The Mind and Art of Jonathan SwiftOxford University Press, 1953 - 400 pages |
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Page 138
... 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 principle that ...
... 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 principle that ...
Page 151
... course of it Swift has , it is believed , been vindicated of certain charges commonly brought against him . He was not a spiritual man . But his writings on church , state , and religion dis- close an intellectual sincerity and ...
... course of it Swift has , it is believed , been vindicated of certain charges commonly brought against him . He was not a spiritual man . But his writings on church , state , and religion dis- close an intellectual sincerity and ...
Page 351
... course of which the author explains his inability to treat the lady in the heroic manner , which is not his natural vein . From this point he wanders , as though by chance , into the region of politics : I , as all the parish knows ...
... course of which the author explains his inability to treat the lady in the heroic manner , which is not his natural vein . From this point he wanders , as though by chance , into the region of politics : I , as all the parish knows ...
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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