Jonathan Swift quote about respect from Gulliver's Travels - He is taller by almost the breadth of my nail, than any of his court; which alone is enough to strike an awe into the beholders.
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He is taller by almost the breadth of my nail, than any of his court; which alone is enough to strike an awe into the beholders.
 Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels (1726). copy citation

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Author Jonathan Swift
Source Gulliver's Travels
Topic respect height court
Date 1726
Language English
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Weblink http://www.gutenberg.org/files/829/829-h/829-h.htm

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“The empress, and young princes of the blood of both sexes, attended by many ladies, sat at some distance in their chairs; but upon the accident that happened to the emperor's horse, they alighted, and came near his person, which I am now going to describe. He is taller by almost the breadth of my nail, than any of his court; which alone is enough to strike an awe into the beholders. His features are strong and masculine, with an Austrian lip and arched nose, his complexion olive, his countenance erect, his body and limbs well proportioned, all his motions graceful, and his deportment majestic.” source

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