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Luggnagg; first of two expressions of deference Gulliver is taught to recite while prostrating himself and licking the dust of the floor before the King of Luggnagg; Gulliver translates the phrase as "May your celestial Majesty out-live the Sun, eleven Moons and an half" (III:9;5); see also "Fluft drin Yalerick Dwuldum prastrad mirplush"; Clark decodes the phrase as "licking forswore kicks the room, belly up shares mark (of) swine, craving (of) pig -- O, what silly love of dirt, that!" |
| impeachment | see Articles of Impeachment |
Imprimis | Latin; "in the first place"; legal term |
| Indians | natives or aborigines of a region, esp. the Americas;
- "my Orders were, that I should trade with the Indians, in the South-Sea" (IV:1;2)
- "They sailed many Weeks, and traded with the Indians" (IV:1;2)
- "I got up and pursued the beaten Road, hoping
it might direct me to the Cabbin of some Indian." (IV:1;4)
- "and took out some Toys, which Travellers usually carry for Presents to the Savage Indians of America" (IV:2;1)
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| informers |
there were a number of high profile political trials in Swift's time that turned on the evidence of informers and Swift's scorn for this calling is evidenced repeatedly through the Travels
- "if the Person accused makes his Innocence plainly to appear upon his Tryal, the Accuser is immediately put to an ignominious Death" (I:6;4)
- "the Treasurer, or his two Informers, (I will name them, and let 'em make their best of it) Clustril and Drunlo," (I:6;22)
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| ingratitude |
- Lilliput: "Ingratitude is among them a Capital Crime...that whoever makes ill Returns to his Benefactor, must needs be a common Enemy to the rest of Mankind". (I:6;10)
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| instrument | legal document
- "I have made a Translation of the whole Instrument word for word" (I:3;8)
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