The Mind and Art of Jonathan SwiftOxford University Press, 1953 - 400 pages |
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Page 31
... mind was like a conjured spirit , and scornfully he re- jected the easy manner and the slight subject . For the development of ideas he demanded a freedom of movement impossible in couplet and quatrain , and accordingly he turned to the ...
... mind was like a conjured spirit , and scornfully he re- jected the easy manner and the slight subject . For the development of ideas he demanded a freedom of movement impossible in couplet and quatrain , and accordingly he turned to the ...
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... mind , Still to unhappy restless thoughts inclined ; To thee , what oft I vainly strive to hide , That scorn of fools , by fools mistook for pride ; From thee whatever virtue takes its rise , Grows a misfortune , or becomes a vice ...
... mind , Still to unhappy restless thoughts inclined ; To thee , what oft I vainly strive to hide , That scorn of fools , by fools mistook for pride ; From thee whatever virtue takes its rise , Grows a misfortune , or becomes a vice ...
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... minds us that the strength of Swift's mind lay not in subtlety or originality but in its firm grasp upon generalities . Had he chosen to work in the French manner , only La Bruyère could he have approached . If there is almost nothing ...
... minds us that the strength of Swift's mind lay not in subtlety or originality but in its firm grasp upon generalities . Had he chosen to work in the French manner , only La Bruyère could he have approached . If there is almost nothing ...
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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