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GULLIVER'S TRAVELS |
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CHAPTER II
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The Author conducted by a Houyhnhnm to his house. The house described. The Author's reception. The food of the Houy-hnhnms. The Author in distress for want of meat, is at last relieved. His manner of feeding in this country . . .218 |
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CHAPTER III
The Author studious to learn the language; the Houyhnhnm, his master, assists in teaching him. The language described. Several Houyhnhnms of quality come out of curiosity to see the Author. He gives his master a short account of his voyage . 224 |
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CHAPTER IV
The Houyhnhnm's notion of truth and falsehood. The Author's discourse disapproved by his master. The Author gives a more particular account of himself, and the accidents of his voyage 230 |
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CHAPTER V
The Author, at his master's commands, informs him of the state of England. The causes of war among the princes of Europe. The Author begins to explain the English constitution . .236 |
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CHAPTER VI
A continuation of the state of England. The character of a first or
chief minister of state in European Courts . . . .243 |
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CHAPTER VII
The Author's great love of his native country. His master's observations upon the constitution and administration of England, as described by the Author, with parallel cases and comparisons. His master's observations upon human nature . . . 249 |
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