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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: pletely surrounded by the ocean; but that, beyond the limits of the known world, there was a continent of prodigious magnitude, which gave birth to animals of vast bulk, and to men of double the ordinary stature. These Brobdignagians, not content with exceeding us so much in size, had likewise obtained from nature the privilege of living twice as long; a circumstance which they skilfully turned to account, erecting numerous spacious cities governed by laws and institutions peculiar to themselves, and the very opposite of ours. Among these polities were two in everything the reverse of each other. One of the strongholds was called Machimos, or the Place of War; the other Eusebes, or the Holy City. The inhabitants of the latter, who passed their days in peace, abounded exceedingly in wealth, and enjoyed whatever the earth brings forth, without ox or plough, without sowing or husbandry. Sickness, too, came not near their dwellings, and their healthful career was crowned in all its course with smiles and delights. Justice they practised without contention or strife, so that even the gods did not from time to time disdain to mingle with them. The inhabitants of Machimos, on the other hand, were of all men the most martial; and living constantly under arms, vexed the neighbouring nations with unceasing wars, and acquired the empire over numerous states. The number of citizens scarcely fell short of two millions, few of whom ever came to a peaceful end, but fell in battle, overwhelmed with stones, or beaten to death with clubs, for to steel they were invulnerable. Gold was so plentiful in their country, that it was regarded of less value than iron amongst us. These warlike people were said to have crossed the Atlantic in remote antiquity, for the purpose of making war on our...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217654388 |
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| ISBN-10 | 021765438X |
| Weight | 0.56 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.38 In |
| List Price | $7.57 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 166 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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