| 单词 | Houyhnhnms |
| 例句 | It marks him out as a “Yahoo among the Houyhnhnms — too old, dirty and wasteful to pass, even in this bad light, as a member of Seattle’s uniquely refined middle class.” Books of The Times: ?Driving Home,? by Jonathan Raban - Review 2011-09-15T21:30:23Z The three horses were basically Jonathan Swift’s Houyhnhnms in drag, these being a race of rational beings described in “Gulliver’s Travels” that physically resemble horses but are superior to human “yahoos.” Thomas the Tank Engine, neocolonial fantasy: What his new international pals, and the backlash against them, signal 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z Gulliver's final meeting is with the Houyhnhnms, rational horses with the power of speech. In retrospect: Gulliver's Travels : Nature : Nature Research 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z Genocide has always been there in these otherworldly narratives: in Gulliver’s Travels, the Houyhnhnms wanted to wipe out the Yahoos; Gerrard Winstanley, founder of the True Levellers, recommended the execution of all lawyers. Free love or genocide? The trouble with Utopias 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z Think of Swift’s Houyhnhnms, trotting down the road, their withers shining in the sun, saying sober, passionless things to Gulliver. The Truth About Animal Stories 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z In 1770 he exhibited at Spring Gardens Darius obtaining the Persian Empire by the Neighing of his Horse, and next year Gulliver taking Leave of the Houyhnhnms. English Painters with a chapter on American painters 2012-03-27T02:00:26.437Z Pictures of old Greek Life, 35.Horace, no satisfactory translation of his odes, 31.Houyhnhnms, Comfort Found in Good Old Books 2011-01-31T03:00:11.907Z The Houyhnhnms in Gulliver's Travels can't understand why anyone would say "the thing that is not", but they are not humans at all. Is it wrong to bear true witness? 2010-12-23T16:56:20Z So that controversies, wranglings, disputes, and positiveness in false or dubious propositions are evils unknown among the Houyhnhnms.... Beowulf An Introduction to the Study of the Poem with a Discussion of the Stories of Offa and Finn This being translated, meant Jodhpur, which is the city of the Houyhnhnms. From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel The stories of the Lilliputians and Brobdingnags, purified from coarse allusions, are the delight of children; but the description of the Houyhnhnms and Yahoos excites disgust and indignation. The Age of Pope (1700-1744) But if these censurers were better acquainted with the noble and courteous disposition of the Houyhnhnms they would soon change their opinion.” Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges But when distinctions came to be made, the part which gave the least pleasure was that which describes the Flying island, and that which gave most disgust must be the history of the Houyhnhnms. The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II Turpin, at least, understood the appeal in that sense; he was skilled in the language of the Houyhnhnms. Rookwood Do you know, Maury, it's little wonder that Gulliver found the Houyhnhnms so detesting war? The Long Roll The word "Houyhnhnms" is the name given by Dean Swift to an imaginary race of horses endowed with reason. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, July 1878, No. 9 His third voyage takes him to Laputa, where he sees the philosophers; and on the fourth he visits the land of the Houyhnhnms. Story Hour Readings: Seventh Year For this refuge he was making, and from this our mutinous Houyhnhnms meant to keep us. Henry Brocken His Travels and Adventures in the Rich, Strange, Scarce-Imaginable Regions of Romance The satire gathered strength and bitterness in its progress, until the limits of horror were reached in the voyage to the Houyhnhnms. A History of English Prose Fiction In his last voyage—to the land of the Houyhnhnms—his misanthropy is painfully manifest. English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction Dear St. Nicholas: I find in Swift's "Gulliver's Travels" that he speaks of a "voyage to the country of the Houyhnhnms." St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 5, July 1878, No. 9 It is the essential nobleness of Swift’s nature which makes the voyage to the Houyhnhnms a noble and not a disgusting piece of literature. The Art of Letters A curious way of characterizing himself as a critic,—but he was not always as well-mannered as the Houyhnhnms. Ralph Waldo Emerson The Houyhnhnms, beings endowed with reason, but undisturbed and untempted by the passions or struggles of earthly existence, are not brutes, and are not to be compared with men. A History of English Prose Fiction The old dynasty of Houyhnhnms was re-established at Crompton; the Horse bare sway, or was at least held in higher account than the Human. Bred in the Bone The Voyage to the Houyhnhnms was a bitter screed against mankind, and is in many respects disgusting. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 5 One finds even the Morning Post—which someone has aptly enough named the Morning Prussian—cheerfully counting the author of A Voyage to Houyhnhnms in the list of sound Tories. The Art of Letters Have not I the most reason to complain, when I see these very Yahoos carried by Houyhnhnms in a vehicle, as if they were brutes, and those the rational creatures? Gulliver's Travels His difficulty probably occurred in the "Voyage to the Houyhnhnms." A History of English Prose Fiction The satire of Traldragdubh made my blood boil as it was meant to do, but I hated Swift for the Houyhnhnms and never quite liked a horse afterwards. Tono Bungay On his fourth voyage, he visits the country of the Houyhnhnms and describes the Yahoos, who are the embodiment of all the detestable qualities of human beings. Halleck's New English Literature Imagine yourself reading a number of the Houyhnhnms Gazette, giving an account of such an experiment. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 10, August, 1858 I understood that language very well, and getting upon my feet, said, “I was a poor Yahoo banished from the Houyhnhnms, and desired they would please to let me depart.” Gulliver's Travels This brings us to the land of the Houyhnhnms, in which horses, superior and intelligent creatures, are the ruling animals. English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World Swift's Houyhnhnms at their best could not be either perfect horses or perfect men. A Handbook of Ethical Theory But when distinctions came to be made, the part which gave the least pleasure was that which describes the Flying Island, and that which gave most disgust must be the history of Houyhnhnms. Johnson's Lives of the Poets — Volume 1 Conductors are discoverable, conductors are not wanting; and many are the explosions between these mutually-destructive human varieties;—welcomed with hilarious, rather vacant, huge horse-laughter, in this Tobacco-Parliament and Synod of the Houyhnhnms. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 05 The Houyhnhnms indeed appear not to be so well prepared for war, a science to which they are perfect strangers, and especially against missive weapons. Gulliver's Travels I had the favour of being admitted to several Houyhnhnms, who came to visit or dine with my master; where his honour graciously suffered me to wait in the room, and listen to their discourse. Gulliver's Travels I paid my respects to the rest of the Houyhnhnms in his honour’s company; then getting into my canoe, I pushed off from shore. Gulliver's Travels Several Houyhnhnms of quality come out of curiosity to see the author. Gulliver's Travels A grand debate at the general assembly of the Houyhnhnms, and how it was determined. Gulliver's Travels For who can read of the virtues I have mentioned in the glorious Houyhnhnms, without being ashamed of his own vices, when he considers himself as the reasoning, governing animal of his country? Gulliver's Travels The author’s economy, and happy life, among the Houyhnhnms. Gulliver's Travels But the race of inferior Houyhnhnms, bred up to be servants, is not so strictly limited upon this article: these are allowed to produce three of each sex, to be domestics in the noble families. Gulliver's Travels The Houyhnhnms use the hollow part, between the pastern and the hoof of their fore-foot, as we do our hands, and this with greater dexterity than I could at first imagine. Gulliver's Travels The Houyhnhnms have no letters, and consequently their knowledge is all traditional. Gulliver's Travels But, if these censurers were better acquainted with the noble and courteous disposition of the Houyhnhnms, they would soon change their opinion. Gulliver's Travels Neither shall I disown, that in speaking I am apt to fall into the voice and manner of the Houyhnhnms, and hear myself ridiculed on that account, without the least mortification. Gulliver's Travels He asked me, “who made the ship, and how it was possible that the Houyhnhnms of my country would leave it to the management of brutes?” Gulliver's Travels So that controversies, wranglings, disputes, and positiveness, in false or dubious propositions, are evils unknown among the Houyhnhnms. Gulliver's Travels |
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