Путешествие Гулливера

Chapter 6

           Thesepapersaredeliveredtoasetofartists,verydexterousinfindingoutthemysteriousmeaningsofwords,syllables,andletters:forinstance,theycandiscoveraclosestool,tosignifyaprivycouncil;aflockofgeese,asenate;alamedog,aninvader;theplague,astandingarmy;abuzzard,aprimeminister;thegout,ahighpriest;agibbet,asecretaryofstate;achamberpot,acommitteeofgrandees;asieve,acourtlady;abroom,arevolution;amouse-trap,anemployment;abottomlesspit,atreasury;asink,acourt;acapandbells,afavourite;abrokenreed,acourtofjustice;anemptytun,ageneral;arunningsore,theadministration.

           "Whenthismethodfails,theyhavetwoothersmoreeffectual,whichthelearnedamongthemcallacrosticsandanagrams.First,theycandecipherallinitiallettersintopoliticalmeanings.ThusN,shallsignifyaplot;B,aregimentofhorse;L,afleetatsea;or,secondly,bytransposingthelettersofthealphabetinanysuspectedpaper,theycanlayopenthedeepestdesignsofadiscontentedparty.So,forexample,ifIshouldsay,inalettertoafriend,‘OurbrotherTomhasjustgotthepiles,’askilfuldeciphererwoulddiscover,thatthesameletterswhichcomposethatsentence,maybeanalysedintothefollowingwords,‘ResistaplotisbroughthomeThetour.Andthisistheanagrammaticmethod."

           Theprofessormademegreatacknowledgmentsforcommunicatingtheseobservations,andpromisedtomakehonourablementionofmeinhistreatise

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