CHAPTER II

The Humors and Dispositions of the Laputians described—An Account of their Learning—Of the King and his Court—The Author’s Reception there—The Inhabitants subject to Fears and Disquietudes—An Account of the Women 176

## CHAPTER III A Phenomenon solved by modern Philosophy and Astronomy—The Laputians’ great Improvements in the Latter—The King’s Method of suppressing Insurrections 187

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