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Page 138
Swift's settled course in respect of religion and govern- ment lay between high - flying conservatism and whig radi- calism . For him the de facto character of William's reign constituted no problem ; from the first he had accepted the ...
Swift's settled course in respect of religion and govern- ment lay between high - flying conservatism and whig radi- calism . For him the de facto character of William's reign constituted no problem ; from the first he had accepted the ...
Page 151
And while interpretation has been the single aim of this chapter , in the course of it Swift has , it is believed , been vindicated of certain charges commonly brought against him . He was not a spiritual man .
And while interpretation has been the single aim of this chapter , in the course of it Swift has , it is believed , been vindicated of certain charges commonly brought against him . He was not a spiritual man .
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by any course of law , he would get it by his pen , and show the world what a man I was . When he began to grow over - warm and eloquent , I called in the gentleman of the house , from the room adjoining , and the Serjeant , going on ...
by any course of law , he would get it by his pen , and show the world what a man I was . When he began to grow over - warm and eloquent , I called in the gentleman of the house , from the room adjoining , and the Serjeant , going on ...
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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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| Title | The Mind and Art of Jonathan Swift |
| Author | Ricardo Quintana |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1953 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Mar 2008 |
| Length | 400 pages |
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