| 单词 | Lilliputian |
| 例句 | Though his interaction with the Lilliputians wasn’t the strongest section, you would be hard pressed to find equally clever interplay of parody and originality. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “I’m very sensitive. My feelings get hurt very easily. So you can tell the Lilliputian that I am not going to move until he apologizes.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I thought of the nursery-school kids, huddled round Charles the next morning like Lilliputians round the sleeping Gulliver. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Arnold’s photograph of the aftermath showed a Lilliputian man, possibly Burnham, standing before a great mound of shattered wood and tangled steel. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Billingsley, despite a noble effort, looked like a Lilliputian trying to block defensive ends and line-backers who were seven inches taller and forty pounds heavier. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Seared spot prawns, floating in a cloud of mussel-broth foam, put me in mind of Lilliputian lobster tails. Seattle, a Tasting Menu 2011-06-10T19:22:33Z The moment I entered my brother’s house, I saw her staggering across the room, hand held aloft like some Lilliputian grande dame. Modern Love: A Role He Was Born to Play 2012-11-15T21:08:15Z The long, vacant corridors, the sense of hidden workings, the shops selling Lilliputian sundries for the convenience of the forgetful, the monogrammed matchbooks, the old-fashioned bath mats stamped with an establishment’s name all feel familiar. My Life in Hotels 2011-12-02T14:36:36Z Swift's Lilliputians and Brobdingnagians are instrumental creations, the intent of which is overtly political and satiric. Big on littleness 2010-08-27T23:05:00Z Trains are met by a public bus that costs the very odd sum of 88 euro cents, and drivers are ready with the rare, Lilliputian 2-cent coins for your change. Frugal Traveler Blog: Day-Tripping in Segovia (and Counting Euro Pennies) 2011-08-30T19:50:50Z With his outlandishly oversized domestic furniture, the sculptor Robert Therrien makes one feel Lilliputian – at times unnervingly vulnerable, at others utterly enchanted. This week's new exhibitions 2011-07-08T23:08:45Z Blunt is referring to the US actor who plays Horatio, a Lilliputian whom the giant Gulliver helps woo Blunt's princess. Acting with a tennis ball 2010-12-24T08:50:01Z Blunt is joined in the Lilliputian court by a crop of British comedians, including Billy Connolly, Catherine Tate and James Corden. Acting with a tennis ball 2010-12-24T08:50:01Z It was a Lilliputian study of these Goliath things that happen elsewhere. The dark arts of Fox News’ Roger Ailes: “If Trump didn’t exist, Roger Ailes would have crea... 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z Set largely in and around a house nestled in the woods, Sciamma’s Lilliputian tour de force is a wittily modern fairy tale and model of elegant narrative economy. Best Movies of 2022 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z Made of paper-thin starched cotton, it is covered with the entire text of the Quran, handwritten in ink in Lilliputian calligraphy. ‘The Fabric of India’ Review: A Nation’s Interwoven History 2018-10-27T04:00:00Z Each features a luminous, pastoral landscape sparely dotted by silhouetted Lilliputian figures. Museum & Gallery Listings for Aug. 7-13 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z Despite its Brobdingnagian length, the quartet consists of Lilliputian parcels: succinct gestures, tiny shudders, rising and falling melodic cells. Music Review: Ne(x)tworks Quartet Plays Feldman?s Six-Hour Work 2010-04-12T22:43:00Z But for a film deliberately channeling Bollywood, its scope seems rather Lilliputian. 'Work Weather Wife' a bargain-basement Bollywood musical 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z The exhibition presents a black silk velvet suit from 1840 worn by the General, as well as his teensy boots and Lilliputian 1845 violin. ‘Circus and the City’ at Bard Graduate Center Galleries 2012-09-20T22:40:07Z As Gunda plows her snout in the earth, you see how different the world, the dirt itself, looks from the Lilliputian angle of these beings. ‘Gunda’ Review: A Remarkable Pig’s-Eye View of the World 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z It looks as if he has fallen and can’t get up and, like Gulliver, he has Lilliputian figures climbing all over him. Art Review: Pondering Sculpture Under the Trees 2010-08-26T20:00:00Z He's able to throw a "Lillipalooza," where Lilliputian versions of his favorite bands hit the stage. 'Gulliver's Travels': a big Jack Black adventure with little drive to it 2010-12-23T21:28:04Z Well, not really, but moviegoers are likely to feel pretty Lilliputian while watching this 80-minute nature documentary, part of the Family Films series from the Film Society of Lincoln Center. Spare Times for Children for May 24-30 2013-05-23T22:07:57Z Like Stuart Little, the Borrowers and other Lilliputian inhabitants of children’s literature, Celestine lives in a miniaturized realm that mirrors ours in winsome detail. Movie Review: ‘Ernest & Celestine,’ on the Joy of Interspecies Friendship 2014-03-13T15:46:34Z It wasn't all laughs when the Lilliputian actor Leslie Jordan spoke at the first "Gather & Give" breakfast for the Seattle Men's Chorus and Seattle Women's Chorus, celebrating their 30th and 10th seasons, respectively. A patriotic gala and a well-placed Fran's fan 2012-09-18T02:02:04Z Pooling their forcefields, they repel personal questions as if they Lilliputian arrows. The Coen brothers: the cartographers of cinema 2011-01-27T18:29:31Z For decades, beginning in 1965, these two Lilliputians — Ceausescu hovered in the vicinity of 5 foot 5 — ruled a country that they turned into a projection of their self-mythologizing, a Potemkin village for two. | 'The Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu': ?Autobiography of Nicolae Ceausescu,? by Andrei Ujica - Review 2011-09-08T23:07:41Z Chapters are similarly titled with brain-scratchers: the section on vegetables is called “Deoxyribonucleic Atavism” while the meat chapter runs under the heading “Prime Lilliputian Malaises.” Art and food to blow your mind: Where the Ferran Adriàs of the culinary world meet Salvador Dalí 2017-02-26T05:00:00Z There is a very funny scene 38 minutes into the movie when Emily Blunt tries to act, and a scene 10 minutes later when Black plays table football, using live Lilliputians. Why Gulliver's jokes just don't travel 2011-01-06T22:30:01Z He envisioned a braying satyr, with pointy ears and a tufted chin, and an otherwise normal-looking man under attack from Lilliputian figures. Art Review: Spanish Draftsmanship That Leaps Off the Page 2010-10-14T21:52:00Z With long, flailing limbs and a face molten with anguish, Mr. Driver explodes into view with an outsize fury that makes everyone and everything around him seem Lilliputian. Review: Adam Driver Heats Up a Wobbly ‘Burn This’ 2019-04-17T04:00:00Z Wood, however, was an overt racist and inhumane promoter known for creating wonderment museums in Cincinnati and Chicago that featured exhibits like the “Lilliputian King,” a boy who stood 16 inches tall. The story of Elizabeth Taylor Greenfield, America’s first black pop star 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z I regretted having to leave this Lilliputian world and return to life-size reality. From undercover to underwater: Four new Times Square attractions offer a variety of immersive experiences 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z While on assignment for Esquire, she took a portrait of Norman Mailer that he loathed; it made him look Lilliputian and coarse. Review: Arthur Lubow’s Diane Arbus Biography Recalls an Underworld Voyager 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z Tina Modotti's celebrated Hands of the Puppeteer, massive and tangled in fine strings like Gulliver tied down by the Lilliputians, shows her gift for capturing the sensual materiality of life. Mexico: A Revolution in Art, 1910-40 – review 2013-07-06T23:05:35Z Withal, the Lilliputians are, in some wise, much as I had envisioned them — tiny creatures, indeed, but also proud and ingenious. | 'Gulliver?s Travels': A Belly Big Enough to Be Seen From the 18th Century 2010-12-23T15:16:46Z I swear I caught a look of unbridled ecstasy on his furry little face as he dug his Lilliputian hands into the sugar and shoveled it into his mouth. Only in Madagascar 2010-12-20T09:00:32Z The homecoming party troops across the steppe-like expanses of the nursery floor like Lilliputian figures hardly any bigger than abandoned toys. The Cherry Orchard - review 2010-10-22T20:30:00Z There’s a playfulness to the creation of its Lilliputian world that’s terribly winning. A Broadway Marathon Survival Guide 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z That those Lilliputian items are, like Mr. LeDray’s sculptures, executed with fetishistic formal perfection makes the idea of control through art feel as desperate as it does heroic. What to See in New York Galleries This Week 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z Then it climbs more steeply up along a creek leading to the treeless and Lilliputian plant landscape of the 12,650-foot-high Abyss Lake. Leaf Peeping Is Not Canceled: 6 Drives and Hikes to Try This Fall 2020-10-02T04:00:00Z Perhaps it’s no coincidence that some of the best dishes forgo the Lilliputian plates altogether. Ten 01 features big views and small plates from the Ben’s Chili Bowl team 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z Lilliputian locomotives move through mountains, forests, seacoasts and cities that replicate parts of Germany, Scandinavia and even America. 