Gulliver's Travels Into Several Remote Nations of the World with the Life of the Author Volume 1 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1838 Excerpt: ... Sbropshire man, ohserving I was ' There are several little ineidents whieh shew the author to _have had a deep knowledge ofhuman nature: and l think this is o_ne. _ Although the prineipal advantages enumerated hy Gulliver m the heginning ofthis ehapter, of mingling again among his countrymen. depended on their hein of the same in with hunself, yet this is forgotten in his our to he de-, Iver9dI and he is ahei-wards hetrayed into the Same ahsurdity, 9y hi s 1eal to Preserve his furniture.--H. ready to famt, took me into his eahin, gave me a eordial to eomfort me, and made me turn in upon his own hed, advising me to take a little rest, of whieh I had great need. Before I went to sleep, I gave him to understand that I had some valuahle furniture in my hox, too good to he last: a fine hammoek, a handsome field-hed, two ehairs, a tahle, and a eahinet; that my eloset was hung on all sides, or rather quilted, with silk and eotton; that if he would let one of the erew hring my closet into his eahin, I would open it there hefore him, and shew him my goods. The eaptain, hearing me utter these ahsurdities, eoneluded I was raving; however (I suppose to paeify me) he promised to give order as I desired, and going upon deek, sent some of his men down into my eloset, whenee (as I afterward found) they drew up all my goods and stripped olf the quilting; hut the ehairs, eahinet, and hedstead, heing serewed to the floor, were mueh damaged hy the ignoranee of the seamen, who tore them up hy foree. Then they knoeked ofi" some of the hoards for the use of the ship, and when they had got all they had a mind for, let the hull drop into the sip, whieh, hy reason of many hreaehes made in the bottom and sides, sunk outright. And. indeed, I was glad not to have heen a speetator...