All 3 Uses of
vogue
in
Gulliver's Travels
- He said, "that new systems of nature were but new fashions, which would vary in every age; and even those, who pretend to demonstrate them from mathematical principles, would flourish but a short period of time, and be out of vogue when that was determined."†
Chpt 3 *
- And it is highly probable, that such travellers, who shall hereafter visit the countries described in this work of mine, may, by detecting my errors (if there be any), and adding many new discoveries of their own, justle me out of vogue, and stand in my place, making the world forget that ever I was an author.†
Chpt 4
- The above paragraph in the original editions (1726) takes another form, commencing:— "I told him that should I happen to live in a kingdom where lots were in vogue," &c.†
Chpt 4
Definition:
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(vogue) the popular taste at a given time (in fashion)