The Works of Dean Swift: Embracing Gulliver's Travels, Tale of a Tub, Battle of the Books, Etc; With a Life of the Author (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Mitford, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 133012569X ISBN 13: 9781330125694

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Excerpt from The Works of Dean Swift: Embracing Gulliver's Travels, Tale of a Tub, Battle of the Books, Etc; With a Life of the Author

Although Mr. Gulliver was born in Nottinghamshire, where his father dwelt, yet I have heard him say his family came from Oxford shire; to confirm which, I have observed in the churchyard at Ban bury, in that county, several tombs and monuments of the Gullivers.

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Excerpt from The Works of Dean Swift: Embracing Gulliver's Travels, Tale of a Tub, Battle of the Books, Etc; With a Life of the Author

Gulliver's Travels, which are here presented in an accessible and attractive form, have been justly styled "a great moral romance." A grave and serious purpose is hidden under the disguise of the wildest invention and the most grotesque humqur. The original design of the Voyage to Lalliput was to satirize the enemies of the author. The story is but the shaft and feathering of the arrow, which give force and direction to its barbed head. The Notes appended to this edition point out, as far as possible after so many years, the immediate objects satirized. Had it, however, only a personal aim, the book would have perished with the persons and events to which it owed its origin; but as a keen and biting satire upon follies and vices of perennial growth, it has acquired a lasting reputation. Lilliput is not the only nation where high offices, lofty stations, and great employments are gained by creeping and crawling before the governing power, whether prince or populace. The petty game of court intrigue and state policy is none the less contemptible because the players are six feet instead of as many inches high. The seven-inch monarch of Lilliput had as good a right to the passive obedience of his subjects as have his seven-feet brethren.

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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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• Verlag: Forgotten Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 133012569X
• ISBN 13: 9781330125694
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 612
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