• A Meditation Upon a Broomstick is a short satire and parody written by Jonathan Swift in 1701. It was first published by Edmund Curll in 1710, against...
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    Broom (redirect from Broomsticks)
    A broom (also known as a broomstick) is a cleaning tool consisting of usually stiff fibers (often made of materials such as plastic, hair, or corn husks)...
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    pieces Directions to Servants (1731), A Modest Proposal (1729), Meditation Upon a Broomstick (1710), and in a few aphorisms). In his book, Breton also...
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    Jonathan Swift (redirect from S. P. A. M)
    sincere attempt to put them into practice. "A Meditation upon a Broom-stick" (1703–10) "A Tritical Essay upon the Faculties of the Mind" (1707–11) The...
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    rule in 1660. Upon Charles II's death, his brother, James II of England took the throne. However, when James, a Roman Catholic, married a Roman Catholic...
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    a second upon the body of another woman, he might dispose of the fattest of the two, and that would help to breed up the other. The more I think upon...
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  • on Modern Education", "A Meditation upon a Broomstick", "A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Ireland from Being a Burden to Their Parents...
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    Jonathan Swift's parody of it in Meditation Upon a Broomstick.) Devotional literature in general sold well and attests a wide literacy rate among the English...
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    Bartholomew Van Homrigh, a merchant of Amsterdam and afterwards of Dublin, who was appointed commissary of the stores by King William upon his expedition into...
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    her at his own request. A ward in St Patrick's University Hospital is named "Stella" in her memory. In the 1994 film Words Upon the Window Pane, based...
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  • reformers do not appreciate the advantage to them of having such an easy target upon which to practise their criticism and wit with such little risk to their...
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  • by private parties; Théodicée by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz; Meditation Upon a Broomstick by Jonathan Swift; First publication of the newspaper The Examiner...
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  • Edmund Curll (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
    Jonathan Swift's Meditation Upon a Broomstick. He also that year wrote a "key" to other Swift works, and in 1713 he produced a key to A Tale of a Tub. Swift...
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  • introduced by a commentary by Breton: Jonathan Swift: Directions to Servants, A Modest Proposal, Meditation Upon a Broomstick; a few aphorisms; D.-A.-F.de Sade:...
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    Philosophy 1665 – Occasional Reflections upon Several Subjects, which was ridiculed by Swift in Meditation Upon a Broomstick, and by Butler in An Occasional Reflection...
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  • The Examiner (1710–1714) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
    Remarks upon Papers and Occurrences) was a newspaper commenced on 3 August 1710 and edited by Jonathan Swift from 2 November 1710 to 1714. It promoted a Tory...
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    wife's broomstick. Wold then played it a little in the episode. Clarkson replied that it was the best use of a Morris Minor he had ever seen. A similar...
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  • Guidon Publishing. p. 105. ISBN 0-9543617-2-5. Lord Rothschild, Meditations of a Broomstick (London: Collins, 1977), p. 16. ISBN 0002165120 "LORD MOORE WEDS-...
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  • Sedelmaier Productions, Inc. (Season 1) Starting this season, the show switched to a 7-minute short act, with most of the shorts running approximately 5 minutes...
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  • inappropriate content per its community guidelines. On November 21, 2023, a heavily censored version was officially uploaded to the Cinemassacre YouTube...
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  • frightening adventures and a happy ending; it's also a rather thoughtful meditation on how society determines our behavior." TV Guide gave the film four out...
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    objects include a broomstick, a gypsy caravan, a magic mirror and a sliding bookcase door. Most of the objects have a gothic theme. Bonehilda, a skeleton non-player...
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    Growth" Semplice and "Human' Theme" Maestoso. Consists of five pieces: "Meditation" Contemplativo, "Crystal Ship" Con moto scherzando, "Sea Voyage" Pulsating...
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    Epiphany (holiday) (category Articles incorporating a citation from the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia with Wikisource reference)
    Epiphany is a national holiday and is associated with the figure of the Befana (the name being a corruption of the word Epifania), a broomstick-riding old...
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  • Byrnes and Connie Stevens "La Bamba" – Ritchie Valens "Let's Jump the Broomstick" – Brenda Lee "Lipstick on Your Collar" – Connie Francis "Livin' Lovin'...
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