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An argument against abolishing Christianity

Author: Jonathan Swift

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(2014)

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    The edition used in the digital edition
  1. D. Laing Purves, An argument against abolishing Christianity in The works of Jonathan Swift D. D., Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin. Carefully selected: with a biography of the author, by D. Laing Purves; and original and authentic notes., Ed. D. Laing Purves. , Edinburgh, William P. Nimmo & Co. (1880) page 452–457

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CELT: Corpus of Electronic Texts

Sampling Declaration

The text covers pages 452–457.

Editorial Declaration

Correction

The text has been proof-read twice.

Normalization

The electronic text represents the edited text, with modernised spelling. Swift's practice of capitalizing certain words, or writing them entirely in uppercase was abandoned by D. Laing Purves who also modernised the punctuation. Editorial notes are tagged note type="auth" n="".

Quotation

Direct speech is rendered q.

Hyphenation

When a hyphenated word (hard or soft) crosses a line break, the break is marked after the completion of the hyphenated word.

Segmentation

div0=the satire. Paragraphs are marked; page-breaks are marked pb n="".

Interpretation

Some names of persons and titles of works are tagged. Terms for cultural and social roles are not tagged.

Profile Description

Created: By Jonathan Swift (1708)

Use of language

Language: [EN] The whole text is in English.
Language: [LA] A quote is in Latin.

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