Explanation:
We observed, how contemptible a thing was human V grandeur, which could not be mimicked by such diminutive Insect as I.
Answer: These lines are taken from Chapter 3, Part 2 of Jonathan Swift's satire Gulliver's Travels. This is thought by the King of Brobdingnag about so small creatures as Gulliver and his countrymen.
The King of Brobdingnag mocks men and Europe and human grandeur. He laughs heartily asking Gulliver whether he is a Whig or a Tory. This is a Pungent Satire severely mocking the parties formed by the humans. He can not think that such a small being could have an idea of human grandeur. They are like very small insects to them. The king treats manners, titles, dresses, art, and architecture with contempt. He treats Europe and men with great hatred. Europe was then considered to be the seat of virtue, piety Honors, and truth, the pride and Envy of the world. It was a sacrilege to consider Europe like that and Gulliver could hardly bear this but there was no way out and he had to swallow these fitting remarks. The king ridiculed Europe and its people very severely.
This is a pungent satire and the so-called civilized people are satirized here. Humans have got their own follies and foibles. Though they consider themselves properly civilized, they are not so. They have their blemishes. The monster-like huge creature mocks them and considers them very small in all respects. The author has chosen this point to exhibit the hollowness of the so-called civilized like us. Swift knows what the subject of his satire is and he strikes at the right point.
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