The empress, and young princes of the blood of both sexes, … - Jonathan Swift

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The empress, and young princes of the blood of both sexes, attended by many ladies, sat at some distance in their chairs; but

Jonathan Swift

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Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish writer and satirist. Acclaimed as one of the finest prose satirists in the English language, he was also well known for his poetry and essays.

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Pen Names: Isaac Bickerstaff • Lemuel Gulliver • M. B. Drapier • Simon Wagstaff

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Satire is a sort of glass wherein beholders do generally discover everybody’s face but their own; which is the chief reason for that kind reception it meets with in the world, and that so very few are offended with it.

Let that be as it will, thus much is certain, that, however spiritual intrigues begin, they generally conclude like all others; they may branch upward toward heaven, but the root is in the earth.

The empress, and young princes of the blood of both sexes, attended by many ladies, sat at some distance in their chairs; but - Jonathan Swift

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