Both Uses of
antiquity
in
Gulliver's Travels
- It is to be observed, that these ambassadors spoke to me, by an interpreter, the languages of both empires differing as much from each other as any two in Europe, and each nation priding itself upon the antiquity, beauty, and energy of their own tongue, with an avowed contempt for that of their neighbour; yet our emperor, standing upon the advantage he had got by the seizure of their fleet, obliged them to deliver their credentials, and make their speech, in the Lilliputian tongue.†
Chpt 1
- It would be tedious to trouble the reader with relating what vast numbers of illustrious persons were called up to gratify that insatiable desire I had to see the world in every period of antiquity placed before me.†
Chpt 3 *
Definition:
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(antiquity) ancient times; or a relic of ancient times
(Typically references a period preceding the European Middle Ages which began during the 5th century AD.)