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Coles A Tale of a Tub: The Battle of the Books and Other Satires (Classic Reprint) at Village Green Shopping Centre in Vernon, BC
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Excerpt from A Tale of a Tub: The Battle of the Books and Other Satires Though in 1699 the outside world was ignorant of his existence, Swift was known to the wide circle of Temple's acquaintance as a man of great promise, and, to a select few, not only of promise but of performance. He had already fleshed his pen: he had written verses - though these called forth Dryden's oft-quoted remark, Cousin Swift, you will never be a poet, a prophecy soon to be falsified; and he had prepared Temple's letters and memoirs for publication. But this work counts as nothing when it is remembered that he had composed The Battle of the Books and The Tale of a Tub, which, written in 1697 and circulated in manuscript, did not receive the honour of publication until seven years after their inception. 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.
Excerpt from A Tale of a Tub: The Battle of the Books and Other Satires Though in 1699 the outside world was ignorant of his existence, Swift was known to the wide circle of Temple's acquaintance as a man of great promise, and, to a select few, not only of promise but of performance. He had already fleshed his pen: he had written verses - though these called forth Dryden's oft-quoted remark, Cousin Swift, you will never be a poet, a prophecy soon to be falsified; and he had prepared Temple's letters and memoirs for publication. But this work counts as nothing when it is remembered that he had composed The Battle of the Books and The Tale of a Tub, which, written in 1697 and circulated in manuscript, did not receive the honour of publication until seven years after their inception. 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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