Путешествие Гулливера

Chapter 2

           Inthefirstcourse,therewasashoulderofmuttoncutintoanequilateraltriangle,apieceofbeefintoarhomboides,andapuddingintoacycloid.Thesecondcoursewastwoduckstrussedupintheformoffiddles;sausagesandpuddingsresemblingflutesandhautboys,andabreastofvealintheshapeofaharp.Theservantscutourbreadintocones,cylinders,parallelograms,andseveralothermathematicalfigures.

           Whilewewereatdinner,Imadeboldtoaskthenamesofseveralthingsintheirlanguage,andthosenoblepersons,bytheassistanceoftheirflappers,delightedtogivemeanswers,hopingtoraisemyadmirationoftheirgreatabilitiesifIcouldbebroughttoconversewiththem.Iwassoonabletocallforbreadanddrink,orwhateverelseIwanted.

           Afterdinnermycompanywithdrew,andapersonwassenttomebytheking’sorder,attendedbyaflapper.Hebroughtwithhimpen,ink,andpaper,andthreeorfourbooks,givingmetounderstandbysigns,thathewassenttoteachmethelanguage.Wesattogetherfourhours,inwhichtimeIwrotedownagreatnumberofwordsincolumns,withthetranslationsoveragainstthem;Ilikewisemadeashifttolearnseveralshortsentences;formytutorwouldorderoneofmyservantstofetchsomething,toturnabout,tomakeabow,tosit,ortostand,orwalk,andthelike.ThenItookdownthesentenceinwriting.Heshowedmealso,inoneofhisbooks,thefiguresofthesun,moon,andstars,thezodiac,thetropics,andpolarcircles,togetherwiththedenominationsofmanyplainsandsolids.

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