36 Hours: Hamburg, Germany 2012-01-19T16:06:15Z Swiftly: A Novel is an enlightenment-era steampunk fantasy, spun from the what if? question of how the British Empire might have evolved had it enslaved the Lilliputian people of Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels. Adam Roberts: last of the SF writers 2013-02-15T11:09:00Z Two minutes on, Black feeds a Lilliputian Romeo a few choice lines from Prince's song Kiss when the pint-sized suitor seeks to woo Emily Blunt. Why Gulliver's jokes just don't travel 2011-01-06T22:30:01Z In a section about visual disturbances with migraine, Sacks describes the “Lilliputian vision,” wherein an “apparent diminution” of whatever object you’re looking at occurs. Review | Migraines have plagued me for years. A new book puts my pain in perspective. 2019-06-10T04:00:00Z Well, that and a scene in which Gulliver extinguishes a fire raging through the Lilliputian king's castle by voiding his bladder on the royal residence. How Hollywood guts children's classics 2010-12-29T18:01:00Z A new record was set for the smallest vertebrate animal by a Lilliputian frog with an average body length of only 7.7mm. New to nature special: the top 10 new species 2013-05-24T17:00:02Z The tiny Lilliputians struggle to imprison this "giant," but when he escapes, he performs heroic deeds that save the people. "Gulliver's Travels" relies too much on effects 2010-12-23T00:26:57Z That is not to say handwringing over a Lilliputian bust no longer exists. For the A-Cup Crowd, Minimal Assets Are a Plus 2010-09-01T22:30:00Z How else to describe a Lilliputian rendition of a photograph that’s so realistically detailed, one subject called it “creepily accurate”? A personal action figure? A Selfie for Your Shelf 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z The meticulously tailored, Lilliputian garments look just as worn. | Damn White 2011-01-07T21:00:41Z It’s the restaurant Hidden Fish, a Lilliputian space of only 13 seats wrapped around an L-shaped bar. At Hidden Fish in San Diego, the Dance of the Omakase 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z At the push of a button, the lifts open and close, floor-indicator lights blink, and chimes ping, as if an office tower staffed by Lilliputian drones were hidden behind the wainscot. Art Shines in a François Catroux–Designed Residence 2014-11-04T05:00:00Z Piled on a stool set in front of a fireplace were two dozen Lilliputian volumes, some embossed with Chinese and Japanese characters. Getting to the Bottom of a Mickey Hahn Mystery 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z What would he say about the roaring Lilliputians and the swollen Brobdingnagians stomping around the capital? Perspective | Ghosthunters, grabbers and grifters: What would Jonathan Swift say of our times? 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z The visual goal, she reminded us: “It’s about being in Lilliputian land — about making your trough believable, a miniature landscape.” If you grow a tiny trough garden, expect to draw a crowd 2023-08-09T04:00:00Z Rather, he will go down in history as the leader who broke his country: Vladimir the Lilliputian. How to break a country | Nicholas D. Kristof 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z Any defenses we’ve built in will be undone, like Gulliver throwing off the tiny strands the Lilliputians used to try and restrain him. Here’s Why AI May Be Extremely Dangerous—Whether It’s Conscious or Not 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z Purdue, like Virginia, saw its plan and offense undergo a gathering disintegration as the Lilliputian opponent kept gathering mustard. Purdue upset by Fairleigh Dickinson, joins Virginia in top-seeded sadness 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z Crab Louie, created with seafood from the Chesapeake and sauced with what tastes like Thousand Island dressing, is stuffed into fragile, Lilliputian cones with creamy avocado mousse. Review | The Bazaar by José Andrés is his dream come true in Washington 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z What does have to do with this would be the events of Nov. 23, because that marker shows how far these Lilliputians have come in the seeming 10 years since. The World Cup semifinals arrive with two giants and two fetching dreamers 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z As you well know, trusted travelers can leave their electronics and quart-size pouch of Lilliputian liquids, gels, pastes and creams inside their carry-ons at security checkpoints. Tiny toiletries forever? The future of TSA, from liquids to shoes. 2022-11-01T04:00:00Z For his Lilliputian rivals, the new conglomerate was a nightmare. Leonardo Del Vecchio Dies at 87; Transformed Eyeglass Industry 2022-06-27T04:00:00Z In light of this, Wheatcroft seems like a single Lilliputian attempting to tie down Gulliver with a single thread. Opinion | A new book casts Winston Churchill as a racist imperialist. This is misguided history. 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z A Lilliputian ocean laps against a rocky shore. Biosphere 2: The Once Infamous Live-In Terrarium Is Transforming Climate Research 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z Cincinnati, which filled the near-annual role of the lamenting Lilliputian last season as the top team from outside the so-called Power Five, got No. 8, quite a reflection upon it. Analysis | The college football AP top 25 preseason poll has Alabama at No. 1 with usual schools in pursuit 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z This Lilliputian scale hints that Upton Hill is nothing more than a quick distraction to knock out over a lunch break or a playground for pint-size putters. Fun is par for the course at these five mini-golf destinations 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z Almost by definition, they lose to the Lilliputian. Analysis | Ohio State joins the sad list of No. 2 seeds whose dream seasons went poof in two hours 2021-03-19T04:00:00Z Their names in ancient Greek may mean “fear” and “dread’, but the aesthetics of these Lilliputian space potatoes inspire anything but. Why the ‘Super Weird’ Moons of Mars Fascinate Scientists 2020-07-25T04:00:00Z The Lilliputian ripple was a gravitational wave, a distortion in the fabric of the cosmos generated by the collision of two black holes more than a billion light-years from Earth. Tiny Gravitational-Wave Detector Could Search Anywhere in the Sky 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z Olson and his colleagues weren't the only ones to be blindsided by Lilliputian proteins. New universe of miniproteins is upending cell biology and genetics 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z At about 40cm high, the model triptychs are almost exactly the same size as the Lilliputian props featured in the famous Stonehenge scene in the film This Is Spinal Tap. Scientists turn to 'laser accurate' model to test Stonehenge acoustics 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z Found throughout central Australia down to the southern tip of the Eyre Peninsula and stretching nearly to the western coast, boodies were one of the most widespread of the continent’s many Lilliputian mammals. Australia Is Deadly Serious About Killing Millions of Cats 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z My father reads it every day; he never gets past Lilliputians. Gulliver at home 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z College basketball coaches are not a breed known for tranquility, but Cronin's weekly performance of the Lilliputian Hulk is a sight to be seen. NCAA tournament-bound team hosting tryouts, in case you have college eligibility left - Golf Digest 2019-03-11T04:00:00Z For the Brexiteers, Britain remains a global Gulliver tied down for too long by the Lilliputians of little Europe. After this staggering defeat for May, our country is left lost and adrift | Jonathan Freedland 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z At 5-foot-8, Eddie Santos is about average size, but on a recent flight from Los Angeles to Washington, a trip to the plane’s lavatory left him feeling like Gulliver in the land of Lilliputians. Can you fit in this bathroom? Passengers are growing but airplane bathrooms are shrinking At 5-foot-8, Eddie Santos is about average size, but on a recent flight from Los Angeles to Washington, a trip to the plane's lavatory left him feeling like Gulliver in the land of Lilliputians. Can you fit in this bathroom? Passengers are growing but airplane bathrooms are shrinking 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z Is everyone cruel to Lilliputians in their dreams? Gulliver at home 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z The “ideology of globalism” is not some nefarious plot by Lilliputians to trap an American Gulliver. Trump at United Nations puts ego first, America last 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z Quinoa responds well to the pilaf treatment, cooking the tiny grains in olive oil until you hear them exploding like Lilliputian popcorn. With the right recipe, quinoa can be nutty and fluffy, not bland and watery 2018-08-22T04:00:00Z It’s one thing for someone to describe you in print, to go through several drafts and, after careful consideration, choose the adjective “Lilliputian” over, say, “pint-size”. David Sedaris: ‘If I come across a man my size, I squeak’ 2018-06-30T04:00:00Z At the center of the tumult is Qatar, the Lilliputian contender that for years punched above its weight and is now thrust into the fight of its life. Tiny, Wealthy Qatar Goes Its Own Way, and Pays for It 2018-01-22T05:00:00Z Franks has harshly criticized some NFL players for not standing during the national anthem, calling them “arrogant and overpaid Lilliputians who dishonor America.” Arizona GOP lawmaker resigns over surrogacy allegation 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z So the “ideology of globalism” is not some nefarious plot by Lilliputians to trap an American Gulliver. Trump at United Nations puts ego first, America last 2018-09-27T04:00:00Z The Lilliputian gadget also fits into your pocket, so move over wallet. The ultimate holiday gift guide And a coffeehouse barista moonlighting as a Lilliputian landscaper sells her Jurassic-style terrariums with succulents and plastic dinosaurs. You’re going where? Chattanooga 2017-09-20T04:00:00Z Lilliputian Land never became a reality at Disneyland. Original Disneyland concept art shows park origins, growth 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z We’re Gulliver, in their view, and it’s time to break the bonds of the Lilliputians. Opinion | The risks of the Trump administration hollowing out American leadership 2017-04-19T04:00:00Z As they argue with Lilliputian ferocity about hypothetical trading scenarios and legislative technicalities and putative “deals”, the UK faces its gravest national security threat since the second world war. Why the UK must put Trump’s America last | Joseph O’Neill 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z “We shouldn’t be tying ourselves down like Gulliver in the land of Lilliputians with so many strings a guy can’t move,” said Sessions, who is now Trump’s nominee to become attorney general. ‘Why let ’em in?’ Understanding Bannon’s worldview and the policies that follow. 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z Among the Lilliputian defense, UCLA’s big men, Thomas Welsh and TJ Leaf, found clearer airspace inside, and Welsh exploited it early with 10 points in the game’s first six minutes. USC defeats UCLA, 84-76, extending its streak over crosstown rival 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z Behind the standing desk, along the fourth wall, were shelves that held baskets of single-shot bottles of gin, whiskey, and vodka—Lilliputian miniatures of the big bottles in the bar. Behind the Cellar Door 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z The press is Lilliputian against this alien giant. Democrats can’t go easy on Trump 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z The Hong Kong project attracted even more ridicule when a representative of the developers told local media that the Lilliputian units — to be sold to grown-up buyers as condominiums — took inspiration from student accommodation. Move Over, New Yorkers: Here's How Small Apartments Can Get 2016-12-08T05:00:00Z We notice, too, some so much smaller that we are drawn into a Lilliputian world. In a Lilliputian world of leaf litter 2016-11-19T05:00:00Z Everyone knows the classic scene in Gulliver’s Travels where the resting giant is overrun by tiny Lilliputians and secured to the ground by strings. NBA 2016-17 predictions: our writers forecast the playoffs and award winners 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z Right, and Gulliver was better off tied down by a hoard of Lilliputians. Why Are Politicians So Obsessed With Manufacturing? 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z Beyond trade, America’s Gulliver economy is also being tied down by thousands of Lilliputian regulations. How Trump would stimulate the U.S. economy 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z Even allowing for his party’s Lilliputian profile, that is grim. Not drowning but waving 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z Now as shrinking transistors to even more Lilliputian dimensions is becoming vastly more challenging, the vacuum tube may be on the verge of a comeback. Smaller Chips May Depend on Vacuum Tube Technology 2016-06-05T04:00:00Z Who knew Gulliver met more than just Lilliputians? Shipwrecked in Topeka 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z Right, andGulliver was better off tied down by a hoard of Lilliputians. Why Are Politicians So Obsessed With Manufacturing? 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z With much of the space still empty, the grand view from an upper story makes workers prepping the floor for incoming equipment appear Lilliputian. Boeing shows off new 777X wing center 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z The other side is a sunlit potting room where the miniature trees—a 400 year-old juniper and a Lilliputian maple, among others—are watered, wired, pinched, pruned and repotted on mahogany worktables. A Place to Bond With His Bonsai 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z These Lilliputian, custom-crafted designs are “working models of ideas, but they are also works of art,” Hagley Executive Director David Cole said. Hagley owns world’s 2nd biggest patent model collection 2016-03-12T05:00:00Z Most people walking by the pre-Revolutionary War cottage with the white picket fence would assume a family of Lilliputians lived there. Little red cottage is a cozy secret tucked away in Georgetown 2016-02-26T05:00:00Z Being a person in Moscow stopped feeling like being a Lilliputian in the land of Gulliver. Moscow Just Razed Its Small Businesses and Became Even Blander 2016-02-10T05:00:00Z After the McCarthy shipwreck, Paul Ryan, like a Gulliver captured by the Lilliputians, washed up on the floor of the House of Representatives, and immediately found himself tied down by the pesky Freedom Caucus. Paul Ryan and the Trumpians 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z Beyond the immediate result, physicists noted that the experiment represented an advance in the understanding of a Lilliputian world that was once largely the province of theory. Quantum Theory Experiment Said to Prove ‘Spooky’ Interactions 2015-10-21T04:00:00Z On São Tomé and Príncipe, two tiny islands off the west coast of Africa, Rayna Bell came across Lilliputian frogs, decked out in lime green, speckled in leopard print and daubed with indigos. Animal behaviour: Come mate with me : Nature : Nature Publishing Group 2015-10-06T04:00:00Z It was a battle of Homeric proportions fought with Lilliputian resources. Zuckerberg’s $100 Million Lesson 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z In the auto industry, for instance, there was General Motors, which not only towered over Ford and Chrysler but made Toyota and Volkswagen look positively Lilliputian. Royal Dutch/Shell Deal Is More Evidence Corporate America Is Losing Bigness Bragging Rights 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z In Swift’s original, the Lilliputians are having an intense intraparty dispute over whether soft-boiled eggs should be cracked at the large end or small end. Paul Ryan and the Trumpians 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z In this age of political Lilliputians, we must acknowledge the passing of giants. Singapore After Lee Kuan Yew: Future Is Uncertain For The Utilitarian Paradise He Created 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z After building a career as a maze illustrator and interior architect for 30 years, Takanori decided to return to his primary source of creativity – his childhood fantasies – to create Lilliputian artworks. Japanese Artist Takanori Aiba's Tiny Kingdom Sculptures Celebrate The Art Of Bonsai 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z At the heart of the human genome’s Lilliputian machinery is the two meters’ worth of DNA that it takes to embody a person’s 3 billion genetic letters, or nucleotides. Human Genome's Spirals, Loops and Globules Come into 4-D View 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z In comparison the Chicontapec Basin in Mexico, also on the list, is a Lilliputian at 10 billion barrels. The Easy Oil Is Gone, So Where Do We Look Now? 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z "He'd be a huge miss. He's been a giant in a land of Lilliputians for years." Woods needs 'magical guru' - Alliss 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z In the biggest start of his Angels career, the veteran left-hander came up Lilliputian, failing to get out of the first inning and yielding to a parade of seven relievers. Angels' October surprise: Season ends way too early as Royals sweep 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z As he moved through the crowd, he pulled one behind him, the Lilliputian kite bobbing gently in the light breeze. Surprise! In my eagerness to share everything, I almost ruined your party. The Bears trotted out two linebacker-size receivers, and the Jets defenders resembled Lilliputians trying to scale their heights. Ghosts of Mondays Past: Jets Come Up Small in Big Game 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z Ever the most human of celebrities, Ms. Rivers was the building’s board president, and threw Yom Kippur breakfasts in a ballroom that called to mind a Lilliputian Versailles. Nocturnalist Remembers Joan Rivers 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z Lilliputian worked for 13 years to try to commercialize portable fuel cells, but apparently never managed to release a product to retailers. MIT Curse Part II: Lockheed Martin Scoops Up Sun Catalytix 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z Scott Kirsner of the Boston Globe noted that Lilliputian went 13 years and still hadn’t shipped a product. The MIT Curse Strikes Again: Lilliputian Systems Files For Bankruptcy 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z Each giant will be tended by Lilliputians who handle the cranes, pulleys, electrics and hydraulics. Giants fall in love with Liverpool 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z Apple observers even got a sense of what the company’s employees think of the question last year when it introduced a Lilliputian new desktop, the Mac Pro. Apple's Most Revolutionary New Product: Itself 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z He compares Mr Putin to the Jonathan Swift character Gulliver, pinned down for years by the world's Lilliputians: Olympic prognosis: Russia v the West 