Подорож Гулівера

Chapter 1

           ThetwocreaturesstoodsilentwhileIspoke,seemingtolistenwithgreatattention,andwhenIhadended,theyneighedfrequentlytowardseachother,asiftheywereengagedinseriousconversation.Iplainlyobservedthattheirlanguageexpressedthepassionsverywell,andthewordsmight,withlittlepains,beresolvedintoanalphabetmoreeasilythantheChinese.

           IcouldfrequentlydistinguishthewordYahoo,whichwasrepeatedbyeachofthemseveraltimes:andalthoughitwasimpossibleformetoconjecturewhatitmeant,yetwhilethetwohorseswerebusyinconversation,Iendeavouredtopractisethisworduponmytongue;andassoonastheyweresilent,IboldlypronouncedYahooinaloudvoice,imitatingatthesametime,asnearasIcould,theneighingofahorse;atwhichtheywerebothvisiblysurprised;andthegrayrepeatedthesamewordtwice,asifhemeanttoteachmetherightaccent;whereinIspokeafterhimaswellasIcould,andfoundmyselfperceivablytoimproveeverytime,thoughveryfarfromanydegreeofperfection.Thenthebaytriedmewithasecondword,muchhardertobepronounced;butreducingittotheEnglishorthography,maybespeltthus,Houyhnhnm.Ididnotsucceedinthissowellasintheformer;butaftertwoorthreefarthertrials,Ihadbetterfortune;andtheybothappearedamazedatmycapacity

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