Blefuscu

Now, in the midst of these intestine disquiets, we are threatened with an invasion from the island of Blefuscu, which is the other great empire of the universe, almost as large and powerful as this of his majesty.

The Children's Hour, v 5. Stories From Seven Old Favorites Eva March Tappan 1892

Now, in the midst of these intestine disquiets, we are threatened with an invasion from the island of Blefuscu, which is the other great empire of the universe, almost as large and powerful as this of his majesty.

Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World 1726

Now, in the midst of these intestine disquiets, we are threatened with an invasion from the island of Blefuscu, which is the other great empire of the universe, almost as large and powerful as this of his majesty.

Gulliver's Travels Jonathan Swift 1706

Now, in the midst of these intestine disquiets, we are threatened with an invasion from the island of Blefuscu, which is the other great empire of the universe, almost as large and powerful as this of his majesty.

Gulliver's Travels Jonathan Swift 1706

Now, in the midst of these intestine disquiets, we are threatened with an invasion from the island of Blefuscu, which is the other great empire of the universe, almost as large and powerful as this of his majesty.

Gulliver's Travels Jonathan Swift 1706

[Footnote 12: These little people measure time by _moons_ or months, rather than by the longer division of years.] "Now, in the midst of these intestine disquiets, we are threatened with an invasion from the island of Blefuscu, which is the other great empire of the universe, almost as large and powerful as this of his majesty.

Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 5 Charles Herbert Sylvester

"For," he said, "however flourishing we may seem to foreigners, we are in danger of an invasion from the island of Blefuscu, which is the other great empire of the universe, almost as large and as powerful as this of his Majesty.

Blue Fairy Book 1889

"For," he said, "however flourishing we may seem to foreigners, we are in danger of an invasion from the island of Blefuscu, which is the other great empire of the universe, almost as large and as powerful as this of his Majesty.

The Blue Fairy Book Andrew Lang 1878

But the Big-Endians found support from Blefuscu and that led to war in which many vessels and “thirty thousand of our best seamen and soldiers” were lost.29

Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011

Swift satirized the conflict between the Protestants and Catholics in his account of this “most obstinate war” between “two great empires” of Lilliput (England) and Blefuscu (France).

Bloodlust Russell Jacoby 2011