The Battle Of The Books And Other Short Pieces Classic Reprint

Author : Jonathan Swift
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781332769698
Total Pages : 198 pages
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Download or read book The Battle of the Books and Other Short Pieces (Classic Reprint) written by Jonathan Swift and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-25 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Battle of the Books and Other Short Pieces But Sir William Tem lo had missed Jonathan Swift from Moor Park. Di crenees were forgotten, and Swift, at his wish, went back. This was in 1696, when his little pu i1, Esther Johnson, was fifteen. Swift said of her, I knew her from six years old, and had some share in her education, by directing what books she should read, and perpetually instructing her in the principles of honour and virtue, from which she never swerved in any one action or moment of her life. She was sickly from her childhood until about the age of fifteen; but then grew into perfect health, and was then looked upon as one of the most beautiful, grace ful, and agreeable young women in London, only a little too fat. Her hair was blacker than a raven, and every feature of her face in perfection. Te was the Stella of Swift's after-life, the one woman to whom his whole love was given) But side by side with the slow owth of his knowledge of all she was for him, was t 6 slow growth of his conviction that attacks of giddiness and deafness, which first came when he was twenty, and recurred at times throughout his life, were signs to be associated with that which he regarded as the curse upon his life. His end would be like his uncle Godwin's. It was a curse transmis sible to children, but if he desired to keep the in uence his genius gave him, h could not tell the world why he refused to marry. Fonly to Stella, who remained unmarried fog his sake, and gave her life to him, could all be known.) 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."

Author : Jonathan Swift
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 : 9781099249259
Total Pages : 104 pages
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Download or read book The Battle of the Books and Other Short Pieces written by Jonathan Swift and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-05-18 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.

Author : Jonathan Swift
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781721639281
Total Pages : 74 pages
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Download or read book The Battle of the Books written by Jonathan Swift and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-06-24 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Battle of the Books by Jonathan Swift The Battle of the Books and Other Short Pieces By Jonathan Swift. The Battle of the Books is the name of a short satire written by Jonathan Swift and published as part of the prolegomena to his A Tale of a Tub in 1704. It depicts a literal battle between books in the King's Library (housed in St. James's Palace at the time of the writing), as ideas and authors struggle for supremacy. Because of the satire, "The Battle of the Books" has become a term for the Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns. In France at the end of the seventeenth century, a minor furore arose over the question of whether contemporary learning had surpassed what was known by those in Classical Greece and Rome. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.

Author : Jonathan Swift
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 156 pages
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Download or read book The Battle of the Books written by Jonathan Swift and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-02 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive classic literature collection. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts, We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. Also in books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy. We use 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. While things were in this ferment, discord grew extremely high; hot words passed on both sides, and ill blood was plentifully bred. Here a solitary Ancient, squeezed up among a whole shelf of Moderns, offered fairly to dispute the case, and to prove by manifest reason that the priority was due to them from long possession, and in regard of their prudence, antiquity, and, above all, their great merits toward the Moderns.

Author : Jonathan Swift
Publisher : Nabu Press
ISBN 13 : 9781293527573
Total Pages : 202 pages
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Download or read book The Battle of the Books, and Other Short Pieces - Primary Source Edition written by Jonathan Swift and published by Nabu Press. This book was released on 2014-01 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.

Author : Henry Morley
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781722912024
Total Pages : 130 pages
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Download or read book The Battle of the Books and Other Short Pieces written by Henry Morley and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-07-14 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Battle of the Books and other Short Pieces by Henry Morley Jonathan Swift was born in 1667, on the 30th of November. His father was a Jonathan Swift, sixth of the ten sons of the Rev. Thomas Swift, vicar of Goodrich, near Ross, in Herefordshire, who had married Elizabeth Dryden, niece to the poet Dryden's grandfather. Jonathan Swift married, at Leicester, Abigail Erick, or Herrick, who was of the family that had given to England Robert Herrick, the poet. As their eldest brother, Godwin, was prospering in Ireland, four other Swifts, Dryden, William, Jonathan, and Adam, all in turn found their way to Dublin. Jonathan was admitted an attorney of the King's Inns, Dublin, and was appointed by the Benchers to the office of Steward of the King's Inns, in January, 1666. He died in April, 1667, leaving his widow with an infant daughter, Jane, and an unborn child. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.

