The Works of Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, Vol. 2 of 18: With Notes Historical and Critical (Classic Reprint) - Taschenbuch

Excerpt from The Works of Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, Vol. 2 of 18: With Notes Historical and Critical When I was first called to the office of historiographer of John Bully he expressed himself to this purpose: Sir Humphry Polesworth, know you are a plain-dealer;it is for that reason I have chosen you for this important trust; speak the truths and spare not. That I might fulfil those his honourable intentions, I obtained leave to repair to, and attend him in his most secret retirements; and I put the journals of all transactions into a strong box, to be opened at a fitting occasion, after the manner of the historiographers of some eastern monarchs: this I thought was the safest way; though I declare I was never afraid to be choped by my matter for telling the truth. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.