Jonathan Swift: Gulliver's Travels (Abridged)
Part 1: A Voyage to Lilliput
The Lord understood me very well.
The emperor held frequent councils to debate…
One morning, about a fortnight later…
When the Blefuscudians perceived the whole fleet moving…
I feel I should give some general ideas of the place…
When I was just preparing to pay my attendance…
Part 2: A Voyage to Brobdingnag
All the reapers sat down in a circle about me…
My master, thinking this might indeed be profitable…
I was every day furnishing the court with some ridiculous story.
I had now been two years in this country…
Part 3: A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi and Luggnagg
Those to whom the King had entrusted me…
So I left and was gently placed on the ground…
In another room, I found someone who had a plan…
I arrived at the Port of Maldonada…
Part 4: A Voyage to the Country of the Houyhnhnms
I could frequently distinguish the word Yahoo…
The curiosity and impatience of my master…
Over many months and in many conversations…
Having lived three years in this country…
In the midst of all this happiness…
As I was looking about for somewhere else to land the canoe…
As soon as I entered the house…