A Tale of a Tub (Mint Editions) by Jonathan Swift Paperback Book

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Rent A Tale of a Tub (Mint Editions)

Author: Jonathan Swift

Format: Quality Paperback

Publisher: Mint Editions

Published: Jan 2021

Genre: Fiction - Classics

Retail Price: $7.99

Pages: 116

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Book Excerpt: ...To affirm that our age is altogether unlearned and devoid of writers in any kind, seems to be an assertion so bold and so false, that I have been sometimes thinking the contrary may almost be proved by uncontrollable demonstration. It is true, indeed, that although their numbers be vast and their productions numerous in proportion, yet are they hurried so hastily off the scene that they escape our memory and delude our sight. When I first thought of this address, I had prepared a copious list of titles to present your Highness as an undisputed argument for what I affirm. The originals were posted fresh upon all gates and corners of streets; but returning in a very few hours to take a review, they were all torn down and fresh ones in their places. I inquired after them among readers and booksellers, but I inquired in vain; the memorial of them was lost among men, their place was no more to be found...

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