Подорож Гулівера

Chapter 10

           Hedoubteditwouldbeimpossibleformetoswimtoanothercountry;andthereforewishedIwouldcontrivesomesortofvehicle,resemblingthoseIhaddescribedtohim,thatmightcarrymeonthesea;inwhichworkIshouldhavetheassistanceofhisownservants,aswellasthoseofhisneighbours."Heconcluded,"thatforhisownpart,hecouldhavebeencontenttokeepmeinhisserviceaslongasIlived;becausehefoundIhadcuredmyselfofsomebadhabitsanddispositions,byendeavouring,asfarasmyinferiornaturewascapable,toimitatetheHouyhnhnms."

           Ishouldhereobservetothereader,thatadecreeofthegeneralassemblyinthiscountryisexpressedbythewordhnhloayn,whichsignifiesanexhortation,asnearasIcanrenderit;fortheyhavenoconceptionhowarationalcreaturecanbecompelled,butonlyadvised,orexhorted;becausenopersoncandisobeyreason,withoutgivinguphisclaimtobearationalcreature.

           Iwasstruckwiththeutmostgriefanddespairatmymaster’sdiscourse;andbeingunabletosupporttheagoniesIwasunder,Ifellintoaswoonathisfeet.WhenIcametomyself,hetoldme"thatheconcludedIhadbeendead;"forthesepeoplearesubjecttonosuchimbecilitiesofnature.

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