2014-02-08T01:21:58Z The ruling was a win for Wilmington, Massachusetts-based Lilliputian Systems Inc, which challenged the regulation. U.S. court throws out air safety rule on fuel cells 2014-01-31T16:56:55Z But there was only one of me, not a whole town of Lilliputians throwing ropes and nailing her down. Jeffrey Eugenides: “Find the Bad Guy.” 2013-11-11T05:00:00Z But how do you divvy up four raw scallops that arrive in a cup the size of an infant’s palm, or pinches of sea urchin on Lilliputian rafts of toast? Reporter's Notebook: I’ll Have What You’re Having 2013-09-03T21:24:31Z Lilliputian Family Tremblaya is one of a growing family of extremely small endosymbiotic bacteria, discovered within the last seven years, that have challenged scientists’ assumptions about the minimal blueprint of life. Tiny Genomes May Offer Clues to First Plants and Animals 2013-06-24T15:15:00.317Z Lilliputian apartments are not only a popular thing to explore online. The Appraisal: Gulliver Seeks Rental: The Newfound Fascination With Tiny Dwellings 2013-05-20T15:09:23Z Models learn to prance down a mini-catwalk, while pop stars belt out tunes on a Lilliputian stage. Berlin Leftists' New Target: Barbie Dreamhouse 2013-05-17T02:49:32Z Nineteen years later, Brooke Shieldsimmortalized the region's raw beauty when she shot "The Blue Lagoon" a short drive from Port Antonio's Lilliputian downtown. The Roots of Heaven 2013-04-12T02:17:53Z Only when he was surrounded, Gulliver’s Travels-style. by the Lilliputian ballerinas did he finally start paying attention. DWTS Watch: It Takes 12 To Tango 2013-03-26T09:10:00Z Yet, their impact on ecosystems, human health and the economy far outstrips their Lilliputian size. Crawl Space: Invasive Ant Armies Clash on U.S. Soil 2013-03-02T15:15:00.317Z The mayor, who enjoys saying that he holds the second toughest job in America, privately suggests these men are Lilliputians, and are likely to sell out for union support and lucre. Gotham: As Clock Ticks, Michael R. Bloomberg Is Still Seeking a Worthy Heir 2013-01-15T02:58:16Z Indeed Royal de Luxe's giant operators call themselves Lilliputians, after the race of tiny people in the novel Gulliver's Travels. Street theatre revives French city 2012-12-24T01:31:45Z At their Lilliputian brokerage firm, they are tilting at the giants of high-frequency trading and warning — loudly — of the dangers they pose. High-Frequency Trading of Stocks Is Two Critics’ Target 2012-09-08T21:00:09Z Whether the competition is stronger is difficult to measure, though Alliss on Monday said during his best years, Woods was "Gulliver in a land of Lilliputians." Woods hopes to stick around at Sawgrass 2012-05-08T19:38:52Z I feel like Gulliver when he was being tied up by the Lilliputians. The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett 2012-04-26T02:00:17.327Z This Lilliputian forest was succeeded by a tangled undergrowth, and fine plantation, which compelled us to pursue the narrow tracks leading through it. Ti-Ping Tien-Kwoh The History of the Ti-Ping Revolution (Volume I) 2012-03-19T02:00:25.027Z She says hundreds of thousands of Liverpudlians, who may not count themselves as theatre fans, readily identified with the Lilliputians and immediately took the giants to their hearts. Street theatre revives French city 2012-12-24T01:31:45Z A host of musicians, full of talent, even of genius, live now he is dead; but the greatest among them is confessed by all men to be but of Lilliputian size compared with this demigod. Life Without and Life Within or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and poems. 2012-03-05T03:00:13.070Z How fortunate that this giant was not captured, tied and tethered by the literary Lilliputians of his time. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 3 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:43.960Z If so, the present race of scorpions must have degenerated greatly in size, or else the rats are of a Lilliputian family. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:13.500Z Gulliver is far stronger than his tiny captors; but by working together the Lilliputians subdue the giant. Schumpeter: The shackled boss 2012-01-19T16:07:07Z It was always one of her Lilliputian ambitions to obtain the reputation of a feeble appetite. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z It is a Lilliputian world of its own. Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod 2012-01-08T03:00:16.523Z I've seen great changes since we met;— A patient little seamstress yet, With small means striving, Have you a Lilliputian spouse? A Selection from the Works of Frederick Locker 2012-01-03T03:00:13.067Z The horned cattle of Antigua, as well as beasts of burden, and domestic animals, are all of Lilliputian dimensions. Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day 2012-02-09T03:00:13.500Z Moreover, the Lilliputians are forcing politicians to tie more strings. Schumpeter: The shackled boss 2012-01-19T16:07:07Z It’s not exactly a battle of the elite of the NFL; more like grounded airplanes hosting Lilliputians. New York metropolitan area?s two mediocre NFL teams meet at Meadowlands 2011-12-21T17:49:26Z It's not exactly a battle of the elite of the NFL; more like grounded airplanes hosting Lilliputians. Big Blue over Gang Green 2011-12-21T17:49:07Z Archie knew every yard of country, and he rather liked heading his Lilliputian nag right away for a knoll or precipice, and bounding off it like a roebuck or Scottish deerhound. From Squire to Squatter A Tale of the Old Land and the New 2011-12-13T03:00:26.557Z Pinned down, by ten thousand jobs and duties, like two Gullivers by the threads of the Lilliputians. The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z "It eludes me why they are going after, comparatively speaking, Lilliputians," Behrins said, referring to the fictional race of tiny people in "Gulliver's Travels." New York sues "roll your own" cigarette shops 2011-11-21T22:54:58Z Inspect for yourself the hypervivid color and intricate geometry of these Lilliputian neighbors that we too seldom get a chance to meet. Dazzling Miniatures: View Highlights from BioScapes Photo Contest 2011-11-14T14:15:02.190Z Think Garo Yepremian, the Lilliputian Dolphins kicker who knew so little about football that he once exclaimed that he kicked a touchdown. In N.F.L., Placekickers Become Can?t-Miss Performers 2011-11-05T17:18:12Z To this were attached two or three Lilliputian paddocks, scarcely exceeding an English acre altogether. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z Her mother, Kelly Jines-Storey, said the Lilliputian furnishings initially struck her as “kind of crazy.” Locker Decorations Growing in Popularity in Middle Schools 2011-10-10T01:25:38Z Their Lilliputian size, legible type, and flexible cloth binding make them peculiarly convenient for carrying on short journeys; and the excellence of their contents makes them desirable always and everywhere. Health Five Lay Sermons to Working-People 2011-10-07T02:00:21.697Z In the latter, George III., in the guise of a giant, is curiously examining through his magnifying glass a Lilliputian Napoleon. The History of the Nineteenth Century in Caricature 2011-10-04T02:00:18.533Z Despite some futile struggling on the part of these two men, he lifted them up and laid them down as easily as Gulliver would have done a couple of Lilliputians. Wrestling and Wrestlers: Biographical Sketches of Celebrated Athletes of the Northern Ring; to Which is Added Notes on Bull and Badger Baiting 2011-09-30T02:00:19.420Z Whether this Lilliputian investment company could take on the giants of global finance was anyone’s guess. The Guggenheim Connection: Fame, Riches and a Masquerade 2011-09-17T18:21:02Z The expedition returned to Bombay and started at once for Ceylon, taking Goa, the picturesque and Lilliputian Portuguese Indian Empire, en route. George Alfred Henty The Story of an Active Life 2011-07-31T02:00:08.463Z Exaggerations which inform and do not deceive, as American humour, or Swift's Lilliputians, Aztecs, and giants of Brobdingnag, have instruction and amusement. Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:20.507Z He was represented by a great head, and the Lilliputians were climbing up his face by ladders and pouring down his throat barrels of little biscuit that were just about the size of these.” Molly Brown of Kentucky 2011-07-16T02:00:18.603Z Through him each pane presents a scene, A Lilliputian landscape, where The world is white instead of green, And trees and houses hang in air. Kentucky Poems 2011-07-11T02:00:07.060Z Its unrealities were vitally real, its Lilliputian sultans and pashas great potentates. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z He went on accordingly with a heart which Cupid had shot as full with his Lilliputian arrows as a pin-cushion with needles. The Invisible Lodge 2011-06-09T02:00:19.470Z The tiny skull of a second Chinese fossil, Hadrocodium wui, is even larger relative to its Lilliputian body and similar in terms of brain-body size ratio to some of today's mammals. Mammalian Brain Followed a Scented Evolutionary Trail 2011-05-19T23:45:05.277Z He could see the boxes discharging their gay groups in costumes of green and blue, crimson and scarlet—in the distance looking like parti-coloured Lilliputians. The Child Wife 2011-04-21T02:00:50.050Z Once he caught a Lilliputian rush, and a screech, an escapade in mouseland. The Late Tenant 2011-03-28T02:00:25.153Z Born with a Utopian temperament, Mr. Wilson has a Herculean passion for generalities and a Lilliputian penchant for details. Psycho-Phone Messages 2011-03-27T02:00:12.363Z A Lilliputian Shinto shrine, outfitted with miniature gilded furnishings and as adorable as a dollhouse, sits atop his dresser. | Morningside Heights: When All Else Fails, Apply Bamboo 2011-02-04T19:03:19Z So tall was Durgo, and so low the door, that he had to stoop considerably to enter, and when in the little drawing-room he bulked hugely as Gulliver in the Lilliputian temple. The Solitary Farm 2011-02-04T03:00:21.943Z Analysis of The Chosen One's genome shows that this Lilliputian crustacean contains the most genes of any animal sequenced to date. Copious Genes of Tiny Water Flea Promise a Leap in Understanding Environmental Toxins 2011-02-04T00:15:06.337Z The idea was ludicrous enough; but as I passed down the avenue, I could not but indulge the fancy that I was striding down the Broadway of the capital of the Lilliputians. The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 1 2011-02-02T03:00:22.253Z A chiffonier retired as coyly as possible into the embrace of a recessed doorway; a washstand of Lilliputian dimensions occupied an infinitesimal fraction of a corner. Concerning Belinda 2011-01-21T03:00:12.087Z Oh, father!" exclaimed Jack, "I hope they are Lilliputians! The Swiss Family Robinson or, Adventures on a Desert Island 2011-01-03T03:01:03.473Z The new technique will allow scientists to peer into a Lilliputian world where magnetic ones and zeros are read and written by modern digital computers. Gauging High-Speed Spin Inside a Lilliputian World 2010-09-27T21:31:00Z Reducing the trigger assembly and springs to Lilliputian dimensions requires metal-working dexterity approaching that of surgeons. Guns as Fine Art 2010-07-29T21:00:00Z The idea of a Lilliputian city was at first suggested to my mind on looking down this extensive avenue. The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 1 2011-02-02T03:00:22.253Z Finally: While we're on the subject, I should also admit that I slipped on CNN Sunday and got a word wrong, with which the Lilliputians of the right are having a lot of fun. The wrong lessons of the Sherrod story 2010-07-30T02:30:00Z So this is a story not only of football's most life-affirming urge lighting up the game but one of physical limitations overcome: of the Lilliputian excelling in a land of gym‑honed titans. Hypnotic Lionel Messi has defences believing a tackle is a violation | Paul Hayward 2010-03-28T00:10:00Z Napoleon Bonaparte The Lilliputian leader of France became a legend in the early 1800s — first as a war hero, then as Emperor. 2010-02-09T17:50:00Z The boom that circles the Gherkin at waist height, and which lifts and lowers the cleaning crews like Gulliver hoisting Lilliputians, is as technically skilled as it is silly and unnecessary. 2008-01-23T19:35:00Z You will read Boccaccio, whose tales are intaglios carved with exquisitely licentious and Lilliputian scenes. Sinister Street, vol. 1 Father sent us “Gulliver’s Travels” and there is a gilt picture on the green cover, of a giant with legs astride and little Lilliputians standing underneath, who do not come up to his knees. Village Life in America 1852-1872 Including the period of the American Civil War as told in the diary of a school-girl I never ceased marveling at the pluck with which this Lilliputian tackled life in the midst of such Brobdingnagian surroundings. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road Of sects, as we all know, there are many Lilliputian varieties. The Religious Life of London Plants with which I was familiar as shrubs in English conservatories were here expanded into forest giants, with hundreds of others of which we cannot raise even Lilliputian imitations. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses The Lilliputians away out in "Gulliver's Travels," or something like that? Through Our Unknown Southwest Myriad cables dripped from various parts of it, and he thought of Gulliver tied down by the threads of the Lilliputians. The Scarlet Lake Mystery The coin nearest to the Lilliputian platform drops upon it, being pushed forward by the weight of those behind. Old and New London Volume I Even that had wholly changed its habits and appearance, and resembled the pot-grown plant of Northern households only as the gigantic sequoia of California resembles the stunted Lilliputian pine of the Siberian tundra. Campaigning in Cuba In the Goodrich game time and again he had made ten yards with two or more of the Goodrich players clinging to him as unavailingly as Lilliputians clinging to a giant. The Mark of the Knife Sir John she had dismissed already from her mind; she hated him, that was enough; for whatever Seraphina hated or contemned fell instantly to Lilliputian smallness, and was thenceforward steadily ignored in thought. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) No wonder, then, if the malice of the Lilliputian tribe be bent against this dreaded Gulliver; if they attack him with poisoned arrows, whom they cannot subdue by strength.” Calamities and Quarrels of Authors To hear a strain of music, to see a beautiful woman, a river, a great city, or a starry night, is to make a man despair of his Lilliputian arts in language. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 3 (of 25) Towering above a group of workers from the South of Europe–a delegation from the new wire mill in Plain Valley, Grant Adams came swinging down the street, a Gulliver among his Lilliputians. In the Heart of a Fool On either side lay the low, reedy swamps, yellow, withered Lilliputian forests, rattling their brittle canes in the morning breeze.... Records of Later Life 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) I speak of him here as a Gulliver indeed; yet still of no more than human size, and only apprehended to be of colossal magnitude by certain of his Lilliputian enemies.” Calamities and Quarrels of Authors Men were at work everywhere, Lilliputian against the bulk of the hull they were contriving. The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards Thus he stood motionless as a statue, under the impression, probably, that, owing to his Lilliputian dimensions, I had failed to observe him, and fancying that I would pass on without detecting him. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. The commercial and industrial community was tied to Germany by threads as fine, numerous and binding as those that rendered Gulliver helpless in the hands of the Lilliputians. England and Germany Neither morality, nor a regard for probability are so outraged in the story of the Lilliputians and Brobdingnags. The Age of Pope (1700-1744) As I reach the top it ignominiously permits itself to be flattened out to a mere ridge without a head, a Lilliputian hill bemoaning its own insignificance. Mountain Meditations and some subjects of the day and the war Two minute rifles, several Lilliputian pistols, and boxes of ammunition to match, lay on the rear seat of the plane. The Pygmy Planet Now my friend Howard’s great hobby was making marionettes, and performing with them; and of these Lilliputian mummers he made a set, and then discussed ways and means for appearing with them in public. Adventures and Recollections It was powerful, patriotic, and rises to the skies over the Lilliputian oratory of the thus-called scholars, etc. Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 We had swarmed around and over her, wild with curiosity, much as the Lilliputians must have swarmed around the prostrate Gulliver. Life in a Tank Our cities, villages and public places of resort are thronged with swarms of these Lilliputian volunteers in the cause of skepticism. The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, May, 1880 Lilliputians they looked—both men and women—while the horses and cattle might have been mistaken for a pack of curs. The Wild Huntress Love in the Wilderness The creature was a quadruped—one of fearful mien, and dimensions far exceeding that of the Lilliputian peccaries. Bruin The Grand Bear Hunt Immediately beneath the visitor's feet lies the city, nearly encircled by vine-clad hills, interspersed by châteaux, Swiss and English cottages, all assuming Lilliputian proportions. Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands In the villages there is almost sure to be one or more cottages which carries one's idea of Lilliputian dwellings to the extreme. The Toilers of the Field It seems fairly certain that Swift derived the initial scene in his story of Gulliver's adventures among the Lilliputians from this legend. More Science From an Easy Chair However, all the Lilliputian craft of our brooks are not galleys; there are submarines, which, in 107 excellence of action and control, put to shame all human efforts along the same line. The Log of the Sun A Chronicle of Nature's Year The fourteenth of December brought one of these brown Lilliputians to a deep hollow in town, where he chattered petulantly and scampered along an old paling fence. Our Bird Comrades "Oh yes!—men, horses, and mules; but they are regular Lilliputians." Adventures of a Young Naturalist The knowledge I had gained of my Lilliputian stature put me all out of heart with myself, and my designs now assumed a more gloomy aspect. The Boy Tar And lamp prepared; I straight engage The Lilliputian equipage Of dishes, sauces, spoons, and tongs, And all the et ceteras which thereto belongs. A Poetical Cook-Book Most wonderful, however, of all the marvels—that met me at my old school—was a scene from the "Critic," played by the most Lilliputian boys. Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis Lilliputian atoms as we are, let us once for all be convinced that our imagination is but sterility, in the midst of an infinitude hardly glimpsed by the telescope. Astronomy for Amateurs Fortunately, the belt of Lilliputian forest is of no great breadth, and beyond it, higher up, they come upon firmer ground, nearly bare of vegetation, which continues to the summit of the ridge. The Land of Fire A Tale of Adventure How long would the bows and arrows of the Lilliputians be? Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide The female resembles a Lilliputian tortoise, and is of a dark brown colour, with two light spots on the back covered with white powder. