 Having thus, in obedience to your Majesty's commands, diligently searched all his pockets, we observed a girdle about his waist made of the hide of some prodigious animal; from which, on the left side, hung a sword of the length of five men, and on the...  A voyage to Lilliput - Page 42by Jonathan Swift - 1726 - 199 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Jonathan Swift - 1742 - 386 pages
...from which , on the left Side, hung a Sword of the Length of five Men ; and on the right, a Bag or Pouch, divided into two Cells, each Cell capable of...Balls, of a moft ponderous Metal, about the Bignefs of pur Head?, and required a ftrong Hand to lift them : The otherCell contained a Heap of certain black... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1743 - 430 pages
...; from which, on the Left Side, hung a Sword of the Length of five Men ; and on the Right, a Bag or Pouch divided into two Cells ; each Cell capable of...one of thefe Cells were feveral Globes or Balls of a mod ponderous Metal, about the Bignefs of our Heads, and required a ftrong Hand to lift them : The... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1757 - 416 pages
...travellers, by fhewing, how little truth need to be nulunJcribod to make falfthooJ Ipecious. Hawkf. were feveral globes or balls of a moft ponderous metal,...to lift them : the other cell contained a heap of certain black grains, but of no great bulk or weight, for we could hold above fifty of them in the... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1768 - 468 pages
...undcrftcod to make faUhood fpeopinions derived from the rela- clous. tions of traveller by fliewing, pouch pouch divided into two cells, each cell capable of holding three of your majefty's fubjects. In one of thefe cells were feveraLglobes, or balls, of a moft ponderous metal, about the... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, John Hawkesworth - 1784 - 510 pages
...bag or pouch divided into two cells, each cell capable of holding three of your Majefty's fubjects. In one of thefe cells were feveral globes, or balls,...metal, about the bignefs of our heads, and required a flrong hand to lift them : The other cell contained a heap of certain black grains, but of no * Perhaps... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - English prose literature - 1797 - 516 pages
...to mJtc íilíebooJ If*Clous. cells, each cell capable of holding three of your majelty's fubjecb. In one of thefe cells were feveral globes, or balls,...to lift them ; the other cell contained a heap of certain black grains, but of no great bulk or weight, for we could hold above fifty of them in the... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1814 - 512 pages
...animal, from which, on the left side, hung a sword of the length of five men ; and on the right, a bag or pouch divided into two cells, each cell capable of holding three of your majesty's subjects. In one of these cells were several globes, or balls, of a most ponderous metal,... | |
 | Jonathan Swift, Walter Scott - 1814 - 490 pages
...animal, from which, on the left side, hung a sword of the length of five men ; and on the right, a bag or pouch divided into two cells, each cell capable of holding three of your majesty's subjects. In one of these cells were several globes, or balls, of a most ponderous metal,... | |
 | Literature - 1826 - 450 pages
...animal, from which on the left fide bung a fword of the length of five men ; and on the right a bag or pouch divided into two cells, each cell capable of holding three of your majefty's fubjecls. In one of thefe celb were leveral globes, or balls, of a moft ponderous metal, about the... | |
 | Eliza Leslie - 1832 - 130 pages
...animal, from which on the left side, hung a sword of the length of five men ; and on the right a bag or pouch divided into two cells, each cell capable of holding three of your majesty's subjects. In one of these cells were several globes or balls of a most ponderous metal, about... | |
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