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A Tale of a Tub, Written for the Universal Improvement of Mankind
A Tale of a Tub Written for the Universal Improvement of Mankind Author:Jonathan Swift Subtitle: To Which Is Added, an Account of a Battel Between the Antient and Modern Books in St. James's Library General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1704 Original Publisher: Printed for J. Nutt Subjects: Fiction / Classics Fiction / Fantasy / General Fiction / Humorous Fiction / Literary Literary Critic... more »ism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: SECT. III. "S A tygreffion concerning Criticks. H O I have been hitherto as cautious as I could, upon all Oc- cafions, moft nicely to follow the Rules and Methods of Writing, laid down by the Example of our illuftrious Moderns; yet has the unhappy fhortnefs of my Memory led me into an Error, from which I mult immediately extricate my felf, before I can decently purfue my principal Subjeft. I confefs with Shame, it was an unpardonable O- miflion to proceed fo far as I have already done, before I had performed the due Difcourfes, Expoftulatory, Supplicatory, or Deprecatory with my good Lords the Cri- ticks. Towards fome Atonement for this grievous Negleft, I do here make humbly bold to prefent them with a fhort Account of themfelves and their Art, by looking into the-Original and Pedigree of the Word, as it is generally underftood among us, and very briefly confidering the antient and prefent State thereof, B Y the Word, Qritick, at this Day fo frequent in all Conventions, there have fornetimes been diftinguifhed three very different Species of Mortal Men, according as I have read in Ant tent Books and Pamphlets. For firft, by this Term were under- ftood fuch Perfons as invented or drew up Rules for themfelves and the World, by obferving which, a careful Reader might be able to pronounce u...« less