Gulliver’s Travels · Chapter
Endnotes explained
The endnotes provide editorial annotations and textual variants for Gulliver's Travels, including explanations of archaic terms, references to British locations, and notes on revisions made by Dr.
What happens
The endnotes provide editorial annotations and textual variants for Gulliver's Travels, including explanations of archaic terms, references to British locations, and notes on revisions made by Dr. Hawksworth in 1766 compared to the original 1726 editions.
Key passages
“A stang is a pole or perch; sixteen feet and a half.”
A stang is a unit of length equal to a pole or perch, measuring sixteen and a half feet.
Clarifies an archaic measurement term.
“An act of parliament has been since passed by which some breaches of trust have been made capital.”
A subsequent act of parliament has made certain breaches of trust punishable by death.
Provides historical context for legal changes.
“This is the revised text adopted by Dr. Hawksworth (1766). The above paragraph in the original editions (1726) takes another form...”
Dr. Hawksworth's 1766 edition uses a revised version of this paragraph, which differs from the original 1726 text.
Highlights textual variations between editions.