All 3 Uses of
capricious
in
Gulliver's Travels
- But he may please to consider, that the caprices of womankind are not limited by any climate or nation, and that they are much more uniform, than can be easily imagined.†
Chpt 3 *caprices = instances of impulsiveness or unpredictability
- destroy all his plantations, and cast others into such a form as modern usage required, and give the same directions to all his tenants, unless he would submit to incur the censure of pride, singularity, affectation, ignorance, caprice, and perhaps increase his majesty's displeasure;†
Chpt 3caprice = impulsiveness or unpredictability
- The imperfections of his mind run parallel with those of his body, being a composition of spleen, dullness, ignorance, caprice, sensuality, and pride.†
Chpt 4
Definition:
impulsive or unpredictable or tending to make sudden changes -- especially impulsive behavior