Подорож Гулівера

Chapter 8

           Ageneralconfessed,inmypresence,"thathegotavictorypurelybytheforceofcowardiceandillconduct;"andanadmiral,"that,forwantofproperintelligence,hebeattheenemy,towhomheintendedtobetraythefleet."Threekingsprotestedtome,"thatintheirwholereignstheyneverdidoncepreferanypersonofmerit,unlessbymistake,ortreacheryofsomeministerinwhomtheyconfided;neitherwouldtheydoitiftheyweretoliveagain:"andtheyshowed,withgreatstrengthofreason,"thattheroyalthronecouldnotbesupportedwithoutcorruption,becausethatpositive,confident,restifftemper,whichvirtueinfusedintoaman,wasaperpetualclogtopublicbusiness."

           Ihadthecuriositytoinquireinaparticularmanner,bywhatmethodsgreatnumbershadprocuredtothemselveshightitlesofhonour,andprodigiousestates;andIconfinedmyinquirytoaverymodernperiod:however,withoutgratinguponpresenttimes,becauseIwouldbesuretogivenooffenceeventoforeigners(forIhopethereaderneednotbetold,thatIdonotintheleastintendmyowncountry,inwhatIsayuponthisoccasion,)agreatnumberofpersonsconcernedwerecalledup;and,uponaveryslightexamination,discoveredsuchasceneofinfamy,thatIcannotreflectuponitwithoutsomeseriousness.Perjury,oppression,subornation,fraud,pandarism,andthelikeinfirmities,wereamongthemostexcusableartstheyhadtomention;andfortheseIgave,asitwasreasonable,greatallowance.

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