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Gulliver's Travels (1726) |
Jonathan Swift |
TRAVELS
INTO SEVERAL
Remote Nations
OF THE
WORLD. PART IV.
A VOYAGE to the HOUYHNHNMS. THE CONTENTS.
Chapter I.
T Chapter II.
The Author conducted by a Houyhnhnm to his House. The House described. The Author's Reception. The
Food of the Houyhnhnms. The Author
in distress for Want of Meat, is at
last relieved. His Manner of feeding
in this Country. p. 18.
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. p. 33
Chapter IV.
The Houyhnhnms Notion of Truth
and Falshood. The Author's Discourse
disapproved by his Master. The Author
gives a more particular Account of
himself, and the Accidents of his
Voyage. p. 47.
Chapter V.
The Author at his Master's Command
informs him of the State of England.
The Causes of War among the Princes
of Europe. The Author begins to explain the English Constitution. p. 60.
Chapter VI.
A Continuation of the State of England; so well governed by a Queen as
to need no first Minister. The Character
of such an one in some European Courts.
p. 80.
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. p. 98.
Chapter VIII.
The Author relates several Particulars of the Yahoos. The great Virtues
of the Houyhnhnms. The Education
and Exercises of their Youth. Their general Assembly. p. 117.
Chapter IX.
A grand Debate at the General Assembly of the Houyhnhnms, and how
it was determined. The Learning of
the Houyhnhnms. Their Buildings.
Their manner of Burials. The Defectiveness of their Language. p. 132.
Chapter X.
The Author's Oeconomy and happy
Life among the Houyhnhnms. His
great Improvement in Virtue, by conversing with them. Their Conversations. The Author has notice given
him by his Master that he must depart
from the Country. He falls into a
Swoon for Grief, but submits. He contrives and finishes a Canoo, by the help
of a Fellow-Servant, and puts to Sea
at a venture. p. 145.
Chapter XI.
The Author's dangerous Voyage. He
arrives at New-Holland, hoping to
settle there. Is wounded with an Arrow by one of the Natives. Is seized
and carried by Force into a Portugueze Ship. The great Civilities of
the Captain. The Author arrives at
England. p. 164.
Chapter XII.
The Author's Veracity. His Design in
publishing this Work. His Censure of
those Travellers who swerve from the
Truth. The Author clears himself from
any sinister Ends in writing. An Objection answered. The Method of planting Colonies. His Native Country commended. The Right of the Crown to
those Countries described by the Author
is justified. The Difficulty of conquering
them. The Author takes his last leave
of the Reader: proposeth his Manner
of Living for the future, gives good Advice, and concludes p. 184.
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