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3 SWIFT had chosen an exciting moment for his return to Eng- land . The terms whig and tory had had their origin in the time of Charles II . The whig party brought together under its sheltering wings several groups of opinion : the ...
3 SWIFT had chosen an exciting moment for his return to Eng- land . The terms whig and tory had had their origin in the time of Charles II . The whig party brought together under its sheltering wings several groups of opinion : the ...
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The wholesale confiscations of Irish land had not ended with the Ulster plantations under James I but had continued into the reign of Charles I , to be given a terrific impulse when Strafford was sent over as lord - deputy in 1632.
The wholesale confiscations of Irish land had not ended with the Ulster plantations under James I but had continued into the reign of Charles I , to be given a terrific impulse when Strafford was sent over as lord - deputy in 1632.
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When Swift turns to his fel- low - countrymen , his flail descends first upon those land- owners who continue to raise sheep in utter disregard of the restrictions upon the wool trade , then upon the country landlords who by the ...
When Swift turns to his fel- low - countrymen , his flail descends first upon those land- owners who continue to raise sheep in utter disregard of the restrictions upon the wool trade , then upon the country landlords who by the ...
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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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| Title | The Mind and Art of Jonathan Swift |
| Author | Ricardo Quintana |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1953 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Mar 2008 |
| Length | 400 pages |
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