Tuesday 26 August 2014 at 18:04
A classic piece of parody from the great English satirist and author of Gulliver's Travels, Jonathan Swift. The particular butt of Swift's sharp pen in this instance was Robert Boyle and his Occasional Reflections upon Several Subjects, 1665
Source: http://publicdomainreview.org/collections/a-meditation-upon-a-broomstick-1711/