The Lilliputians thought Gulliver was a Great Man-Mountain because he looked to them as big as a mountain. — Лилипуты думали Гулливер был великим Человеком-горой, потому что он выглядел для них таким же большим как гора.Gulliver’s handkerchief was as big as a carpet. — Носовой платок Гулливера был столь же большим, как ковер.His tobacco box was as big as a kitchen in a Lilliputian’s house and as heavy as a Lilliputian horse. — Его табакерка была такая же большая, как кухня в доме лилипутов и тяжелой, как лошадь лилипутов.The Lilliputians thought Gulliver’s comb was very useful, because it was as big as fence around the King’s garden. — Лилипуты подумали расческа Гулливера было очень полезной, потому что она была такой же большой, как забор вокруг сада короля.
Tragic life of Vincent van Gogh is popular today as a kind of sacred legend, which, it seems, people need more than the brightness of its stars and sunflowers. Hungry, almost miserable existence, full of loneliness and contempt of others, turned global-wide excitement and interest in the 20th century. During his life van Gogh sold only one painting ("the Red vineyards at Arles"), and exactly one hundred years at Christie's auction in new York for his "Portrait of Dr. Gachet" was bought for 82.5 million dollars (a record among the paintings). Against this background, unhealthy of worship is lost, the image of the artist, powerful and vulnerable at the same time, completed his dramatic journey to the land of despair and suicide. Van Gogh lived only 37 years, of which only the last seven were devoted to painting. However, his musical legacy is amazing. It's about a thousand pictures and almost as many paintings created by volcanic eruptions creative when during the long weeks van Gogh painted one or two paintings every day. Van Gogh was the last truly great artist in history, unattainable example for others, selfless and heroic art which, like a torch, like a rainbow now shines over humanity. His paintings is stunning, full of love and suffering dialogue with oneself, with God, with the world...
