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It was a remarkable imaginative and intellectual achievement, taking in all four books so kids got to hear about Laputa, Glubbdubdrib, the Houyhnhnms and the Yahoos, as well as Lilliput and including a sea sequence shot in a pond on Hampstead Heath.
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Having described such a foolish scientific community in Lemuel Gulliver's third voyage (to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbdubdrib, and Japan), Swift knew the human animal quite well.
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Glubbdubdrib, as nearly as I can interpret the word, signifies the
Gulliver's Travels 1896
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Glubbdubdrib, about five leagues off to the southwest.
Gulliver's Travels 1896
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The day of our departure being come, I took leave of his Highness the Governor of Glubbdubdrib, and returned with my two companions to
Gulliver's Travels 1896
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A gentleman of distinction said to me, “that since the ships bound for Luggnagg could not be ready in less than a month, it might be no disagreeable amusement for me to take a trip to the little island of Glubbdubdrib, about five leagues off to the south – west.”
Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World 1726
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Glubbdubdrib, as nearly as I can interpret the word, signifies the island of sorcerers or magicians.
Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World 1726
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Glubbdubdrib, as nearly as I can interpret the word, signifies the island of sorcerers or magicians.
Gulliver's Travels Jonathan Swift 1706
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A gentleman of distinction said to me, "that since the ships bound for Luggnagg could not be ready in less than a month, it might be no disagreeable amusement for me to take a trip to the little island of Glubbdubdrib, about five leagues off to the south-west."
Gulliver's Travels Jonathan Swift 1706
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The day of our departure being come, I took leave of his highness, the Governor of Glubbdubdrib, and returned with my two companions to Maldonada, where, after a fortnight's waiting, a ship was ready to sail for Luggnagg.
Gulliver's Travels Jonathan Swift 1706
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