Путешествие Гулливера

Chapter 1

           Theybroughtmeasecondhogshead,whichIdrankinthesamemanner,andmadesignsformore; buttheyhadnonetogiveme. WhenIhadperformedthesewonders,theyshoutedforjoy,anddanceduponmybreast,repeatingseveraltimesastheydidatfirst,Hekinahdegul. TheymademeasignthatIshouldthrowdownthetwohogsheads,butfirstwarningthepeoplebelowtostandoutoftheway,cryingaloud,Borachmevolah; andwhentheysawthevesselsintheair,therewasauniversalshoutofHekinahdegul. IconfessIwasoftentempted,whiletheywerepassingbackwardsandforwardsonmybody,toseizefortyorfiftyofthefirstthatcameinmyreach,anddashthemagainsttheground. ButtheremembranceofwhatIhadfelt,whichprobablymightnotbetheworsttheycoulddo,andthepromiseofhonourImadethemforsoIinterpretedmysubmissivebehavioursoondroveouttheseimaginations. Besides,Inowconsideredmyselfasboundbythelawsofhospitality,toapeoplewhohadtreatedmewithsomuchexpenseandmagnificence. However,inmythoughtsIcouldnotsufficientlywonderattheintrepidityofthesediminutivemortals,whodurstventuretomountandwalkuponmybody,whileoneofmyhandswasatliberty,withouttremblingattheverysightofsoprodigiousacreatureasImustappeartothem. Aftersometime,whentheyobservedthatImadenomoredemandsformeat,thereappearedbeforemeapersonofhighrankfromhisimperialmajesty. Hisexcellency,havingmountedonthesmallofmyrightleg,advancedforwardsuptomyface,withaboutadozenofhisretinue; andproducinghiscredentialsunderthesignetroyal,whichheappliedclosetomyeyes,spokeabouttenminuteswithoutanysignsofanger, butwithakindofdeterminateresolution,oftenpointingforwards,which,asIafterwardsfound,wastowardsthecapitalcity,abouthalfamiledistant; whitheritwasagreedbyhismajestyincouncilthatImustbeconveyed. 

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