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“It is a miserable thing to live in suspense; it is the life of the spider.”

Quote by Jonathan Swift

Book:The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift...

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The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift...

This volume compiles the literary and religious works of Jonathan Swift, best known for his satirical masterpiece Gulliver's Travels. The collection includes his essays, poems, pamphlets, and sermons, reflecting his sharp wit and critical commentary on politics, society, and human nature. Swift's writing often employs irony and allegory to critique contemporary issues, and this edition offers a comprehensive view of his contributions to English literature and Anglican theology. more

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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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“The two noblest of things, which are sweetness and light.”

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Author:Jonathan Swift

“Have you not observed that there is a lower kind of discretion and regularity, which seldom fails of raising men to the highest station in the court, the church, and the law?”

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Book:Epistolary correspondence. Letters from August 1714, to September 1724

Source: Epistolary correspondence. Letters from August 1714, to September 1724

“Brisk talkers are generally slow thinkers.”

Talking Thinker Talkers

Author:Jonathan Swift

“Brisk talkers are usually slow thinkers. There is, indeed, no wild beast more to be dreaded than a communicative man having nothing to communicate. If you are civil to the voluble they will abuse your patience; if brusque, your character.”

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Author:Jonathan Swift

“The common fluency of speech in many men, and most women, is owing to a scarcity of matter and a scarcity of words; for whosoever is a master of language, and hath a mind full of ideas, will be apt, in speaking, to hesitate upon the choice of both.”

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Author:Jonathan Swift

“Whoe'er excels in what we prize, Appears a hero in our eyes; Each girl, when pleased with what is taught, Will have the teacher in her thought. . . . . A blockhead with melodious voice, In boarding-schools may have his choice.”

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Book:The Works of Jonathan Swift ...: Containing Interesting and Valuable Papers, Not Hitherto Published ... With Memoir of the Author

Source: The Works of Jonathan Swift ...: Containing Interesting and Valuable Papers, Not Hitherto Published ... With Memoir of the Author

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Author:Ellie Goulding

“The chameleon, who is said to feed upon nothing but air, has of all animals the nimblest tongue.”

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Book:The Works of Jonathan Swift ...: With Cop'ous Notes and Additions

Source: The Works of Jonathan Swift ...: With Cop'ous Notes and Additions

“I used to wonder how a man of birth and spirit could endure to be wholly insignificant and obscure in a foreign country, when he might live with lustre in his own.”

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Book:Delphi Complete Works of Jonathan Swift (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Jonathan Swift (Illustrated)

“Exploding many things under the name of trifles is a very false proof either of wisdom or magnanimity, and a great check to virtuous actions with regard to fame.”

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Book:The Works of Jonathan Swift ...: With Cop'ous Notes and Additions

Source: The Works of Jonathan Swift ...: With Cop'ous Notes and Additions