File:The Three Stages of Humanity (A Tale of a Tub).jpg
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Woodcut from the Tale of a Tub illustrating the "Three Stages of Humanity," which are the theater, the gallows, and the pulpit. Illustration is original, from the 5th edition of the work, 1705, in public domain. Reproduction is by me, from an original, and all rights appended to the reproduction I donate to the public domain. Geogre 18:43, 19 Oct 2004 (UTC)
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Augustan literature | An illustration from Jonathan Swift's A Tale of a Tub showing the three "stages" of human life: the pulpit, the theatre, and the gallows. |
A Tale of a Tub | Woodcut from the Tale demonstrating the three stages of human endeavour: the gallows, the theatre, and the pulpit. |
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