The Works of Dean Swift: Embracing Gulliver's Travels, Tale of a Tub, Battle of the Books, Etc; With a Life of the Author (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Mitford, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0483234974 ISBN 13: 9780483234970

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Excerpt from The Works of Dean Swift: Embracing Gulliver's Travels, Tale of a Tub, Battle of the Books, Etc; With a Life of the Author

It was now that Swift came to the aid of Temple and Boyle. The first three editions of A Tale of a Tub, &c., were published in 1704; the fourth in 1705. Wotton, in A Defense of the Reflections upon Ancient and M odern Learning, with Observations upon The Tale of a Tub commented both on the whole book and on certain special paragraphs. In the fifth edition Swift replied to the general attack in the Apology, prefixed to the text, and foiled the minor attacks by printing Wotton's own remarks in the form of explana tory foot-notes.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0483234974
• ISBN 13: 9780483234970
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 612