Author : Jonathan Swift
Publisher : Lector House
ISBN 13 : 9789390387649
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Battle Of The Books And Other Short Pieces written by Jonathan Swift and published by Lector House. This book was released on 2020-09-04 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Battle Of The Books And Other Short Pieces This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature. In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have worked towards: 1. Type-setting & Reformatting: The complete work has been re-designed via professional layout, formatting and type-setting tools to re-create the same edition with rich typography, graphics, high quality images, and table elements, giving our readers the feel of holding a 'fresh and newly' reprinted and/or revised edition, as opposed to other scanned & printed (Optical Character Recognition - OCR) reproductions. 2. Correction of imperfections: As the work was re-created from the scratch, therefore, it was vetted to rectify certain conventional norms with regard to typographical mistakes, hyphenations, punctuations, blurred images, missing content/pages, and/or other related subject matters, upon our consideration. Every attempt was made to rectify the imperfections related to omitted constructs in the original edition via other references. However, a few of such imperfections which could not be rectified due to intentional\unintentional omission of content in the original edition, were inherited and preserved from the original work to maintain the authenticity and construct, relevant to the work. We believe that this work holds historical, cultural and/or intellectual importance in the literary works community, therefore despite the oddities, we accounted the work for print as a part of our continuing effort towards preservation of literary work and our contribution towards the development of the society as a whole, driven by our beliefs. We are grateful to our readers for putting their faith in us and accepting our imperfections with regard to preservation of the historical content. HAPPY READING!

Author : Jonathan Swift
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781080123414
Total Pages : 136 pages
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Download or read book The Battle of the Books, and Other Short Pieces written by Jonathan Swift and published by . This book was released on 2019-07-14 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Battle of the Books" is the name of a short satire written by Jonathan Swift and published as part of the prolegomena to his A Tale of a Tub in 1704. ...

Author : Jonathan Swift
Publisher : Prabhat Prakashan
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 909 pages
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Download or read book Selected Stories of Jonathan Swift Part II : The Battle of the Books, and other Short Pieces/The Tale of a Tub and The History of Martin/Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World/GULLIVERS TRAVELS: Jonathan Swift a Popular Classic Adventure fiction written by Jonathan Swift and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2022-07-30 with total page 909 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Combo Collection (Set of 4 Books) includes All-time Bestseller Books. This anthology contains: The Battle of the Books, and other Short Pieces The Tale of a Tub and The History of Martin Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World GULLIVERS TRAVELS: Jonathan Swift a Popular Classic Adventure fiction

Author : Cornelius Ryan
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439127018
Total Pages : 749 pages
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Download or read book The Last Battle written by Cornelius Ryan and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-02-16 with total page 749 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic account of the final offensive against Hitler’s Third Reich. The Battle for Berlin was the culminating struggle of World War II in the European theater, the last offensive against Hitler’s Third Reich, which devastated one of Europe’s historic capitals and marked the final defeat of Nazi Germany. It was also one of the war’s bloodiest and most pivotal battles, whose outcome would shape international politics for decades to come. The Last Battle is Cornelius Ryan’s compelling account of this final battle, a story of brutal extremes, of stunning military triumph alongside the stark conditions that the civilians of Berlin experienced in the face of the Allied assault. As always, Ryan delves beneath the military and political forces that were dictating events to explore the more immediate imperatives of survival, where, as the author describes it, “to eat had become more important than to love, to burrow more dignified than to fight, to exist more militarily correct than to win.” The Last Battle is the story of ordinary people, both soldiers and civilians, caught up in the despair, frustration, and terror of defeat. It is history at its best, a masterful illumination of the effects of war on the lives of individuals, and one of the enduring works on World War II.