| 单词 | Jonathan Swift |
| 例句 | In 1704 Jonathan Swift, later the author of Gulliver’s Travels, published a little satire entitled The Battle of the Books. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z We had good times with old Jonathan Swift, didn’t we, Francis? Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Jonathan Swift defined war as “that mad game the world loves to play.” Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z You’ll know Jonathan Swift is the greatest Irish writer that ever lived, no, the greatest man to put pen to parchment. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Jonathan Swift has always been a favorite, but I can’t get over how clever his wordplay is throughout the novel. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z At one point, I threw out Jonathan Swift just to watch the collective coronary they had at the thought of an Irish political satirist. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Jonathan Swift, when challenged, could produce a brilliant essay about a broomstick; Lawrence outdoes him in his tour-de-force “Reflections on the Death of a Porcupine.” Review | We blog, we tweet, we post to Facebook: Let’s instead savor the art of the essay 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z As well as inspiring a scene in Rostand's play, the novel also anticipates the various philosophical travel narratives of Montesquieu, Jonathan Swift, and Voltaire in the following century. Beyond Cyrano de Bergerac’s nose – the real man behind the swashbuckling hero 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z Jack Black plays a travel writer who discovers an island full of belligerent wee folk in the latest big-screen adaptation of the Jonathan Swift fantasy "Gulliver's Travels." Swift's story, liberally adapted, fun but no big deal 2010-12-23T15:00:00Z Nobody has ever satirized our fixation on such immaterial differences better than Jonathan Swift. Review | Arthur Phillips shows that choosing a leader was no easier 400 years ago 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z Jonathan Swift claimed to have only ever laughed twice in his entire life; Alexander Pope couldn't remember ever having laughed. Craig Brown: The Lost Diaries 2010-10-01T23:05:00Z It’s hard to imagine drunks in eighteenth-century London sitting for satirical portraits by William Hogarth, or King George II submitting jokes to Jonathan Swift. How “Silicon Valley” Nails Silicon Valley 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z He changed his birth name, Ira Stadlen, when he started out in show business, combining the names of two of his favorite satirists, Fred Allen and Jonathan Swift, to create Allen Swift. Allen Swift, Unsung Voice Actor, Dies at 87 2010-04-28T02:28:00Z The British actress plays Princess Mary of Lilliput in Gulliver's Travels, a modern take on Jonathan Swift's classic 18th Century satire. Acting with a tennis ball 2010-12-24T08:50:01Z Held Sept. 29 to 30, the festival, themed to politics and history, continues the property’s tradition of holding literary salons for visiting writers, including past guests like George Bernard Shaw and Jonathan Swift. 10 Festive Hotels in Europe 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z The three horses were basically Jonathan Swift’s Houyhnhnms in drag, these being a race of rational beings described in “Gulliver’s Travels” that physically resemble horses but are superior to human “yahoos.” Thomas the Tank Engine, neocolonial fantasy: What his new international pals, and the backlash against them, signal 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z The whole Trump campaign sounded like a Jonathan Swift essay. Donald Trump’s modest proposals: His campaign sounded like a Jonathan Swift essay — but who got the joke? 2016-11-20T05:00:00Z From that position, the influence of his early subjects, such as Jonathan Swift and Samuel Johnson, became evident in his scalpel-like dissections of American society. Paul Fussell 2012-05-24T17:27:46Z “The universal physical awfulness of age is scrutinized … with the cold eye of a Jonathan Swift.” 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z Luckily for all of us, Bennett was born with the gift for style that’s been the genetic inheritance of English writers from Jonathan Swift through George Orwell. Alan Bennett’s Latest Nonfiction 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z British critics raved, comparing the book to George Orwell’s “Animal Farm” and to the fantasies of J. R. R. Tolkien, Jonathan Swift and A. A. Milne. Richard Adams, Author of ‘Watership Down,’ Dies at 96 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z “His passionate nature and ability to be wildly entertaining make him a first-class satirist in the tradition of Jonathan Swift. He’s fearless, witty, and hates hypocrisy and injustice.” Bill Maher is smug, outspoken and just might get a congressman voted out of office "Gulliver's Travels," starring Jack Black in a digital 3D adaptation of the Jonathan Swift classic, opened to $12.4 million from 15 territories, taking the No. 4 spot. "Little Fockers" leads chilly foreign box office 2010-12-27T06:47:51Z The OED also notes early attempts at a definition by Jonathan Swift and Samuel Johnson. The age of banter 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z Among these are a hatred of tyranny, a love for animals and the English countryside, and a deep admiration for the satirical fables of Jonathan Swift. Where's Lenin? 