To harp on one's illnesses, giving all the symptoms and circumstances, has been a blemish on conversation for ages. Two hundred years ago Swift complained of persons who continually talked about themselves. (Volume 27, Harvard Classics)
Jonathan Swift born Nov. 30, 1667.
Introductory Note: Richard Henry Dana, Jr.
Two Years before the Mast (Ch. XXI), by Richard Henry Dana, Jr.
Introductory Note: Alessandro Manzoni
I Promessi Sposi (The Betrothed), by Alessandro Manzoni
Introductory Note: Charles Lyell
Principles of Geology (Uniformity Of Change), by Charles Lyell
Introductory Note: Saint Augustine
The Confessions of St. Augustine (Book III), by Saint Augustine
Introductory Note: John Milton
Paradise Lost (Book IX), by John Milton
Introductory Note: Walt Whitman
Leaves of Grass and Drum-Taps, by Walt Whitman
Introductory Note: Oliver Goldsmith
The Deserted Village, by Oliver Goldsmith
Introductory Note: the Book of Psalms
The Book of Psalms (137-145)
Introductory Note: John Milton
Paradise Regained, by John Milton
Introductory Note: The Thousand and One Nights
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