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  • All panegyrics are mingled with an infusion of poppy.

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    Jonathan Swift, David Laing Purves (1871). “The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D.: Carefully Selected; with a Biography of the Author”, p.520

  • Praise is the daughter of present power.

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    Jonathan Swift (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Jonathan Swift (Illustrated)”, p.897, Delphi Classics

  • It is as hard to satirize well a man of distinguished vices, as to praise well a man of distinguished virtues.

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    Jonathan Swift (1861). “The Works of Jonathan Swift ...: With Cop'ous Notes and Additions”, p.612

  • If they would, for Example, praise the Beauty of a Woman, or any other Animal, they describe it by Rhombs, Circles, Parallelograms, Ellipses, and other geometrical terms.

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    Jonathan Swift (1826). “Gulliver's Travels”
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Jonathan Swift

  • Born: November 30, 1667
  • Died: October 19, 1745
  • Occupation: Pamphleteer
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