2010-04-16T23:08:00Z Inspired by Jonathan Swift’s “Gulliver’s Travels,” the whimsical wonderland includes 300 miniature displays of world landmarks and cities, scaled down to 1/87th of their true, towering size. From undercover to underwater: Four new Times Square attractions offer a variety of immersive experiences 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z Jonathan Swift, no amateur, wrote in his preface to “The Battle of the Books” that “satire is a sort of glass wherein beholders do generally discover everybody’s face but their own.” Is Satire Possible in the Age of Trump? 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z Swiftly: A Novel is an enlightenment-era steampunk fantasy, spun from the what if? question of how the British Empire might have evolved had it enslaved the Lilliputian people of Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels. Adam Roberts: last of the SF writers 2013-02-15T11:09:00Z Citing Jonathan Swift, Mark Twain and the SNL “Weekend Update” anchors — “In that order,” she said — Fey argues that jokes have long had an essential role in cultural critique. In ‘Whiskey Tango Foxtrot,’ Tina Fey finds a character tailor-made for her 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z Several admirers likened the film to “A Modest Proposal,” the 18th-century satirical essay by Jonathan Swift. Don’t Just Watch: Team Behind ‘Don’t Look Up’ Urges Climate Action 2022-01-11T05:00:00Z There’s also a Jonathan Swift streak of social caricature in its story of a noble giant among the little people. Review: ‘I’m a Virgo’ Goes Big 2023-06-22T04:00:00Z An edition without the N-word for grade schoolers, "retold from the original," is part of Sterling's Classic Starts Series, which includes books by Twain, Robert Louis Stevenson and Jonathan Swift. Mark Twain remains censored, and uncensored 2011-01-07T19:08:15Z At Trinity College Dublin in Ireland, Jonathan Swift 350, June 7 to 9, will explore the writings of the author of “Gulliver’s Travels,” with exhibits and lectures in the year of his 350th birthday. A Year to Toast Independence, Reformation and Satire 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z And when he said that he was concerned about Jonathan Swift’s famed modest proposal to eat Irish babies, that character was brilliantly whipped up when he suggested we ought to “#CancelSwift.” Why should’t Colbert joke about race? 2014-04-01T14:05:00Z Further down the chart, comedy Gulliver's Travels, starring Jack Black in a loose adaptation that might have Jonathan Swift turning in his grave, opened in a lacklustre seventh place with just $7.2m. True Grit, real hit: Coens' western scores big at Christmas box office 2010-12-27T11:58:02Z The universal physical awfulness of age is scrutinized, as above, with the cold eye of a Jonathan Swift. What Matters in Old Age: Rereading, Reconsidering and Reassessing 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z Not everyone who reads Jonathan Swift's Modest Proposal realises that he is not, in fact, arguing that the Irish should rear their children as a cash crop – some people are deaf to irony. When a writer's words have unintended consequences 2011-08-06T15:00:01Z Jack Black stars in the latest update of Jonathan Swift's 18th century satirical novel. "Fockers" underwhelms at box office, "Grit" shines 2010-12-26T19:07:28Z While researching the painting’s provenance, Sotheby’s said it had traced it back to Sir William Temple, a 17th century figure who had advised King Charles II and been a mentor to Jonathan Swift. Almost Safe, She Returned to Munich and Lost Her Painting and Her Life 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z These tales seem churlish and negative — deeply cynical, but not in a bracing Jonathan Swift kind of way. Short story collections dive in to this fall Together, the two set out to find Laputa, an island that Jonathan Swift described as floating above the earth. 7 Things to Do With Your Kids in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-11-15T05:00:00Z Jonathan Swift was the Dean of St Patrick’s Cathedral, which is one of my favorite places in the city. Read Your Way Through Dublin 2022-11-09T05:00:00Z Yeah, I mean ask Jonathan Swift and Voltaire that same question. "That's where I draw the line": David Cross has words for comics who moan about cancel culture 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z His work is Douglas Adams meets Jonathan Swift, with feet firmly on Colombian soil but head high in the cosmos. Science Fiction From Latin America, With Zombie Dissidents and Aliens in the Amazon 2023-06-10T04:00:00Z Jonathan Swift is right yet again: Everything old is new again, this time at the Hotel Washington. Why would you make a hotel less trendy? Behold, the Hotel Washington. 2023-04-22T04:00:00Z She was an undergraduate at Syracuse University and a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin, where Smith, eight years older, was finishing a dissertation on Jonathan Swift. Joyce Carol Oates writes memoir of grief 2011-02-11T13:01:04Z Mr. Huang’s appeal is not only in what he says, but how he says it — a profane concatenation of Mandarin and African-American vernacular English, spiced with allusions to Jonathan Swift, Charles Barkley and Cam’ron. Eddie Huang Defies Description 2013-01-23T22:59:19Z For once a melodrama with pulp origins convinces viewers that it can be the modern equivalent to Greek myths or a Jonathan Swift satire. TIME's Review of The Dark Knight Rises: To the Depths, To the Heights 2012-07-16T16:59:05Z Born in Springfield, Mass., to German parents, Geisel read voraciously in his youth, claiming he read Jonathan Swift and Charles Dickens at 6 years old. Review | A portrait of Dr. Seuss offers a look at the prankster workaholic behind the iconic characters 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z The novel, unfolding in a slang that is equal parts Jonathan Swift, Sarah Waters, and Eimear McBride, flexes its moral imagination with inclusive casting. “Confessions of the Fox” Is a Cunning Metafiction of Vulpine Versatility 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z Jonathan Swift, we need you more than ever. Perspective | Ghosthunters, grabbers and grifters: What would Jonathan Swift say of our times? 