Tag Archives: Jonathan Swift

Feminine Beauty: Jonathan Swift

Posted on 27/07/2013 by layanglicana

You have but a very few years to be young and handsome in the eyes of the world, and as few months to be so in the eyes of a husband, who is not a fool. Jonathan Swift Letter to … Continue reading →

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Honey And Wax: Jonathan Swift

Posted on 18/06/2013 by layanglicana

Instead of dirt and poison, we have rather chosen to fill our hives with honey and wax; thus furnishing mankind with the two noblest of things, which are sweetness and light. Jonathan Swift The Drapier’s Letters #2, 4 August 1724 … Continue reading →

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Genetically Modified Crops: Dean Swift In Favour

Posted on 21/05/2013 by layanglicana

And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn or two blades of grass to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more … Continue reading →

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Flattery: Dean Jonathan Swift

Posted on 13/05/2013 by layanglicana

‘Tis an old maxim in the schools, That flattery’s the food of fools; Yet now and then your man of wit Will condescend to take a bit. Jonathan Swift The image, via Wikimedia, is of King Canute ‘reproving the flattery … Continue reading →

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How To Eat A Boiled Egg: Jonathan Swift

Posted on 09/04/2013 by layanglicana

The two great empires of Lilliput and Blefuscu… have… been engaged in a most obstinate war for six-and-thirty moons past. It began upon the following occasion: It is allowed on all hands that the primitive way of breaking eggs before … Continue reading →

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