The Mind and Art of Jonathan SwiftOxford University Press, 1953 - 400 pages |
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Page 56
... desire to insinuate ourselves into Swift's mind , if we desire to view the universe as he viewed it , we must at once discard our own prejudice in favour of progress as the law of history . The outlook typical of his day was determined ...
... desire to insinuate ourselves into Swift's mind , if we desire to view the universe as he viewed it , we must at once discard our own prejudice in favour of progress as the law of history . The outlook typical of his day was determined ...
Page 136
... desire to transcend mere party issues is apparent throughout the Sentiments , and gives to it a tone of modera- tion ... desires to push matters to extremes in religion and government as charged by its ene- mies ; he will not believe ...
... desire to transcend mere party issues is apparent throughout the Sentiments , and gives to it a tone of modera- tion ... desires to push matters to extremes in religion and government as charged by its ene- mies ; he will not believe ...
Page 182
... desire , have learned to look within them- selves with such unfaltering realism , or have exposed them- selves so minutely ? Arrived in London , Swift felt no such thrill of expecta- tion as he had experienced four years earlier when ...
... desire , have learned to look within them- selves with such unfaltering realism , or have exposed them- selves so minutely ? Arrived in London , Swift felt no such thrill of expecta- tion as he had experienced four years earlier when ...
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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