Hints to servants - John Jones; Jonathan Swift

Hints to servants

THE GLORIES OF THE KITCHEN.

BEING A POETICAL AND MODERNISED VERSION OF DEAN SWIFT'S CELEBRATED DIRECTIONS TO SERVANTS; IN WHICH SOMETHING IS ADDED TO THE ORIGINAL TEXT, BUT THOSE PASSAGES ARE OMITTED WHICH CANNOT WITH PROPRIETY BE READ ALOUD IN A KITCHEN. BY AN UPPER SERVANT.
Safe from the Bar, the Pulpit, and the Throne, Yet touched and shamed by Ridicule alone! POPE.
ILLUSTRATED WITH TWELVE ORIGINAL DESIGNS, BY KENNY MEADOWS, ENGRAVED BY JOHN JACKSON.
LONDON: EFFINGHAM WILSON, ROYAL EXCHANGE, T. AND W. BOONE, NEW BOND STREET, 1843.

LONDON: Printed by Maurice and Co., Howford-buildings, Fenchurch-street.

Once on a time a Rev'rend Dean
There lived, (and you know whom I mean,)
Keen as a hawk each fault to seize,

John Jones
Jonathan Swift
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Язык

Английский

Год издания

2014-09-03

Темы

Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745 -- Parodies, imitations, etc.; Household employees -- Poetry

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