“ When a great office is vacant, either by death or disgrace (which often happens,) five or six of those candidates petition the emperor to entertain his majesty and the court with a dance on the rope; and whoever jumps the highest, without falling, succeeds in the office. ”
Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels (1726). copy citation
| Author | Jonathan Swift |
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| Source | Gulliver's Travels |
| Topic | power court office |
| Date | 1726 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/829/829-h/829-h.htm |
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