The Mind and Art of Jonathan SwiftOxford University Press, 1953 - 400 pages |
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... presents a deceptively fair exterior ; reality , which is not fair but simply real , exists only beneath the surface . It ... present in Swift's thought . On the other hand we find in him an ethical doctrine which , though of the seven ...
... presents a deceptively fair exterior ; reality , which is not fair but simply real , exists only beneath the surface . It ... present in Swift's thought . On the other hand we find in him an ethical doctrine which , though of the seven ...
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... present in his political and religious theories ; it puts teeth into his satire of the corruptions of learning ; it forms the basis of his supreme contempt for science . The art of government is not a mysterious one : God hath given the ...
... present in his political and religious theories ; it puts teeth into his satire of the corruptions of learning ; it forms the basis of his supreme contempt for science . The art of government is not a mysterious one : God hath given the ...
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... present , and future an identical colouring . Quite without che concept of historical development with its hope for the future , his mind was ruled by the desire for permanence and by the ever - present fear that some rising tide of ...
... present , and future an identical colouring . Quite without che concept of historical development with its hope for the future , his mind was ruled by the desire for permanence and by the ever - present fear that some rising tide of ...
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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