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: Thomas Browne
Religio Medici, by Sir Thomas Browne
Introductory Note: Hippocrates
The Oath and Law of Hippocrates, by Hippocrates
Introductory Note: Amerigo Vespucci
Amerigo Vespucci’s Account of His First Voyage, by Amerigo Vespucci
Introductory Note: Adam Smith
The Wealth of Nations (Book IV, Ch. VII), by Adam Smith
Introductory Note: Marcus Aurelius
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, by Marcus Aurelius
Introductory Note: American Historical Documents
The Letter of Columbus on the Discovery of America, by Christopher Columbus
Introductory Note: Virgil
Æneid (Book V, Party I), by Virgil
Introductory Note: Miguel de Cervantes
Don Quixote (the 4th Book), by Miguel de Cervantes
Introductory Note: Sarah Flower Adams
Hymns of the Christian Church
Introductory Note: Henry Fielding
Preface to Joseph Andrews, by Henry Fielding
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