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z The question is nothing new and Stewart’s answer was as predictable as Jonathan Swift’s would have been. “The Daily Show” is dead to me: Trevor Noah will never, ever be good at his job — also, thanks a lot for Donald Trump 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z Commonly attributed to Mark Twain, that quotation instead appears to be a descendant of a line published centuries ago by the satirist Jonathan Swift. That Wasn’t Mark Twain: How a Misquotation Is Born 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z It’s a satirical proposition, with a wink to Jonathan Swift, that sets Carroll on an investigation that frames the book and gives it its title: She will find out what, if anything, men are for. Review | We know about E. Jean Carroll’s rape accusation. How is the rest of her book? 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z One wishes Jonathan Swift were alive to satirize it. Perspective | Forty years of sex and gender in the wilds of New York 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z On the map included in Volume II of his 1726 satire “Gulliver’s Travels,” Jonathan Swift depicts it as an enormous peninsula somewhere north of California. The Outsize Genius of ‘I’m a Virgo’ 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z She viewed Jonathan Swift's own, annotated, copy of his book Gulliver's Travels, during her visit to the library. King Charles and Queen Camilla meet religious leaders in Armagh 2023-05-25T04:00:00Z Though often attributed to Mark Twain, apparently Jonathan Swift was first to say that clever bit about a lie running quickly into the world while the truth limps after, too late to have an effect. Why are Republicans so bad at lying? 2023-05-06T04:00:00Z There’s an interesting case study of fellow Ménière’s sufferer Jonathan Swift and his struggles while trying to write “Gulliver’s Travels.” Review | In his moving memoir, John Cotter anticipates a world without sound 2023-04-12T04:00:00Z Judge Jonathan Swift on Wednesday refused Naqvi permission to bring a judicial review against the 2021 approval of his extradition to the United States. Abraaj founder loses challenge to U.S. extradition on fraud charges 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z Judges Jonathan Swift and Clive Lewis are expected to deliver their verdict at 1030 GMT. UK court to rule if deportation flights to Rwanda can restart 2022-12-19T05:00:00Z Judge Jonathan Swift ruled Friday that the case can go to a full hearing at the High Court in London. Judge says Prince Harry can sue UK govt over security plan 2022-07-22T04:00:00Z “Back in the 18th century, Trinity was the university of the Irish Enlightenment,” he said, an alma mater to writers and thinkers like Edmund Burke, Oliver Goldsmith and Jonathan Swift. An Irish National Treasure Gets Set for a Long-Needed Restoration 2022-05-28T04:00:00Z No summary can do justice to the piece, which mixes revulsion and guffaws in measures reminiscent of Jonathan Swift’s “modest proposal” to serve Irish babies to English diners. Opinion | Putin’s indiscriminate bombing isn’t just savage. It’s bad strategy. 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z “Falsehood flies,” Jonathan Swift wrote, “and truth comes limping after it.” Opinion | How does Ron DeSantis sleep at night? 2022-03-14T04:00:00Z Speaking of lies, the longer version of Jonathan Swift's concept is illuminating, in this context: Formation of a black hole: On the spectacular implosion of the Republican Party 2021-05-22T04:00:00Z I watched “The Colbert Report” my freshman year of high school in tandem with reading “A Modest Proposal,” the Jonathan Swift essay on satire. Ziwe is here to revolutionize late night. Even better if it makes you uncomfortable 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z Jonathan Swift’s Dr. Lemuel Gulliver sails to Lilliput, land of pygmies, and Brobdingnag, land of giants. Movies on TV this week: 'Toy Story' and 'Toy Story 2' on Freeform 2020-12-04T05:00:00Z Actually, it’s neither — it’s an update to Jonathan Swift’s seminal work of satire, “A Modest Proposal.” Column: Why I'm not laughing at the new 'Borat' movie 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z His humor emerged from the tension between these messages, placing his work within an ironic tradition that includes Mark Twain and Jonathan Swift. How President Trump Ruined Political Comedy 2020-10-07T04:00:00Z Jonathan Swift’s take on dishonesty applies here: “Falsehood flies, and the Truth comes limping after it.” Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Plenty of faults — and not just with tennis 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z In 1729, Jonathan Swift satirized the exploitation of Ireland’s poor by offering “A Modest Proposal” that was anything but. Opinion | Trump has killed satire 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z He calls the devices Gullivers, in honour of the adventurer in Jonathan Swift’s 1726 book Gulliver’s Travels. The search for microbial dark matter 2020-06-07T04:00:00Z In the account of the voyage to Lilliput, Jonathan Swift described the “leaping and creeping” by which the tiny courtiers hoping to please their six-inch Emperor gain his favor. Opinion | What to do when everything is canceled 2020-03-22T04:00:00Z "Malthusianism isn't new, Jonathan Swift knew that. Sometimes, only satire works," referring to English demographer Thomas Malthus and the Irish satirist Jonathan Swift. Far-right group says it was behind bizarre outburst at Ocasio-Cortez town hall 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z Some 70 years before that, Jonathan Swift had issued a similar warning. Why it’s time to stop worrying about the decline of the English language 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z And, like Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver in Brobdingnag, he is interrogated about his culture by his hosts so intensively that he begins to doubt his own human identity. Moon on the mind: two millennia of lunar literature 2019-07-08T04:00:00Z Tuesday night’s Commons spectacle reminded me of one of Jonathan Swift’s last poems, about the Irish parliament – specifically this bit: With Theresa’s ‘turd’ deal flushed away, pray for an EU invasion | Marina Hyde 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels, the classic satire first published in 1726, was rated the hardest. Mr Greedy 'almost as complex' as Steinbeck 2019-03-02T05:00:00Z Rather I come, with a nod to Jonathan Swift, with a modest proposal for people to cut it a little slack. Oscars: With the academy at a crossroads, critics should be more thoughtful in their complaints 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z All along, President Trump and his lieutenants were betting that Jonathan Swift was correct when he wrote more than three centuries ago that “falsehood flies, and the truth comes limping after it.” Opinion | The truth is finally catching up with Trump 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z The one person who did like her was Jonathan Swift, of all people, who barely liked anyone. Glamour, Wit, and Cunning in “The Favourite” 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z In 1726, the original edition of “Gulliver’s Travels,” a satirical novel by Jonathan Swift, was first published in London. Today in History 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z “I was trying to be satirical, but I guess I’m no Jonathan Swift,” he said. Mitchell Langbert, Brooklyn College professor, under fire for blog post defending Brett Kavanaugh 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z Jonathan Swift said, “A wise man should have money in his head but not in his heart.” Opinion | Psychos on the Potomac 2018-06-16T04:00:00Z So, a press conference led by Republicans demanding a Democratic candidate release her tax returns seemed like something from Jonathan Swift’s “Gulliver’s Travels.” Georgia editorial roundup 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z Instead, Swift Dating is aimed right at the hearts of those who enjoy the work of Taylor Swift and Jonathan Swift in equal measure. Love lockdown: the untapped world of celebrity fan dating sites 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z This sneering gaze has been happening for centuries, from Jonathan Swift’s 1732 poem The Lady’s Dressing Room to the present day, in which we bemusedly watch Botoxed Real Housewives cry. The male glance: how we fail to take women’s stories seriously 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z “Falsehood flies, and the truth comes limping after it,” wrote Jonathan Swift more than 300 years ago. Opinion | The disinformation factory threatening national security 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z At least Jonathan Swift knew he was kidding. Opinion | Let’s Ban Porn 2018-02-10T05:00:00Z “I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed,” Jonathan Swift observed. Opinion | The end of shame 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z When Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, ostensibly by “Lemuel Gulliver”, was published in London in 1726, almost everyone knew that its author was actually Jonathan Swift. In retrospect: Gulliver's Travels : Nature : Nature Research 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z Jonathan Swift said it best in 1710: “Falsehood flies and the truth comes limping after it.” How to fine-tune your BS meter 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z Or, as Jonathan Swift put it in 1710, “Falsehood flies, and truth comes limping after it.”Plus ça change. How to Call B.S. on Big Data: A Practical Guide 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z Another famous inspiration in the sale is Jonathan Swift’s copy of the Welsh pirate Lionel Wafer’s account of his travels to the western coast of South America and the West Indies, published in 1699. Historic Irish library could make more than £1.8m at auction 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z “He was a bold man,” Jonathan Swift once said, “that first ate an oyster.” Seafood Theft Spawns Another Mystery: How Do You Fence Clams? 