Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Life of Jonathan Swift: Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin
In 1784, the younger Sheridan wrote his Life of Swift. As a boy, he had known Swift in decay: as a boy, also, he had received from his father, reminiscences of their long friend ship. In spite of the preternatural dulness, for which J ohn son's well-known phrase has made him celebrated, Sheridan always labours to be honest; and even his distant recollection of what his father had told him, could not fail to give some interest to his story. But his Life brings us no nearer to the real Swift: gives us little insight into his character: and scarcely attempts to enter into his moods, or to discern the motives that give a clue to much of the mystery that gathers round him.
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