Путешествие Гулливера

Chapter 5

           Everyoneknewhowlaborioustheusualmethodisofattainingtoartsandsciences;whereas,byhiscontrivance,themostignorantperson,atareasonablecharge,andwithalittlebodilylabour,mightwritebooksinphilosophy,poetry,politics,laws,mathematics,andtheology,withouttheleastassistancefromgeniusorstudy."Hethenledmetotheframe,aboutthesides,whereofallhispupilsstoodinranks.Itwastwentyfeetsquare,placedinthemiddleoftheroom.Thesuperficeswascomposedofseveralbitsofwood,aboutthebignessofadie,butsomelargerthanothers.Theywerealllinkedtogetherbyslenderwires.Thesebitsofwoodwerecovered,oneverysquare,withpaperpastedonthem;andonthesepaperswerewrittenallthewordsoftheirlanguage,intheirseveralmoods,tenses,anddeclensions;butwithoutanyorder.Theprofessorthendesiredme"toobserve;forhewasgoingtosethisengineatwork."Thepupils,athiscommand,tookeachofthemholdofanironhandle,whereoftherewerefortyfixedroundtheedgesoftheframe;andgivingthemasuddenturn,thewholedispositionofthewordswasentirelychanged.Hethencommandedsix-and-thirtyofthelads,toreadtheseverallinessoftly,astheyappearedupontheframe;andwheretheyfoundthreeorfourwordstogetherthatmightmakepartofasentence,theydictatedtothefourremainingboys,whowerescribes.

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