Jonathan Swift Quotes:
Ocupation: Pamphleteer
Life: November 30, 1667 - October 19, 1745
Birthday: November 30
Death: October 19
Punning is an art of harmonious jingling upon words, which, passing in at the ears, excites a titillary motion in those parts; and this, being conveyed by the animal spirits into the muscles of the face, raises the cockles of the heart.
source: Jonathan Swift (1803). “The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift ...”, p.125
topic: Art, Animal, Ears, Cockles, Punning, Animal Spirits, Harmonious
