A Tale of a Tub: To Which Is Added the Battle of the Books and the Mechanical Operation of the Spirit (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from A Tale of a Tub: To Which Is Added the Battle of the Books and the Mechanical Operation of the Spirit His is by far the most interesting of all the biographies, but it is not invariably accurate. The spirit of historical criticism was not as vigorous in those days as it is now. In our own time Thackeray has treated of Swift in his English Humourists; Mr. Leslie Stephen has contributed a volume to the English Men of Letters series, and Mr. John Forster commenced a biography, but died when only the first of three volumes was completed. Mr. Craik then undertook the task. His narrative is not so interesting as Scott´s, but, though his attitude is, to a certain extent, that of an advocate for Swift against his detractors rather than that of a judge, his book is the most trustworthy that has appeared, and must, henceforth, be recognised as a standard work on the subject. The career of Swift divides itself, naturally, into three parts; the first terminating with Temple´s death in 1699/98, the second covering the period of his political activity in London, and the last his settlement in Ireland. He was born at No. 7 Hoey´s Court, DubHn, on the 30th of November 1667, the second child of Jonathan Swift and Abigail Erick. His father had died in the preceding spring, leaving the young mother in no easy circumstances. When Jonathan was a year old his nurse having to go to Whitehaven to visit a sick friend, could not bear to be parted from the child and took him with her secretly. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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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