Путешествие Гулливера

Chapter 8

           Icouldplainlydiscoverwhenceonefamilyderivesalongchin;whyasecondhasaboundedwithknavesfortwogenerations,andfoolsfortwomore;whyathirdhappenedtobecrack-brained,andafourthtobesharpers;whenceitcame,whatPolydoreVirgilsaysofacertaingreathouse,Necvirfortis,necfoeminacasta;howcruelty,falsehood,andcowardice,grewtobecharacteristicsbywhichcertainfamiliesaredistinguishedasmuchasbytheircoatsofarms;whofirstbroughtthepoxintoanoblehouse,whichhaslineallydescendedscrofuloustumourstotheirposterity.NeithercouldIwonderatallthis,whenIsawsuchaninterruptionoflineages,bypages,lackeys,valets,coachmen,gamesters,fiddlers,players,captains,andpickpockets.

           Iwaschieflydisgustedwithmodernhistory.

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