A proposal for correcting the English tongue polite conversation, etc

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A proposal for correcting the English tongue polite conversation, etc

Jonathan Swift ; edited by Herbert Davis with Louis Landa

Basil Blackwell, 1957

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The prose writings of Jonathan Swift

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Description based on 1964 printing

On jacket: The prose writings of Jonathan Swift

Includes index

Contents of Works

  • A proposal for correcting the English tongue
  • Mr. Collins's discourse of free-thinking
  • Some thoughts on free-thinking
  • A preface to the Bishop of sarum's introduction
  • Hints towards an essay on conversation
  • Polite conversation
  • A modest defence of punning
  • On good manners and good breeding
  • Hints on good menners
  • Of the education of ladies
  • A discourse to prove the antiquity of the English tongue
  • Thoughts on various subjects

Details

  • NCID
    BA17224731
  • ISBN
    • 0631002103
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Oxford
  • Pages/Volumes
    xl, 309 p.
  • Size
    20 cm
  • Classification
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