The Mind and Art of Jonathan SwiftOxford University Press, 1953 - 400 pages |
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Page 101
... death are doubt- less an accurate indication of Jonathan's mood during the early half of 1699 : ' My poor brother has lost his best friend Sir William Temple , who was so fond of him whilst he lived , that he made him give up his living ...
... death are doubt- less an accurate indication of Jonathan's mood during the early half of 1699 : ' My poor brother has lost his best friend Sir William Temple , who was so fond of him whilst he lived , that he made him give up his living ...
Page 359
... Death and Daphne , written about 1730 for Mrs. Pilking- ton : the curiously dry description of Death has the proper macabre note , while the conceit from which it derives point is in quality almost ' metaphysical . ' Worried by the ...
... Death and Daphne , written about 1730 for Mrs. Pilking- ton : the curiously dry description of Death has the proper macabre note , while the conceit from which it derives point is in quality almost ' metaphysical . ' Worried by the ...
Page 396
... Death of Dr. Swift . See , Verses on the Death of Dr. Swift . On the Little House by the Church- yard of Castleknock , 170-171 . On Mr. Pulteney's being put out of the Council , 347 . On Mrs. Biddy Floyd , 116 , 152 , 163- 164 . On ...
... Death of Dr. Swift . See , Verses on the Death of Dr. Swift . On the Little House by the Church- yard of Castleknock , 170-171 . On Mr. Pulteney's being put out of the Council , 347 . On Mrs. Biddy Floyd , 116 , 152 , 163- 164 . On ...
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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