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to take territory — such as a city making land outside of it a part of the city
- I made my humblest acknowledgment to this illustrious person, for his great communicativeness; and promised, "if ever I had the good fortune to return to my native country, that I would do him justice, as the sole inventor of this wonderful machine;" the form and contrivance of which I desired leave to delineate on paper, as in the figure here annexed.Part 3 -- A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, …. (48% in)
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