A Tale of a Tub: The Battle of the Books – The Mechanical Operation of the Spirit. Edited by Frank H. Ellis by Jonathan Swift, Jonathan Swift
A Tale of a Tub: The Battle of the Books – The Mechanical Operation of the Spirit. Edited by Frank H. Ellis
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Jonathan Swift, Jonathan Swift
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A Tale of a Tub: The Battle of the Books – The Mechanical Operation of the Spirit. Edited by Frank H. Ellis

Jonathan Swift, Jonathan Swift

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dark tense slow-paced
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Samuel Johnson, who did not like Swift, said that A Tale of a Tub «exhibits a vehemence and rapidity of mind, a copiousness of images, and vivacity of diction such as he afterwards never possessed or never exerted.» And in his old age «looking ove...

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