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America Never put Lilliputian flowers, in no matter how large a quantity, into Brobdignagian vessels. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Looking at it from among the boulders on the shore it seemed the last degree of madness for human beings to pit their Lilliputian strength against that racing, thundering flood. The Man from the Bitter Roots The entrance of the Lilliputians is perhaps the happiest bit of the whole delicious work. Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions How long were the spears of the Lilliputians? Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide Vast as was the inhabitant of the ancient world, it was herbivorous, like that of the comparatively Lilliputian creature of the present day. The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America A final check of his headset followed, after which Mac oozed into the Lilliputian air lock at the bottom, now rear, wall of the cabin. Tight Squeeze Arbuthnot, I think, here and elsewhere, reveals himself as the calculator who kept Swift right in his proportions in the matter of the Lilliputians, Brobdingnagians, etc. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I At the other extreme of size may be cited the Pickering diamond classics, also in a large-paper edition, pretty, dainty little books, with their Lilliputian character only emphasized by their excess of white paper. The Booklover and His Books If one of our hogsheads contain from one hundred to one hundred and forty gallons, how much should a Lilliputian hogshead contain to be in proportion? Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide A dash was made for her by the boats as before; only this time it was the attack of Lilliputians on Gulliver. A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell The material upon which Greek political thought worked was, therefore, from our modern point of view not only small-scale but almost Lilliputian. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield The woman is bound by a thousand Lilliputian threads from which there seems no escape. The Task of Social Hygiene This sharp contrast is not a difference between facts, which can be pinned down as the Lilliputians pinned down Gulliver; it is a difference in the interpretation of the facts. Christianity and Progress Is it a fact that being one-twelfth the height of a man a Lilliputian should have one-twelfth of a man’s strength? Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide It was what may be styled a Lilliputian street. The Young Trawler It was all a fabric woven of gossamer threads, but Gulliver was bound into helplessness by just such Lilliputian fetters. The Tyranny of Weakness An ode which Swift calls "A Lilliputian Ode," consisting of verses of three syllables, probably originated in a long epistle in verses of three syllables, which Scarron addressed to Sarrazin. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 The Baron as he spoke took up the two portmanteaus, which were patent Lilliputians, warranted to carry any amount of clothing their owners could put into them, and they set off on their travels. Voyages and Travels of Count Funnibos and Baron Stilkin Does Swift keep the correct proportions when he says that Gulliver’s bullets are about the size of the heads of the Lilliputians? Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide Like a lot of white-robed Lilliputians, they tugged and hauled till they got it into the parlor. The Madigans Eighteen inches is enough to conceal the body of a man lying in a prostrate attitude; and as the Lilliputian trees grow thick as jimson weeds, the cover will be a secure one. The Lone Ranche I have heard little Lilliputian men, whose minds were as small as a baby's rattle-box, always harping on this worn-out string of woman's weakness of mind. Aims and Aids for Girls and Young Women On the Various Duties of Life, Physical, Intellectual, And Moral Development; Self-Culture, Improvement, Dress, Beauty, Fashion, Employment, Education, The Home Relations, Their Duties To Young Men, Marriage, Womanhood And Happiness. I will live a bright artiste-life, free from the trammels and the Lilliputian considerations of domestic life. The Home If the Lilliputian was “not six inches high,” what was the ratio of height between Gulliver and his miniature captors? Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide The streets, diminished to mere lanes, looked alive with Lilliputians; miniature horses and carriages appeared like so many German automaton toys which had been wound up and set a-going. Young Americans Abroad Vacation in Europe: Travels in England, France, Holland, Belgium, Prussia and Switzerland One feels like Gulliver walking along a Lilliputian town all the time. The New York Times Current History, A Monthly Magazine The European War, March 1915 Midgets are neither dwarfs, runts, pygmies, nor Lilliputians. David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story Still it was on a Lilliputian scale as compared to London, and semi-barbarous even as compared to one of our towns. Recollections of Europe How far could a Lilliputian shoot an arrow? Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide She had seen little of him even in his boyish days, and even then he was rather a hero in their Lilliputian circle. Henrietta Temple A Love Story Ponies and men were dwarfed into Lilliputians under the amazing canopy of its branches. An Australian in China Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey Across China to Burma Many of the present day comforts and much of our current beauty in art came from these Lilliputians. David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story The littleness of the Lilliputians and the greatness of the giants appeal strongly to children. A Mother's List of Books for Children Would an arrow the size of a Lilliputian’s falling from the height to which he could shoot it pierce the skin of a man? Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide The adjective Lilliputian, meaning "very small," comes from Lilliput, the land of little people in which Gulliver found himself in Swift's famous book, "Gulliver's Travels." Stories That Words Tell Us Across the spot of light which shimmered on the ceiling slipped a black, Lilliputian gondola, a shadow toy, on the stern of which bent a manikin the size of a fly, wielding the oar. Woman Triumphant (La Maja Desnuda) Instead of traveling the infrequent paths of the Lilliputians the journey has, in many instances, swept down the traffic-filled thoroughfare of the big adults. David Lannarck, Midget An Adventure Story We have only to awake and snap the Lilliputian cords with which they have been entangling us during the first sleep which succeeded our labours. The Life of George Washington, Vol. 5 Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War which Established the Independence of his Country and First President of the United States The cart on which the Lilliputians transport Gulliver. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide They attacked the prone trunks with axe and saw and iron wedges, Lilliputians rending the body of a fallen giant. The Hidden Places Extremely diverting are Gulliver's adventures among the tiny Lilliputians; only less so are his more perilous encounters with the giants of Brobdingnag.... Gulliver's Travels Into Several Remote Regions of the World His office was more like a three-fifths-scale model of a proper office, in Lilliputian London style, so the war dance was less impressive than it might have been with more room to express itself. Eastern Standard Tribe How frequently, again, do we see the dimensions of a tall and embonpoint figure magnified to almost Brobdignagian proportions by a white dress, or a small woman reduced to Lilliputian size by a black dress! Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 426 Volume 17, New Series, February 28, 1852 I did not believe the Lilliputian fetters of that day strong enough to have bound so many. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 We have only to awake and snap the Lilliputian cords with which they have been entangling us during the first sleep which succeeded our labors. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3 For the Lilliputians think nothing can be more unjust than for people to leave the burden of supporting their children on the public. Gulliver's Travels Into Several Remote Regions of the World I never liked to play the part of Lilliputian myself. All Around the Moon There he sat—Lilliputian on the great charger! The Gay Cockade To apply the standard of this year of grace, 1856, to the religious enlightenment of more than two hundred years ago, would be like measuring one of Gulliver's Lilliputians by Gulliver himself. The Knight of the Golden Melice A Historical Romance How pitiful and absurd our Lilliputian game of empire! Diane of the Green Van Like a mountain starting out of a plain, there stood the Cathedral in all its glory, looking down upon the surrounding buildings, with all the appearance of a Gulliver standing over the Lilliputians. Three Years in Europe Places I Have Seen and People I Have Met They must be veritable Lilliputians then!" cried Ardan; "and we are all to be Gullivers! All Around the Moon But we do not concern ourselves with such matters—all we think about is the wonderful deeds of Gulliver in the land of the Lilliputians. