The Mind and Art of Jonathan SwiftOxford University Press, 1953 - 400 pages |
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Page 54
... Common sense is reason ap- plied to homely things , and like reason is a possession of all Therefore society at large may be trusted to keep the state upon a true course . Political storms arise not from the body of the people but from ...
... Common sense is reason ap- plied to homely things , and like reason is a possession of all Therefore society at large may be trusted to keep the state upon a true course . Political storms arise not from the body of the people but from ...
Page 95
... common Understanding , as well as common Sense , is Kickt out jof Doors ; the first Proselyte he makes , is Himself , and when that is once compass'd , the Difficulty is not so great in bringing over others ; A strong Delusion always ...
... common Understanding , as well as common Sense , is Kickt out jof Doors ; the first Proselyte he makes , is Himself , and when that is once compass'd , the Difficulty is not so great in bringing over others ; A strong Delusion always ...
Page 171
... common sense , and a highly civilized concep- tion of social intercourse . The Hints on Good Manners opens with this observation : ' Good Manners is the art of making every reasonable person in the company easy , and to be easy ...
... common sense , and a highly civilized concep- tion of social intercourse . The Hints on Good Manners opens with this observation : ' Good Manners is the art of making every reasonable person in the company easy , and to be easy ...
Contents
CHAPTER | 3 |
MOOR PARK AND SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE | 10 |
The Battle of the Books AND A Tale of a | 49 |
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