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Gulliver'sTravels
Jonathan Swift
ISBN 1
84327
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Jonathan Swift ElecBook Classics
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THE PUBLISHER TO THE READER.............................................17A LETTER FROM CAPTAIN GULLIVER TO HISCOUSIN SYMPSON............................................................................19PART I A VOYAGE TO LILLIPUT...................................................24CHAPTER I...........................................................................................25The author gives some account of himself and family.His first inducements to travel. He is shipwrecked, andswims for his life. Gets safe on shore in the country of Lilliput; is made a prisoner, and carried up the country.CHAPTER II..........................................................................................37The emperor of Lilliput, attended by several of thenobility, comes to see the author in his confinement.The emperor's person and habit described. Learnedmen appointed to teach the author their language. Hegains favour by his mild disposition. His pockets aresearched, and his sword and pistols taken from him.CHAPTER III........................................................................................49The author diverts the emperor, and his nobility of both sexes, in a very uncommon manner. Thediversions of the court of Lilliput described. Theauthor has his liberty granted him upon certain
Gulliver’s Travels
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conditions...................................................................................................49CHAPTER IV........................................................................................58Mildendo, the metropolis of Lilliput, described,together with the emperor's palace. A conversationbetween the author and a principal secretary,concerning the affairs of that empire. The author'soffers to serve the emperor in his wars.CHAPTER V..........................................................................................64The author, by an extraordinary stratagem, preventsan invasion. A high title of honour is conferred uponhim. Ambassadors arrive from the emperor of Blefuscu, and sue for peace. The empress's apartmenton fire by an accident; the author instrumental insaving the rest of the palace.CHAPTER VI........................................................................................72Of the inhabitants of Lilliput; their learning, laws, andcustoms; the manner of educating their children. Theauthor's way of living in that country. His vindicationof a great ladyCHAPTER VII.......................................................................................84The author, being informed of a design to accuse himof high-treason, makes his escape to Blefuscu. Hisreception thereCHAPTER VIII.....................................................................................94
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