Page:Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World by Lemuel Gulliver First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships.djvu/25

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PART I

A VOYAGE TO LILLIPUT


CHAP. I

The Author gives some Account of himself and Family. His first Inducements to travel. He is shipwreck'd, and swims for his Life, gets soft on Shear in the Country of Lilliput, is made a Prisoner, and carried up the Country
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The Emperor of Lilliput, attended by several of the Nobility, come to see the Author in his Confinement. The Emperor's Person and Habit describ'd. Learned Men appointed to teach the Author their Language. He gains Favour by his mild Disposition. His Pockets are searched, and his Sword and Pistols taken from him
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The Author diverts the Emperor and his Nobility of both Sexes, in a very uncommon Manner. The Diversions of the Court of Lilliput describ'd. The Author hath his Liberty granted him, upon certain
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