A Tale of a Tub
Author:
Jonathan SwiftPublisher:
General Books LLCPublication Date:
08-01-2009ISBN:
9780217311854Pages:
164Available as:
Paperback, 9780217311854 Electronic book text, 9781102787761 Electronic book text, 9781605014654 Electronic book text, 9781775416975 Paperback, 9783849150037 Paperback, 9781484825389 Paperback, 9781478116301 Paperback, 9781604509373 Paperback, 9781443298391 Paperback, 9781604508789 Paperback, 9781459022638
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Though the author has written a large Dedication, yet that being addressed to a Prince whom I am never likely to have the honour of being known to; a person, besides, as far as I can observe, not at all regarded or thought on by any of our present writers; and I being wholly free from that slavery which booksellers usually lie under to the caprices of authors, I think it a wise piece of presumption to inscribe these papers to your Lordship, and to implore your Lordship's protection of them. God and your Lordship know their faults and their merits; for as to my own particular, I am altogether a stranger to the matter; and though everybody else should be equally ignorant, I do not fear the sale of the book at all the worse upon that score. Your Lordship's name on the front in capital letters will at any time get off one edition: neither would I desire any other help to grow an alderman than a patent for the sole privilege of dedicating to your Lordship.
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