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The Battle of the Books is a classic collection of Jonathan Swift short stories that contains the following titles: THE EPISODE OF BENTLEY AND WOTTON, THE BATTLE OF THE BOOKS, and others.Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 - 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish 1] satirist, essayist,... Read Full Overview

"The Battle of the Books" is the name of a short satire written by Jonathan Swift and published as part of the prolegomena to his A Tale of a Tub in 1704. It depicts a literal battle between books in the King's Library (housed in St. James's Palace at the time of the writing),... Read Full Overview

In ancient times, as story tells, The saints would often leave their cells, And stroll about, but hide their quality, To try good people's hospitality. It happened on a winter night, As authors of the legend write, Two brother hermits, saints by trade, Taking their tour in masquerade,... Read Full Overview

Inspired by Boileau's Lutrin and illustrating the debate within European intellectual circles between the "Ancients", who argued that all essential knowledge was to be found in classical texts, and the "Moderns", who claimed that contemporary learning superseded the old sources,... Read Full Overview

The Battle of the Books is a satirical work by Jonathan Swift, published in 1704. The book is a parody of the literary debate between the Ancients and the Moderns, which was a popular topic of discussion in the late 17th century. The story takes place in the library of St. James's... Read Full Overview

""The Battle Fought Between The Ancient And Modern Books In St. James' Library"" is a satirical essay written by Jonathan Swift in the 18th century. The essay describes a fictional battle that takes place between the books in St. James' Library, with the ancient books representing... Read Full Overview

The Battle of the Books is a satirical work by Jonathan Swift, first published in 1704. The book is a parody of a debate that took place in 1697 between French and English scholars over the relative merits of ancient and modern literature. In Swift's version of the debate, the... Read Full Overview

""The Battle Fought Between The Ancient And Modern Books In St. James' Library"" is a satirical essay written by Jonathan Swift in 1697. The essay is a fictional account of a debate between the books in the library of St. James' Palace in London. The debate centers around the... Read Full Overview

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While things were in this ferment, discord grew extremely high; hot words passed on both sides, and ill blood was plentifully bred. Here a solitary Ancient, squeezed up among a whole shelf of Moderns, offered fairly to dispute the case, and to prove by manifest reason that the... Read Full Overview

While things were in this ferment, discord grew extremely high; hot words passed on both sides, and ill blood was plentifully bred. Here a solitary Ancient, squeezed up among a whole shelf of Moderns, offered fairly to dispute the case, and to prove by manifest reason that the... Read Full Overview

While things were in this ferment, discord grew extremely high; hot words passed on both sides, and ill blood was plentifully bred. Here a solitary Ancient, squeezed up among a whole shelf of Moderns, offered fairly to dispute the case, and to prove by manifest reason that the... Read Full Overview

While things were in this ferment, discord grew extremely high; hot words passed on both sides, and ill blood was plentifully bred. Here a solitary Ancient, squeezed up among a whole shelf of Moderns, offered fairly to dispute the case, and to prove by manifest reason that the... Read Full Overview