Gulliver’s Travels vocabulary

The latter examined it carefully and deposited it in his pocket-book; then, unlocking an escritoire, took thence a letter and gave it to the Prefect.

Edgar Allan Poe. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2.

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But this princess, who has an infinite deal of wit and humour, set me gently on my feet upon the scrutoire, and commanded me to give his majesty an account of myself, which I did in a very few words

Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels Into Several Remote Regions of the World (1726)