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CHAPTER I THE FOUR LAST YEARS OF QUEEN ANNE 1 On the last day of August 1710 a sudden decision by the Irish bishops snatched Swift from the obscurity in which he had been passing his days since his last return to Ireland ...
CHAPTER I THE FOUR LAST YEARS OF QUEEN ANNE 1 On the last day of August 1710 a sudden decision by the Irish bishops snatched Swift from the obscurity in which he had been passing his days since his last return to Ireland ...
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His friends and acquaintances were many , and in their society he passed a great deal of time . Previously , as one of the Addisonian circle , he had given evidence of his rare social endowments . The tory group who moved close to the ...
His friends and acquaintances were many , and in their society he passed a great deal of time . Previously , as one of the Addisonian circle , he had given evidence of his rare social endowments . The tory group who moved close to the ...
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The group with whom Swift had passed the summer of 1726 and who had conspired with him to shroud the publication of his satire in mystery now kept their ears open , eager to send the author full reports of the judgments of the town .
The group with whom Swift had passed the summer of 1726 and who had conspired with him to shroud the publication of his satire in mystery now kept their ears open , eager to send the author full reports of the judgments of the town .
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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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