Gulliver's Travels
Describe the city of lagado ?
Gulliver travel part 3 chapter 4
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jill d #170087
From the text:
"Their houses are very ill built, the walls bevil, without one right angle in any apartment; and this defect arises from the contempt they bear to practical geometry, which they despise as vulgar and mechanic; those instructions they give being too refined for the intellects of their workmen, which occasions perpetual mistakes."
"...I think it the most delicious spot of ground in the world..."
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allie w #345786
From the text:
"Their houses are very ill built, the walls bevil, without one right angle in any apartment; and this defect arises from the contempt they bear to practical geometry, which they despise as vulgar and mechanic; those instructions they give being too refined for the intellects of their workmen, which occasions perpetual mistakes."
"...I think it the most delicious spot of ground in the world..."
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luke w #346614
"Their houses are very ill built, the walls bevil, without one right angle in any apartment; and this defect arises from the contempt they bear to practical geometry, which they despise as vulgar and mechanic; those instructions they give being too refined for the intellects of their workmen, which occasions perpetual mistakes."
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Gulliver's Travels
