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The works of Jonathan Swift ...: with copious notes and additions, and a memoir of the author

The book is a comprehensive compilation of Jonathan Swift's writings, offering readers a detailed look into his literary contributions. It includes his famous satirical pieces, letters, and other works, all enhanced with scholarly notes and additions. Additionally, the volume contains a biographical memoir of Swift, providing insight into his life and career. more

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Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift

Jonathan Swift, born on November 30, 1667, and died on October 19, 1745, was an Irish writer, satirist, and politician, renowned for his satirical works. more

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“Imaginary evils soon become real ones by indulging our reflections on them; as he who in a melancholy fancy sees something like a face on the wall or the wainscot can, by two or three touches with a lead pencil, make it look visible, and agreeing with what he fancied.”

“It is not so much the being exempt from faults as the having overcome them that is an advantage to us; it being with the follies of the mind as with weeds of a field, which if destroyed and consumed upon the place where they grow, enrich and improve it more than if none had ever sprung there.”

“When any one person or body of men seize into their hands the power in the last resort, there is properly no longer a government, but what Aristotle and his followers call the abuse and corruption of one.”