Jonathan Swift: Gulliver's Travels

PART I--A VOYAGE TO LILLIPUT.
2. CHAPTER II. (continued)

I had as I before observed, one private pocket, which escaped their search, wherein there was a pair of spectacles (which I sometimes use for the weakness of mine eyes,) a pocket perspective, and some other little conveniences; which, being of no consequence to the emperor, I did not think myself bound in honour to discover, and I apprehended they might be lost or spoiled if I ventured them out of my possession.

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