Путешествие Гулливера

Chapter 4

           forthewallsarenearahundredfeetthick,builtofhewnstone,whereofeachisaboutfortyfeetsquare,andadornedonallsideswithstatuesofgodsandemperors,cutinmarble,largerthanthelife,placedintheirseveralniches.Imeasuredalittlefingerwhichhadfallendownfromoneofthesestatues,andlayunperceivedamongsomerubbish,andfounditexactlyfourfeetandaninchinlength.Glumdalclitchwrappeditupinherhandkerchief,andcarriedithomeinherpocket,tokeepamongothertrinkets,ofwhichthegirlwasveryfond,aschildrenatherageusuallyare.

           Theking’skitchenisindeedanoblebuilding,vaultedattop,andaboutsixhundredfeethigh.Thegreatovenisnotsowide,bytenpaces,asthecupolaatSt.Paul’s:forImeasuredthelatteronpurpose,aftermyreturn.ButifIshoulddescribethekitchengrate,theprodigiouspotsandkettles,thejointsofmeatturningonthespits,withmanyotherparticulars,perhapsIshouldbehardlybelieved;atleastaseverecriticwouldbeapttothinkIenlargedalittle,astravellersareoftensuspectedtodo.ToavoidwhichcensureIfearIhaveruntoomuchintotheotherextreme;andthatifthistreatiseshouldhappentobetranslatedintothelanguageofBrobdingnag(whichisthegeneralnameofthatkingdom,)andtransmittedthither,thekingandhispeoplewouldhavereasontocomplainthatIhaddonethemaninjury,byafalseanddiminutiverepresentation.

           Hismajestyseldomkeepsabovesixhundredhorsesinhisstables:theyaregenerallyfromfifty-fourtosixtyfeethigh.But,whenhegoesabroadonsolemndays,heisattended,forstate,byamilitaryguardoffivehundredhorse,which,indeed,Ithoughtwasthemostsplendidsightthatcouldbeeverbeheld,tillIsawpartofhisarmyinbattalia,whereofIshallfindanotheroccasiontospeak.

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