The Mind and Art of Jonathan SwiftOxford University Press, 1953 - 400 pages |
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... human behaviour we have already seen . In respect of both points Swift's thought , as expressed in his political writings , is at one with Temple's . Again , one must not be led into the error of assuming an exclusive influence from ...
... human behaviour we have already seen . In respect of both points Swift's thought , as expressed in his political writings , is at one with Temple's . Again , one must not be led into the error of assuming an exclusive influence from ...
Page 69
... human na- ture , the insistence on man's fundamental depravity , derives from no single source . In all ages the intellectual aristocrat has regarded with a fierce contempt the stupidity , meanness , and cruelty of his unrefined fellow ...
... human na- ture , the insistence on man's fundamental depravity , derives from no single source . In all ages the intellectual aristocrat has regarded with a fierce contempt the stupidity , meanness , and cruelty of his unrefined fellow ...
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... human Creatures are observed to be more Savage and cruel in Proportion to their Bulk ; what could I expect but to be a Morsel in the Mouth of the first among these enormous Barbarians who should happen to seize me ? ' And for a time ...
... human Creatures are observed to be more Savage and cruel in Proportion to their Bulk ; what could I expect but to be a Morsel in the Mouth of the first among these enormous Barbarians who should happen to seize me ? ' And for a time ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
MOOR PARK AND SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE | 10 |
THE EARLY VERSE | 29 |
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