Путешествие Гулливера

Chapter 3

           Hisapprehensionwassoclear,andhisjudgmentsoexact,thathemadeverywisereflectionsandobservationsuponallIsaid.ButIconfess,that,afterIhadbeenalittletoocopiousintalkingofmyownbelovedcountry,ofourtradeandwarsbyseaandland,ofourschismsinreligion,andpartiesinthestate;theprejudicesofhiseducationprevailedsofar,thathecouldnotforbeartakingmeupinhisrighthand,andstrokingmegentlywiththeother,afteraheartyfitoflaughing,askedme,"whetherIwasawhigortory?"Thenturningtohisfirstminister,whowaitedbehindhimwithawhitestaff,nearastallasthemainmastoftheRoyalSovereign,heobserved"howcontemptibleathingwashumangrandeur,whichcouldbemimickedbysuchdiminutiveinsectsasI:andyet,"sayshe,"Idareengagethesecreatureshavetheirtitlesanddistinctionsofhonour;theycontrivelittlenestsandburrows,thattheycallhousesandcities;theymakeafigureindressandequipage;theylove,theyfight,theydispute,theycheat,theybetray!"Andthushecontinuedon,whilemycolourcameandwentseveraltimes,withindignation,tohearournoblecountry,themistressofartsandarms,thescourgeofFrance,thearbitressofEurope,theseatofvirtue,piety,honour,andtruth,theprideandenvyoftheworld,socontemptuouslytreated.

           ButasIwasnotinaconditiontoresentinjuries,souponmaturethoughtsIbegantodoubtwhetherIwasinjuredorno.For,afterhavingbeenaccustomedseveralmonthstothesightandconverseofthispeople,andobservedeveryobjectuponwhichIcastmineeyestobeofproportionablemagnitude,thehorrorIhadatfirstconceivedfromtheirbulkandaspectwassofarwornoff,thatifIhadthenbeheldacompanyofEnglishlordsandladiesintheirfineryandbirth-dayclothes,actingtheirseveralpartsinthemostcourtlymannerofstrutting,andbowing,andprating,tosaythetruth,Ishouldhavebeenstronglytemptedtolaughasmuchatthemasthekingandhisgrandeesdidatme.

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