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12) Classic Tales and Old-Fashioned Stories These are the hundred cords with which the Lilliputians bound Gulliver, and he escaped. The Young Lady's Mentor A Guide to the Formation of Character. In a Series of Letters to Her Unknown Friends But the most significant of Gray's "Lilliputian travels," was his tour of the Lake Country in 1769. A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century The castle, standing as it does on an eminence, and surrounded by a beautiful valley covered with splendid villas, has the appearance of Gulliver looking down upon the Lilliputians. Three Years in Europe Places I Have Seen and People I Have Met She wore a dress of the palest pink satin, with lilies of the valley in her hair, and an exquisitely wrought gold armlet, with a most Lilliputian watch in the centre. Jorrocks' Jaunts and Jollities It was called Lilliput, and the people, Lilliputians. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12) Classic Tales and Old-Fashioned Stories Everything that emanated from the great statesman was viewed with aversion and as being unjust and indecent by the royal Lilliputian, while Fox's estimate of the King could not be uttered on a lower plane. Drake, Nelson and Napoleon Conformity too often cuts down our stature and makes us Lilliputians, no longer units but unities. The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years Experienced cultivators of this Lilliputian grain assert that manure is unnecessary, as it delights in light soils, and it is even raised on rocky situations, which are most frequent about Kissy. The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. As Gulliver had looked with curious contempt upon the united efforts of the Lilliputians, he now found himself in great jeopardy and fear when in the hands of a giant of Brobdignag. English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction These Lilliputians believed that their kingdom and the neighboring country of Blefuscu were the whole world. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12) Classic Tales and Old-Fashioned Stories As to the rest, they were pretty much on the level of the Lilliputians with whom the late traveller, Mr. Lemuel Gulliver, had such intimate and troublesome relations. Drake, Nelson and Napoleon A voice from the wings announced: "Mouse and Harebell, the Lilliputian ponies, with Infant Jockies, the smallest schooled racers in existence." The Three Black Pennys A Novel There is a bookseller has printed 299 two supplementary volumes to Hawkins' eleven, consisting almost wholly of the 'Lilliputian Speeches.' Autobiography, Letters and Literary Remains of Mrs. Piozzi (Thrale) (2nd ed.) (2 vols.) Edited with notes and Introductory Account of her life and writings On this apparently trivial subject the great body of cheroot smokers have taken different sides, and divided themselves, as the Lilliputians did in the famous egg controversy, into the Big-endians and Little-endians. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, December 18, 1841 The Lilliputians could not understand the pistols, and to show his meaning, Gulliver was obliged to fire one of them. Young Folks Treasury, Volume 3 (of 12) Classic Tales and Old-Fashioned Stories A Lilliputian pang of disappointment followed this announcement. Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh Along the edges of the picture, almost against the black oak frame, a continuous narrative unfolded in unintelligible episodes, intruding one upon the other, portraying Lilliputian figures, in houses of dwarfs. Là-bas He watched her toy with the new-born rill, a mere thread of water, build a Lilliputian dam, and muddle the clear outflow as it broke, and then build again. Westways "Pray allow me, ladies and gentlemen," said the Lilliputian grande dame, as she broke the seal, "to read this letter—although I am only just learning the alphabet!" The Nameless Castle This was always the occasion for the display of the family plate, with the Lilliputian cups, of rare old family china, out of which the guests sipped the fragrant herb. Peter Stuyvesant, the Last Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam Take a log village in the backwoods of Michigan or Minnesota, and transport it to a quiet spot by a well sheltered harbor of Lilliputian size. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life The Lilliputian threads binding the man mountain are invisible; and it seems wondrous that each limb does not act for itself independently of its fellows. Great Britain and the American Civil War Shakespeare as a writer of the fiction of human nature was as supreme among his contemporaries as was Gulliver among the Lilliputians. The Art of Letters The publication of the Lilliputian System of Politics is postponed till the meeting of Parliament. Goody Two-Shoes A Facsimile Reproduction of the Edition of 1766 They were very small men, under very big hats, bustling along like busy Lilliputians, and my loads looked like match-boxes. Across China on Foot The next moment the hooks come to the surface, and on one of them you find a Lilliputian fish that is not yet old enough to feed himself, and was probably caught by accident. In the Footprints of the Padres The tireless little ringers filled his brain with their Lilliputian clamour, and his imagination gave him his parents in the splendour of their young beauty and passion. The Conqueror That is to say, when the great mass of citizens are only ankle-high, when among the Lilliputians a Brobdingnagian walks, he is a great man. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 4 He led a Lilliputian fleet: the Pascha and the Swan, a hundred tons between them, with seventy-three men, all ranks and ratings, aboard of them. Elizabethan Sea Dogs I have translated several of them, and shall proceed in my translations, till I have filled a Lilliputian paper-book I happen to have by me, which, when filled, I shall present to Mr. Bull. Cowper He gives us in a matter-of-fact chronicle style the marvelous happenings of Gulliver in Lilliputian land or in that of the Brobdingnagians. Masters of the English Novel A Study of Principles and Personalities In this Lilliputian countenance was such a ghastly consternation as horrified my uncle unspeakably. J. S. Le Fanu's Ghostly Tales, Volume 5 But when the Lilliputians grow until they get up to his shoulder, he is not so great a man as he was by the whole length of his body. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 4 The government of a family, bears a Lilliputian resemblance to the government of a nation. The Virginia Housewife Without apparently exercising any wiles, this woman was none the less involving him in bonds like those the Lilliputians threw round sleeping Gulliver. The Flying Legion At twenty, he had emerged surely and safely from the perilous quicksands which have sucked down whole Lilliputian worlds of infant prodigies. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919 It seemed very great because it was close to men, concealing immensity, but when men looked above it, getting a full grasp of the infinite, they laughed at its Lilliputian pride. The Shadow of the Cathedral These we presently discovered to be the advance-guard of a Lilliputian army, which was seen advancing towards us in battle array. The Illustrated London Reading Book "Do you remember the time," returned Mrs. Brewster, "when we ran away from school to see the Lilliputian bazaar and your mother was there and walked you out by the ear?" The Camp Fire Girls at School Or, The Wohelo Weavers "They are the Lilliputians, father," said Jack; "I have read of them; but I thought they had been less." The Swiss Family Robinson; or Adventures in a Desert Island Yet even the Lilliputian ligatures of such a sojourn imperceptibly twine round my lethargic habits, and bind me, Gulliver-like, a passive fixture. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 273, September 15, 1827 Below, in more Lilliputian characters, followed a list of names. Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada It might have pleased fortune to let the Lilliputians find some nation, where the people were as diminutive with respect to them as they were to me. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 5 He would in vain have lifted his Lilliputian arm to Heaven, people would have laughed at his monkey-tricks. The Spirit of the Age Contemporary Portraits Grand Exhibition of Aztec Lilliputians, important to all who want to be horrified cheap, for the Race-Week. Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices All the time you were out, I felt like Gulliver with the Lilliputians firing upon him.' Our Mutual Friend The tailor displayed in his window a Lilliputian pair of leather gaiters, and a diminutive round frock, while each doorpost was appropriately garnished with a model of a coal-sack. Sketches by Boz, illustrative of everyday life and every-day people The children, too, lavish all their holiday money in toys and gilt gingerbread, and fill the house with the Lilliputian din of drums, trumpets, and penny whistles. Little Britain It might have pleased fortune, to have let the Lilliputians find some nation, where the people were as diminutive with respect to them, as they were to me. Gulliver's Travels Next to the success of "Tom Thumb" probably no like attraction has been so celebrated as the "Lilliputians," whose antics and wit so many Americans have in late years enjoyed. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine Some are such little creatures, that the stairs are of Lilliputian measurement, fitted to their tiny strides. American Notes To hear a strain of music to see a beautiful woman, a river, a great city, or a starry night, is to make a man despair of his Lilliputian arts in language. Familiar Studies of Men and Books At twenty he had emerged surely and safely from the perilous quicksands which have sucked down whole Lilliputian worlds of infant prodigies. Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It I reflected what a mortification it must prove to me, to appear as inconsiderable in this nation, as one single Lilliputian would be among us. Gulliver's Travels How did I tremble, when, by thousands bound, I saw thee stretch'd on Lilliputian ground! The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2 Monaco is a pretty, toy-like, Lilliputian kingdom compared with which the smallest German principality of former days was enormous. In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" How unlike the great originals were your petty terrors in the postscript, not fearful enough to make a fairy shudder, or a Lilliputian fine lady, eight months full of child, miscarry. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 Thus are they doomed to destruction, by a Lilliputian race of Vandals. Tales and Novels — Volume 09 For the Lilliputians think nothing can be more unjust, than for people, in subservience to their own appetites, to bring children into the world, and leave the burthen of supporting them on the public. Gulliver's Travels I am now going to say a few words about the Lilliputians and their laws and customs. The Elson Readers, Book 5 Had Johnson still remained the reporter, even though Walpole no longer swayed the Senate of the Lilliputians, the speeches of that tumultuous body would still have been read. Life of Johnson, Volume 1 1709-1765 Conjure up a vision of Gulliver among the Lilliputians and you can picture him towering over us. T. Haviland Hicks Senior Humility and common sense are only fit for Lilliputians. Amiel's Journal In a race the Lilliputian, with a hundred skips a second, will travel an equal distance with the giant, who would take but a skip in a second. Scientific American Supplement, No. 430, March 29, 1884 Ingratitude among the Lilliputians is considered a capital crime, and anyone who returns evil for good is judged not fit to live. The Elson Readers, Book 5 In some cases, as in Wurtemburg, Switzerland, Hanover, Thuringia, Hesse, certain parts of Sweden, France, and Russia, the subdivision of property has been carried out to an extent which has produced truly Lilliputian holdings. The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day "Colossus and Lilliputian!" the Phillyloo Bird quaintly observed once when this strangely assorted duo appeared on the campus. T. Haviland Hicks Senior All of a sudden the cow in its Lilliputian cart utters a throaty roar—and even that unromantic sound was like a voice from another world. Wanderers Take two creatures of different bulk but built upon exactly the same plan and proportions, say a Brobdingnagian and a Lilliputian, and let both show their powers in the arena. Scientific American Supplement, No. 430, March 29, 1884 When I had got out of danger, I stopped to pick out the arrows that were stuck in my hands and face, and I rubbed on some of the ointment the Lilliputians had given me. The Elson Readers, Book 5 Words that would make the dead arise," as in "Vicisti, Galilee": "Poor, scornful Lilliputian souls, And are ye still too proud To risk your little aureoles By kneeling with the crowd? Giant Hours with Poet Preachers He broke out into fierce diatribes against the Chinafying of the United States with its Lilliputian army guarding its gigantic interests. We Can't Have Everything By the side of them it appears almost Lilliputian. After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819 I am just packing them up with a few other books for my hermitage at Abbotsford, where my present parlour is only 12 feet square, and my book-press in Lilliputian proportion. A Publisher and His Friends Memoir and Correspondence of John Murray; with an Account of the Origin and Progress of the House, 1768-1843 Pronounce: ruined; drowned; waistcoat; Imperial; courtiers; theater; reigned; learned; Lilliput; graciously; fortnight; Lilliputians. The Elson Readers, Book 5 At that time all the law business of populous Liverpool, and of populous Manchester, with its vast cincture of populous rural districts, was called up by ancient usage to the tribunal of Lilliputian Lancaster. Miscellaneous Essays Here he gave himself up to study and to poetry, varying his work by "prowlings" among the manuscripts of the new British Museum, and by his "Lilliputian" travels in England and Scotland. English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World It was now scudding along like a Lilliputian boat, the huge rosettes of crimson ribbon standing out like sails. The Last of the Foresters Or, Humors on the Border; A story of the Old Virginia Frontier The table seemed to stretch away inimitably into shadows, and Avery felt like a Lilliputian. The Bars of Iron You know those Lilliputians, when they conquered the people of Blefuscu, wanted right away to annex the lands of their enemies. The Elson Readers, Book 5 A million eager eyes are watching, Lilliputian armies lie in ambush beneath the leaves. Up the Hill and Over While the Lilliputian armies are wending their way from the yard to their various rooms, we will enter the front door and look about a little. Children's Rights A book of nursery logic There is no end to the variety of these small missiles of malice, with which the Gullivers of the world of literature are assailed by the Lilliputians around them. Memoirs of the Life of the Rt. Hon. Richard Brinsley Sheridan — Volume 01 This raised a laugh, of course, but it did not tend much to cool the injured Lilliputian's anger. History of King Charles the Second of England Then I almost made up my mind to use my own strength, for while I had liberty I knew that I could easily overcome all the Lilliputians and knock the city to pieces with stones. The Elson Readers, Book 5 At that time, all the law business of populous Liverpool, and also of populous Manchester, with its vast cincture of populous rural districts, was called up by ancient usage to the tribunal of Lilliputian Lancaster. The English Mail-Coach and Joan of Arc It might have pleased fortune, to have let the Lilliputians find some nation where the people were as diminutive with respect to them, as they were to me. The Junior Classics — Volume 5 And now having introduced you and Gulliver to the Lilliputians, I must leave you to hear about his further adventures among them from the book itself. English Literature for Boys and Girls Chick recalled the pictures of the Lilliputian deer and the miniature kittens; yet he was immensely surprised. The Blind Spot About three weeks after this the Emperor of Blefuscu sent messengers with humble offers to make peace; to this the Lilliputians agreed, upon certain terms. The Elson Readers, Book 5 I settled in my Lilliputian towers but this morning. The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 I reflected what a mortification it must prove to me to appear as inconsiderable in this nation, as one single Lilliputian would be among us. The Junior Classics — Volume 5 It's that fascinating Lilliputian with a beard and electric bowels who stands in drug store windows and administers corn cure to his own toes with a smile. Vignettes of San Francisco It was a deer; perfect and beautiful, but cast in a Lilliputian mould. The Blind Spot Name some of the laws of the Lilliputians. The Elson Readers, Book 5 O!" she exclaimed, as he read of the Lilliputians, "O, good! good! Piccolissima The cattle are very small; the goats and sheep are quite Lilliputian, but they generally give three at a birth, and thus multiply quickly. The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile The Lilliputian fantasy was now a pedestal of cubes surmounted by a ring of globes from which sprang a star of five arms. The Metal Monster Among these Lilliputians were fellows who sat aloof and sullen, or spoke of their adventure with its recent horror in their eyes. Now It Can Be Told But they only fastened one ankle to the bed-post: so he encountered his Lilliputians on tolerably fair terms—numbers excepted: they swarmed. Hard Cash I am a Lilliputian, and you are all great, big Brobdignagians. Piccolissima He had rather listened to the parson’s bold words with an approving smile, much as Mr. Gulliver might have hearkened to a lecture from a Lilliputian. My Lady Ludlow Now this is, doubtless, so far a harmless exercise of your imagination; for the puddle cannot drown you, nor the Lilliputian alligator eat you up. Redgauntlet Having quenched the fire that was consuming the Fat Woman, he pushed his way through the crowd, with the stern command, "Stand aside here!" and fell upon the Lilliputian gladiators. The Circus Boys Across the Continent : or, Winning New Laurels on the Tanbark The pretty Lilliputian face is furnished with long brown whiskers, which are naturally brushed back over the cars. The Naturalist on the River Amazons Before an hour had passed, Harry was laughing heartily at Gulliver's adventures amongst the Lilliputians. David Elginbrod He saw a leg of Betsy, the lost rag-doll, protruding, like the clue to a Lilliputian murder mystery, from its untimely grave in a corner of the fence. Strictly business: more stories of the four million The children too lavish all their holiday money in toys and gilt gingerbread, and fill the house with the Lilliputian din of drums, trumpets, and penny whistles. The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon The crowd howled its appreciation of the turn affairs had taken, Teddy steadily giving ground before the enraged Lilliputians. The Circus Boys Across the Continent : or, Winning New Laurels on the Tanbark No need to burn it; let us adopt a line of conduct which will baffle the schemes of these Lilliputians. Sons of the Soil There is a tremendous Lilliputian hubbub, a tossing of tiny wings and heads, a babel of shrill chirps. Paul Kelver, a Novel Thus, brightly armed, and further equipped with a measure of good looks, of a hair-oily, shopping-district-at-three-in-the-afternoon kind, it seems that Joe, of the Lilliputian emporium, had a rival worthy of his steel. Strictly business: more stories of the four million |
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