The Mind and Art of Jonathan SwiftOxford University Press, 1953 - 400 pages |
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Page 35
... entire week for two stanzas of a Pindaric ode , and when all is done he must alter them a hundred times . He is , he confesses , overfond of his own writings and can reread them a hundred times with pleas- ure . But he finds it equally ...
... entire week for two stanzas of a Pindaric ode , and when all is done he must alter them a hundred times . He is , he confesses , overfond of his own writings and can reread them a hundred times with pleas- ure . But he finds it equally ...
Page 45
... entire five pieces must be taken together , and when they are it is clear to what degree Swift is con- scious of his spiritual independence . More than that , he is responsive to the new environment and comes to centre his concept of ...
... entire five pieces must be taken together , and when they are it is clear to what degree Swift is con- scious of his spiritual independence . More than that , he is responsive to the new environment and comes to centre his concept of ...
Page 138
... entire previous history : threatened with a return of a church - state they became increasingly Erastian , extremists like Hoadly describing a state - church in which other powers almost vanished before political authority . Swift's ...
... entire previous history : threatened with a return of a church - state they became increasingly Erastian , extremists like Hoadly describing a state - church in which other powers almost vanished before political authority . Swift's ...
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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