-
novel further describes an intra-
Lilliputian quarrel over the
practice of
breaking eggs. Traditionally,
Lilliputians broke boiled eggs on the
larger end;...
- At first, the
Lilliputians are
hospitable to Gulliver, but they are also wary of the
threat that his size
poses to them. The
Lilliputians reveal themselves...
- is also a
reference to the
Lilliputians, the
microscopic men
introduced in
Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels. "
Lilliputian Hitcher" drew a 3.4% audience...
- Gulliver's
Travels Among the
Lilliputians and the
Giants and in the
United Kingdom as Gulliver's Travels—In the land of the
Lilliputians and the Giants, is a...
-
celebration of the defeat, the
Lilliputians treat Gulliver to
dinner and a show ("Bluebirds in the Moonlight"). When the
Lilliputians fall
asleep after the show...
-
known as a
performer and for her
appearance in one
silent film, The
Lilliputians' Courtship, 1915.
Warren was born as
Mercy Lavinia Warren Bump at Middleborough...
-
changes in
perception are
collectively known as metamorphopsias, or
Lilliputian hallucinations,
which refer to
objects appearing either smaller or larger...
- or
other lands also has a rich
supply of gentilics.
Examples include Lilliputians and Brobdingnagians, from the
islands of
Lilliput and
Brobdingnag in...
- by the
Lilliputians while they are
recovering from the shipwreck, but
afterwards they
become great friends. With the help of the
Lilliputians, Gary continues...
- Masham's Repose, the
books describe the
adventures of a
large colony of
Lilliputians living secretly in the
enormous and
mysterious grounds of an English...
