Gulliver's Travels: Summary, Analysis, and Original Text by Chapter: Chapter 4 - CliffsNotes

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Summary, Analysis, and Original Text by Chapter

Book IV: A Voyage to the Country of the Houyhnhnms: Chapter 4

the least tincture of reason the smallest trace of reason; here, meaning that European Yahoos have no more ability to reason than do the savage Yahoos.

circumlocutions roundabout, indirect, or lengthy ways of expressing something.

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