The Mind and Art of Jonathan SwiftOxford University Press, 1953 - 400 pages |
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Page 27
... present writer weigh most heavily against a marriage . In the pages that follow no attempt will be made to assay the mass of conflicting evidence that has ac- cumulated in the course of the long controversy , but the view that Swift's ...
... present writer weigh most heavily against a marriage . In the pages that follow no attempt will be made to assay the mass of conflicting evidence that has ac- cumulated in the course of the long controversy , but the view that Swift's ...
Page 51
... presents a deceptively fair exterior ; reality , which is not fair but simply real , exists only beneath the ... 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 ... present in Swift's thought . On the other hand , we find in him an ethical doctrine which , though of the seven ...
Page 56
... present , and future an identical colouring . Quite without the 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 the 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 PAGE | 3 |
MOOR PARK AND SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE | 10 |
THE EARLY VERSE | 29 |
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