His engagement with my uncle was by no means to cease with our arrival at Stapi; he was further to remain in his service during the whole time require...

The astonishment here was much greater than at the sight of my scimitar. Hundreds fell down as if they had been struck dead; and even the emperor, alt...

approached the Straits of Malacca, which gave access to the China seas.

I thought this account of the _struldbrugs_ might be some entertainment to the reader, because it seems to be a little out of the common way; at least...

But he shrank from telling the story of his adventures, intimately connected as it was with that of his master; and, before doing so, he determined to...