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The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D. ...: With Notes, Historical and Critical

This book is a compilation of the works of Jonathan Swift, a prominent figure in English literature, including his satirical and philosophical writings. It includes critical annotations that provide historical and analytical insights into Swift's work. 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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“As I had once done thus in my breaking away from my Parents, so I could not be content now, but I must go and leave the happy View I had of being a rich and thriving Man in my new Plantation, only to pursue a rash and immoderate Desire of rising faster than the Nature of the Thing admitted; and thus I cast my self down again into the deepest Gulph of human Misery that ever Man fell into, or perhaps could be consistent with Life and a State of Health in the World.”