing of them,...but in the doing of them. For there is a knowledge His features are strong and masculine, with an Austrian lip, and arched nose ; his complexion olive,... | |
 | William Makepeace Thackeray - 1873 - 610 pages
...countenance erect, his body and limbs well proportioned, and his deportment majestie. He is taller by the breadth of my nail than any of his court, which alone is enough to strike an awe into beholders." What a surprising humor there is in these descriptions ! How noble the satire is here !... | |
 | William Elliot Marshall, George Uglow Pope - Toda (Indic people). - 1873 - 334 pages
...selected 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.' on account of being one of the baldest men of the tribe, CHAP. though his head is also... | |
 | Alexander Falconer Murison - 1875 - 380 pages
...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 leaders of the... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1879 - 466 pages
...they 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 olive,... | |
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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. 
