Famous Affinities of History, Vol 4
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Orr, Lyndon / 1st World Library, PUBLISHER: 1st World Library, Purchase one <strong><strong>ofstrong>strong> 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library <strong><strong>ofstrong>strong> downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - <strong><strong>Thestrong>strong> story <strong><strong>ofstrong>strong> <strong>Jonathanstrong> <strong>Swiftstrong> and <strong><strong>ofstrong>strong> <strong><strong>thestrong>strong> two women who gave <strong><strong>thestrong>strong>ir lives for love <strong><strong>ofstrong>strong> him is familiar to every student <strong><strong>ofstrong>strong> English literature. <strong>Swiftstrong> himself, both in letters and in politics, stands out a conspicuous figure in <strong><strong>thestrong>strong> reigns <strong><strong>ofstrong>strong> King William III and Queen Anne. By writing Gulliver's Travels he made himself immortal. <strong><strong>Thestrong>strong> external facts <strong><strong>ofstrong>strong> his singular relations with two charming women are sufficiently well known; but a definite explanation <strong><strong>ofstrong>strong> <strong><strong>thestrong>strong>se facts has never yet been given. <strong>Swiftstrong> held his tongue with a repellent taciturnity. No one ever dared to question him. Whe<strong><strong>thestrong>strong>r <strong><strong>thestrong>strong> true solution belongs to <strong><strong>thestrong>strong> sphere <strong><strong>ofstrong>strong> psychology or <strong><strong>ofstrong>strong> physiology is a question that remains unanswered. But, as <strong><strong>thestrong>strong> case is one <strong><strong>ofstrong>strong> <strong><strong>thestrong>strong> most puzzling in <strong><strong>thestrong>strong> annals <strong><strong>ofstrong>strong> love, it may be well to set forth <strong><strong>thestrong>strong> circum-stances very briefly, to weigh <strong><strong>thestrong>strong> <strong><strong>thestrong>strong>ories that have already been advanced, and to suggest ano<strong><strong>thestrong>strong>r. <strong>Jonathanstrong> <strong>Swiftstrong> was <strong><strong>ofstrong>strong> Yorkshire stock, though he happened to be born in Dublin, and thus is <strong><strong>ofstrong>strong>ten spoken <strong><strong>ofstrong>strong> as "<strong><strong>thestrong>strong> great Irish satirist," or "<strong><strong>thestrong>strong> Irish <strong>deanstrong>." It was, in truth, his fate to spend much <strong><strong>ofstrong>strong> his life in Ireland, and to die <strong><strong>thestrong>strong>re, near <strong><strong>thestrong>strong> ca<strong><strong>thestrong>strong>dral where his remains now rest; but in truth he hated Ireland and everything connected with it, just as he hated Scotland and everything that was Scottish. He was an Englishman to <strong><strong>thestrong>strong> core.