Путешествие Гулливера

Chapter 5

           Andbeingnostrangertotheartofwar,Igavehimadescriptionofcannons,culverins,muskets,carabines,pistols,bullets,powder,swords,bayonets,battles,sieges,retreats,attacks,undermines,countermines,bombardments,seafights,shipssunkwithathousandmen,twentythousandkilledoneachside,dyinggroans,limbsflyingintheair,smoke,noise,confusion,tramplingtodeathunderhorses’feet,flight,pursuit,victory;fieldsstrewedwithcarcases,leftforfoodtodogsandwolvesandbirdsofprey;plundering,stripping,ravishing,burning,anddestroying.Andtosetforththevalourofmyowndearcountrymen,Iassuredhim,"thatIhadseenthemblowupahundredenemiesatonceinasiege,andasmanyinaship,andbeheldthedeadbodiesdropdowninpiecesfromtheclouds,tothegreatdiversionofthespectators."

           Iwasgoingontomoreparticulars,whenmymastercommandedmesilence.Hesaid,"whoeverunderstoodthenatureofYahoos,mighteasilybelieveitpossibleforsovileananimaltobecapableofeveryactionIhadnamed,iftheirstrengthandcunningequalledtheirmalice.Butasmydiscoursehadincreasedhisabhorrenceofthewholespecies,sohefounditgavehimadisturbanceinhismindtowhichhewaswhollyastrangerbefore.

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