Подорож Гулівера

Chapter 1

           Buttheprincipaldifficultywastoraiseandplacemeinthisvehicle. Eightypoles,eachofonefoothigh,wereerectedforthispurpose,andverystrongcords,ofthebignessofpackthread, werefastenedbyhookstomanybandages,whichtheworkmenhadgirtroundmyneck,myhands,mybody,andmylegs. Ninehundredofthestrongestmenwereemployedtodrawupthesecords,bymanypulleysfastenedonthepoles; andthus,inlessthanthreehours,Iwasraisedandslungintotheengine,andtheretiedfast. AllthisIwastold; for,whiletheoperationwasperforming,Ilayinaprofoundsleep,bytheforceofthatsoporiferousmedicineinfusedintomyliquor. Fifteenhundredoftheemperor’slargesthorses,eachaboutfourinchesandahalfhigh,wereemployedtodrawmetowardsthemetropolis,which,asIsaid,washalfamiledistant. 

           Aboutfourhoursafterwebeganourjourney,Iawakedbyaveryridiculousaccident; forthecarriagebeingstoppedawhile,toadjustsomethingthatwasoutoforder,twoorthreeoftheyoungnativeshadthecuriositytoseehowIlookedwhenIwasasleep; theyclimbedupintotheengine,andadvancingverysoftlytomyface, oneofthem,anofficerintheguards,putthesharpendofhishalf-pikeagoodwayupintomyleftnostril,whichtickledmynoselikeastraw, andmademesneezeviolently; whereupontheystoleoffunperceived,anditwasthreeweeksbeforeIknewthecauseofmywakingsosuddenly. Wemadealongmarchtheremainingpartoftheday,and,restedatnightwithfivehundredguardsoneachsideofme,halfwithtorches,andhalfwithbowsandarrows,readytoshootmeifIshouldoffertostir. Thenextmorningatsun-risewecontinuedourmarch,andarrivedwithintwohundredyardsofthecitygatesaboutnoon. Theemperor,andallhiscourt,cameouttomeetus; buthisgreatofficerswouldbynomeanssufferhismajestytoendangerhispersonbymountingonmybody. 

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