A Tale of a TubThe Floating Press, 2009 M12 1 - 220 pages Jump into Jonathan Swift's take-no-prisoners parody of seventeenth-century Christianity. Equal parts uproarious humor and incisive satire, A Tale of a Tub dissects the foibles and shortcomings of three brothers, each of whom represents a different branch of the Christian religion. Swift, himself a clergyman, sealed his reputation as one of England's most ruthless -- and notorious -- satirists with the book's publication. It's a thought-provoking and rollicking read whether you're a believer or a dyed-in-the-wool skeptic. |
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... Digression on the Nature, Usefulness, and Necessity of Wars and Quarrels The History of MartiniC ontinuea' A Project for the Universal Benefit of Mankind Endnotes Advert Treatises writ by the fame Author, most of them.
... Digression on the Nature, Usefulness, and Necessity of Wars and Quarrels The History of MartiniC ontinuea' A Project for the Universal Benefit of Mankind Endnotes Advert Treatises writ by the fame Author, most of them.
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Jonathan Swift. Advert. Treatises writ by the fame Author, most of them mentioned in the following Discourses; which will be speedily published. A Character of the present Set of Wits in this Island A Panegyrical Essay upon the Number ...
Jonathan Swift. Advert. Treatises writ by the fame Author, most of them mentioned in the following Discourses; which will be speedily published. A Character of the present Set of Wits in this Island A Panegyrical Essay upon the Number ...
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... treatise that he had calculated it for the year 1697; and in several passages of that discourse, as well as the second, it appears they were written about that time. As to the Author, I can give no manner of satisfaction. However, I am ...
... treatise that he had calculated it for the year 1697; and in several passages of that discourse, as well as the second, it appears they were written about that time. As to the Author, I can give no manner of satisfaction. However, I am ...
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... treatise, which I hope will serve for an interim of some months to employ those unquiet spirits till the perfecting of that great work, into the secret of which it is reasonable the courteous reader should have some little light. It is ...
... treatise, which I hope will serve for an interim of some months to employ those unquiet spirits till the perfecting of that great work, into the secret of which it is reasonable the courteous reader should have some little light. It is ...
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... of a preface if my genius, were capable of arriving at it. Thrice have I forced my imagination to take the tour of my invention, and thrice it has returned empty, the latter having been wholly drained by the following treatise. Not 26.
... of a preface if my genius, were capable of arriving at it. Thrice have I forced my imagination to take the tour of my invention, and thrice it has returned empty, the latter having been wholly drained by the following treatise. Not 26.
Contents
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Section II | 56 |
Section III A Digression Concerning Critics | 72 |
Section VIII A Tale of a Tub | 129 |
Section IX A Digression Concerning the Original the Use and Improvement of Madness in a Commonwealth | 139 |
Section X A Farther Digression | 158 |
Section XI A Tale of a Tub | 166 |
The Conclusion | 184 |
The History of Martin | 190 |
A Digression on the Nature Usefulness and Necessity of Wars and Quarrels | 197 |
The History of Martin Continued | 200 |
Section IV A Tale of a Tub | 86 |
Section V A Digression in the Modern Kind | 102 |
Section VI A Tale of a Tub | 111 |
Section VII A Digression in Praise of Digressions | 121 |
A Project for the Universal Benefit of Mankind | 203 |
Endnotes | 207 |
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