2017-02-05T05:00:00Z As Jonathan Swift said, "They have just enough religion to cause them to hate, but not enough to cause them to love, their neighbor." Make China Great Again 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z She said the novel contained "an absolutely savage wit" reminiscent of Jonathan Swift or Mark Twain. Man Booker Prize: Paul Beatty becomes first US winner for The Sellout - BBC News 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z “If truth be not fled with Astraea,” remarked Jonathan Swift all the way back in 1711, “she is certainly as hidden as the source of the Nile itself, and can be found only in Utopia.” Always be Trump: that’s all he needs in this post-fact world | Marina Hyde 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z He matched “A Modest Proposal” with Jonathan Swift, but was stumped by much of the quiz. Want to Work in 18 Miles of Books? First, the Quiz 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z If only Jonathan Swift were alive and satirizing today. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2016-07-13T04:00:00Z He is the first ever triple winner, having won in 2001 for Pirate Diary and 2004 for his adaptation of Jonathan Swift's Gulliver. Sarah Crossan champions poetry as verse novel wins Carnegie Medal - BBC News 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z This sentiment is beautifully satirized in Jonathan Swift’s poem “The Lady’s Dressing Room,” in which a young suitor is aghast at the discovery that his beloved Celia has used a chamber pot. How the psychology of public bathrooms explains the ‘bathroom bills’ 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z More than the adventure stories of Daniel Defoe or Jonathan Swift, “Pamela” was concerned with the representation of interior life. The Prude Who Invented the Modern Novel 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z He has written and presented documentaries about the Church of England, and notes happily that Jonathan Swift was a dean. An Enduring and Erudite Court Jester in Britain 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z As Jonathan Swift averred, one cannot hope to reason people out of those things they haven’t been reasoned into, which often enough includes politics. Dissensus, the Spirit of Our Age 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z It’s called the Lilliput Effect, after the fictional island in Jonathan Swift’s “Gulliver’s Travels” inhabited by tiny people. After a Mass Extinction, Only the Small Survive 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z We may assume Paul Ryan did not spend the past week re-reading “Gulliver’s Travels,” Jonathan Swift’s satire of 18th-century British politics, whose myriad disputes look a lot like American politics in our time. Paul Ryan and the Trumpians 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z Like Jonathan Swift, he saw no reason not to indulge in a little time travel to imagined places while skewering contemporary mores. Robert O’Hara’s Black-and-White Family Satire 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z The Irish Ferries Jonathan Swift vessel was preparing to set off from Holyhead to Dublin before midday when heavy gusts pushed it into its berth. 650 passengers aboard ferry which crashed into dock - BBC News 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z In his satirical solution to Ireland’s prolific poor, especially among Catholics whose fish diet was thought to enhance fertility, Jonathan Swift suggested a new menu item: Succulent 1-year-olds for dinner. A ‘Modest Proposal’, Planned Parenthood edition 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z Jonathan Swift said vision is the art of seeing things invisible. Alisa White inaugurated at president at Austin Peay 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z The authors’ description of the difference between Jamie Dimon’s view of himself and reality is the best thing since Jonathan Swift. JPMadoff Chapter 7 Asks Jamie Dimon, "At Long Last, Have You Left No Sense of Decency?" 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z Andrew Rosenthal, writing for the New York Times’ blog Taking Note, wasn’t sure whether Tillis “was trying to be a latter day Jonathan Swift or was perfectly serious” when he made that statement. Sen. Thom Tillis Wants Government to Deregulate Hand-Washing, Pundits React 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z Jonathan Swift saw that the English were treating the Irish as animals; what if they took the next natural step and ate their babies? Michel Houellebecq’s Francophobia 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z According to the program, the cathedral dean who gave a green light to the choral singers was none other than the brilliant satirist, Jonathan Swift. Handel's 'Messiah' and 'Mr. Turner' Provide Escape From Torture Report 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z The term was first used by Jonathan Swift in Gulliver’s Travels, in which he encountered a brutish race of hideous humans. Product Names (Mostly) Do Not Matter. Don't Believe Me? Ask Smuckers 2014-12-07T05:00:00Z If Jonathan Swift were alive and writing satire about American culture and politics, he might devote at least a chapter to Seattle’s latest public debate over housing. Seattle: The Land Supply Forgot 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z Jonathan Swift wrote in 1738: "Pox on the modern phrase Great Britain," unhappy that it excluded his native Ireland. A new name for the UK? 