Gulliver's Travels
why was gulliver struck with inexpressible delight upon hearing the account strulbrugs ?
ch10 part3
ch10 part3
Gulliver was delighted by the thought of immortality.
I freely own myself to have been struck with inexpressible delight, upon hearing this account: and the person who gave it me happening to understand the Balnibarbian language, which I spoke very well, I could not forbear breaking out into expressions, perhaps a little too extravagant. I cried out, as in a rapture, "Happy nation, where every child hath at least a chance for being immortal!
Gulliver's Travels