The Mind and Art of Jonathan SwiftOxford University Press, 1953 - 400 pages |
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Page 244
... Stella's illness and the anguish which it caused Swift . In a letter of 7 July he mentioned that Stella had not been in good health , but his words showed nothing of alarm . On the following day , in writing to Sheridan , he again ...
... Stella's illness and the anguish which it caused Swift . In a letter of 7 July he mentioned that Stella had not been in good health , but his words showed nothing of alarm . On the following day , in writing to Sheridan , he again ...
Page 278
... Stella , and to them we shall confine ourselves . It was Swift's habit , beginning in 1719 , to celebrate Stella's birthday , which fell on 13 March , in verse . We have in all , seven of the birthday poems , the series coming to an end ...
... Stella , and to them we shall confine ourselves . It was Swift's habit , beginning in 1719 , to celebrate Stella's birthday , which fell on 13 March , in verse . We have in all , seven of the birthday poems , the series coming to an end ...
Page 280
... Stella . Many are the writers who have represented Stella as a woman cruelly used by an egoistic lover and deprived of everything which she had a right to expect from one to whom she had sworn loyalty and love . This pity for Stella is ...
... Stella . Many are the writers who have represented Stella as a woman cruelly used by an egoistic lover and deprived of everything which she had a right to expect from one to whom she had sworn loyalty and love . This pity for Stella is ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
MOOR PARK AND SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE | 10 |
THE EARLY VERSE | 29 |
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