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z He compares Mr Putin to the Jonathan Swift character Gulliver, pinned down for years by the world's Lilliputians: Olympic prognosis: Russia v the West 2014-02-08T01:21:58Z The American Fairy Tale, Fun House Style Of all the disagreeable species of humanlike beings Jonathan Swift invented in “Gulliver’s Travels,” the Yahoos are the worst and most human of all. Art Review: ‘Paul McCarthy: WS’ Turns a Magic Mirror on Excess 2013-06-27T21:41:20Z But a lawyer acting for the government, Jonathan Swift, told the court it would be "disabled" from understanding the rulings made by the lower courts if it did not see the whole picture. Iranian bank challenges sanctions in Britain's Supreme Court 2013-03-19T14:14:52Z As Jonathan Swift put it in a much-misquoted poem, “So, naturalists observe, a flea/Hath smaller fleas that on him prey”. Marine biology: Flea market 2013-02-14T16:06:18Z Jonathan Swift got someone else to write out his manuscripts so his handwriting wouldn't be recognised by the printer. Belle de Jour's history of anonymity 2012-12-31T02:34:43Z As both the midget in the country of Brobdingnag and the giant on the island of Lilliput, Lemuel Gulliver—the protagonist of Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels—experienced firsthand that size is relative. Size Illusions Trick the Brain 2012-07-21T12:15:00.217Z Daniel Defoe Jonathan Swift Lady Caroline Lamb Which year saw the last major flood to affect central London? 7 questions on rain 2012-07-11T00:47:39Z One of that day said his wit at times was quite as clever as Jonathan Swift or Sydney Smith. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z I have left out of the list one whom nature endowed for the supreme man of humor among Englishmen,—Jonathan Swift. The Gentle Reader 2012-02-15T03:00:37.463Z To say that English history supplies no narrative more singular and original than the career of Jonathan Swift is to assert little. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z It is positively Swiftian, if Jonathan Swift had been an actual cannibal. Right-wing hack says helping poor people vote is criminal 2011-09-02T17:50:00Z It’s as though Jonathan Swift took his satirical suggestion about Irish babies one step further and actually cooked one. The Media Equation: Comic?s PAC Is More Than a Gag 2011-08-21T23:30:18Z A waxwork figure was exhibited in the Strand, and noted authors - Jonathan Swift and Daniel Defoe among them - penned pamphlets about the wild boy. Feral courtier 2011-08-08T00:15:22Z The difficulty is quaintly indicated in a remark by Jonathan Swift. Social Rights And Duties Addresses to Ethical Societies Vol II 2011-08-05T02:00:45.557Z And because they did defy praise, Jonathan Swift never asked, and was ever too grand to accept it. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z In 1724 there appeared in Dublin, the first of the famous "Drapier Letters," written by Jonathan Swift against Wood's coinage patent. The Impeachment of The House of Brunswick 2011-05-31T02:00:34.353Z This is a copyrighted computer-generated audio performance of Project Gutenberg's public domain book, "A Modest Proposal", by Jonathan Swift. A Modest Proposal 2011-05-30T02:00:22.097Z Capel is remembered mainly because he gave Jonathan Swift his first preferment—the benefice of Kilroot, worth about �100 a year. The Viceroys of Ireland 2011-05-24T02:00:11.197Z It is in Latin, and may be Englished thus: Jonathan Swift, for thirty years Dean of this Cathedral, lies here, where savage indignation can no longer tear his heart. The Charm of Ireland 2011-03-10T03:00:53.650Z From the beginning to the end of his days Jonathan Swift was more or less mad. The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 2011-10-29T02:00:14.677Z SWIFT, Jonathan.—Selections from the Prose Writings of Jonathan Swift with a preface and notes by Stanley Lane-Poole. A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 3 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe 2011-02-16T03:00:32.387Z Ibrahim El Moallem, chairman of Dar El Shorouk, says the deal will make many of the classic Western titles, such as Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels," easily obtainable in up-to-date Arabic translations for the first time. Penguin Plans Arabic-Books Venture 2010-11-24T04:42:00Z Eggshells, as Jonathan Swift so bitingly observed in “Gulliver’s Travels”, are not worth getting cross about. Europe.view: Naming and blaming 2010-04-15T08:02:00Z By far the most interesting fact about St. Patrick's is that Jonathan Swift was for thirty-two years its Dean, and now lies buried there beside that "Stella" whom he made immortal. The Charm of Ireland 2011-03-10T03:00:53.650Z This theory of indulgence might go far to explain the leniency of men like Jonathan Swift towards a custom which, had they wished it, they might have deposed from its high places by their ridicule. A Cursory History of Swearing GULLIVER'S TRAVELS;—by Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's; beautifully illustrated with numerous engravings, from designs by Grandville; with a Biographical Sketch. Heathen Mythology He was a close friend of Jonathan Swift and of Alexander Pope, and Lord Chesterfield says that even the generous acknowledgment they made of his assistance fell short of their real indebtedness. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" Sir Thomas More: Utopia; statement made by Erasmus: also said to be A Tale of a Tub, by Jonathan Swift. Harper's Round Table, April 30, 1895 Not to mention less important works, there is also the Remarks on the Life and Writings of Dr. Jonathan Swift, by that polite and dignified writer, the Earl of Orrery. Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges Decker’s Honest W. Written during the fever of South Sea speculation, the skit of Jonathan Swift, known as the “Bank of Swearing,” was one exceedingly felicitous and well-timed. A Cursory History of Swearing Of Jonathan Swift it is related that a gentleman who had sought to persuade him to accept an invitation to dinner said, in way of special inducement, "I'll send you my bill of fare." All About Coffee Jonathan Swift, angry and rebellious, hating the authority and restraint of his Irish University, came to England an uncouth, ill-balanced, extravagant creature of twenty-one, and settled, or half-settled, to his work as amanuensis. Highways and Byways in Surrey Congreve did not, like his friend Jonathan Swift, lose interest in the purchase of books during the last third of his life. The Library of William Congreve To Dr. Jonathan Swift, the most agreeable companion, the truest friend, and the greatest genius of his age.”—Scott. Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges That mouldering inscription, niched in high obscurity, which sometimes stray pilgrims from across the seas strain their sight to decipher in the gloom, is the self-uttered epitaph of Jonathan Swift. A History of the Four Georges, Volume II There is a great deal of Jonathan Swift in Bernard Shaw. George Bernard Shaw Nothing could give a raw Hebrew lad the sustained imagination and passion of Jonathan Swift; but there are few other masters of social satire with whom the young genius of twenty-three can be compared. Studies in Early Victorian Literature The new Bohn's Library edition of the prose works of Jonathan Swift is a venture which proves itself the more welcome as each instalment is issued.... The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. - Volume 07 Historical and Political Tracts-Irish Jonathan Swift's name had been written there by the same hand too. Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges Here resteth the body of Jonathan Swift, Dean of this Cathedral Church, where fierce indignation can lacerate his heart no longer. A History of the Four Georges, Volume II Now Jonathan Swift and Esther Johnson and Esther Vanhomrigh really lived; and by living, became historical. Adventures in Criticism The Works of Jonathan Swift, containing additional letters, tracts, and poems, not hitherto published; with notes and a life of the author, by Walter Scott. Sir Walter Scott as a Critic of Literature And yet, 'it is impossible,' as Jonathan Swift has said, 'that anything so natural, so necessary and so universal as death should ever have been designed by Providence as an evil to mankind.' Crayon and Character: Truth Made Clear Through Eye and Ear Or, Ten-Minute Talks with Colored Chalks As an all-round satirist Jonathan Swift has no superior save Dryden, and he only by virtue of his broader human sympathies. English Satires He was loved by Pope and Lyttleton, caressed by the Prince of Wales, and honored by the friendly interest of Jonathan Swift. A History of English Prose Fiction A new phase in Irish history was inaugurated by the versatile talents, and strong will in their exercise, which characterized the famous Dr. Jonathan Swift. An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 He despised mankind because he found something despicable in Jonathan Swift, as he makes Gulliver hate the Yahoos in proportion to their likeness with himself. The Function of the Poet and Other Essays There is nothing here so nauseatingly indecent as the viler poems of the Rev. Robert Herrick and the Very Rev. the Dean of Dublin, Jonathan Swift, D.D. The Ten Pleasures of Marriage and the Second Part, The Confession of the New Married Couple There was an excremental element in his genius as in the genius of that other gloomy dean, Jonathan Swift. The Art of Letters "Gulliver's Travels" was written by an Irish clergyman named Jonathan Swift. The Children's Hour, v 5. Stories From Seven Old Favorites T.C.D., in which he states he had nothing whatever to do with the publication or revision of the second edition of the Works of Jonathan Swift. Notes and Queries, Number 50, October 12, 1850 "A new pamphlet by Jonathan Swift, I see," he remarked carelessly, with a wink at his pupil. Tom Tufton's Travels Applied to so extraordinary a man as Jonathan Swift, it is both misleading and inadequate. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 09 Contributions to The Tatler, The Examiner, The Spectator, and The Intelligencer Here lies the body of Jonathan Swift, Dean of this Cathedral, where fierce indignation can no longer rend his heart. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 01 Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great By Jonathan Swift I should have lived happy enough in that country if my littleness had not exposed me to several ridiculous and troublesome accidents; some of which I shall venture to relate. The Children's Hour, v 5. Stories From Seven Old Favorites She outlived both her brother and his wife, to carry on a warlike encounter with her brother's amanuensis, Mr. Jonathan Swift, over Temple's literary remains. The Love Letters of Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple, 1652-54 Dean of St. Patrick's, Jonathan Swift, who held that post from 1713 till his death. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge J. SWIFT" "I do hereby certify that the above is the handwriting of the late Dr. Jonathan Swift, D.S.P.D., from whom I have had many letters and printed several pieces from his original MS. Notes and Queries, Number 22, March 30, 1850 And until we are shown that the earth is wholly bad, we shall find much to amuse, much to instruct, much to admire—aye, much to pity—in the life of Jonathan Swift. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 01 Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great It is entitled the "Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, London, MDCCLXV," and is in two small volumes. The Winning of the West, Volume 1 From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1769-1776 Jonathan Swift had been eleven years Dean of St. Patrick's before he produced those famous letters which have left their mark so indelibly upon the course of Irish politics. The Story of Ireland The half-written memoir of Jonathan Swift was published; and reviewers, who had no compunction in praising the dead, were quick to recognize the touch of a master hand, the trenchant style of a powerful thinker. Fenton's Quest Jonathan Swift, the greatest and most original satirist of his own, or perhaps of any age, was born in Dublin, Ireland, of English parents, November 30, 1667. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 08 — Fiction Defoe had been the champion of the Whigs; on the Tory side the ablest pen was that of Jonathan Swift. English Literature: Modern Home University Library of Modern Knowledge The father of Jonathan Swift was a Dublin lawyer who died just as he was beginning what might have been a profitable career, and before his only son was born. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 5 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. The Battle of the Books and other Short Pieces My book is a Life of Jonathan Swift. Fenton's Quest Jonathan Swift, Polite Conversation ———- Commercial Services Many services can be accessed through the Internet. Zen and the Art of the Internet "Sometimes," said Jonathan Swift, "I read a book with pleasure and detest the author." The Book of Delight and Other Papers For he who could charm all charmed himself no less, and often hath said to me laughing:— "There's no company so good as Jonathan Swift's—and he himself would choose it before all others!" The Ladies A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty After some months, therefore, at Leicester, Jonathan Swift, aged twenty-two, went to Moor Park, and entered Sir William Temple’s household, doing service with the expectation of advancement through his influence. The Battle of the Books and other Short Pieces Descended from an old landowning family in Staffordshire, he was for a while a mate of Jonathan Swift at Trinity College, Dublin. Halleck's New English Literature Lady Mary received from her daughter a copy of Lord Orrery's Remarks on the Life and Writings of Jonathan Swift, published in 1751, six years after the death of Swift. Lady Mary Wortley Montague Her Life and Letters (1689-1762) Most of us would say the same of Jonathan Swift himself, and all of us, I think, share R.L. The Book of Delight and Other Papers Foremost among the men of genius who lent their pen to the service of nobles and statesmen was Jonathan Swift,--clergyman, poet, and satirist. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 07 Great Women Jonathan Swift married, at Leicester, Abigail Erick, or Herrick, who was of the family that had given to England Robert Herrick, the poet. The Battle of the Books and other Short Pieces Jonathan Swift wrote the satire on the times "Gulliver's Travels". Our Legal Heritage : 600-1776 King Aethelbert - King George III By Jonathan Swift The empire of Blefuscu is an island, situated to the northeast side of Lilliput, from whence it is parted only by a channel of eight hundred yards wide. The Junior Classics — Volume 5 Jonathan Swift, often called Dean Swift, was famous as a writer on many subjects. Fifty Famous People In the life of Jonathan Swift there are things which puzzle even the wisest. English Literature for Boys and Girls The troubles of 1689 also caused the closing of the University, and Jonathan Swift went to Leicester, where mother and son took counsel together as to future possibilities of life. The Battle of the Books and other Short Pieces By a codicil of February 1698, Temple left 100 pounds to "Mr. Jonathan Swift, now living with me." The Journal to Stella Gulliver's Travels was written by Jonathan Swift, the Dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin, one of the most original of writers, whose work was notably brilliant in the field of politics. The Junior Classics — Volume 5 That was in the year 1667, year also of the death of Jeremy Taylor, and of the birth of Jonathan Swift. Cowley's Essays Jonathan Swift's father and mother were very poor, so poor indeed that their friends said it was folly for them to marry. English Literature for Boys and Girls Jonathan Swift was born in 1667, on the 30th of November. The Battle of the Books and other Short Pieces The pamphlet itself has been given in our volume of "The Battle of the Books, and other short pieces, by Jonathan Swift." Isaac Bickerstaff, physician and astrologer The late Mr. Jonathan Swift Somers, laureate of Spoon River planned The Spooniad as an epic in twenty-four books, but unfortunately did not live to complete even the first book. Spoon River Anthology |
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