The Mind and Art of Jonathan SwiftOxford University Press, 1953 - 400 pages |
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Page 76
... seems unlikely - or allowed a design to emerge as year by year he added and revised is all the same - whatever the method , its result was satire incomparable for the conjunc- tion of matter , tone , and form . 2 The Battle of the Books ...
... seems unlikely - or allowed a design to emerge as year by year he added and revised is all the same - whatever the method , its result was satire incomparable for the conjunc- tion of matter , tone , and form . 2 The Battle of the Books ...
Page 131
... seems to be placed in the whole body , wherever the executive part of it lies ; ' ( 2 ) not to be confused with this absolute power is the administrative or executive power . ( Swift would have achieved a clearer statement had he made a ...
... seems to be placed in the whole body , wherever the executive part of it lies ; ' ( 2 ) not to be confused with this absolute power is the administrative or executive power . ( Swift would have achieved a clearer statement had he made a ...
Page 242
... seems no reason to doubt that his only purpose in approaching Walpole was to set forth the plight of Ireland . True ... seem , however , that such an offer came from a friend and the sacrifice of freedoms and liberalities referred to a ...
... seems no reason to doubt that his only purpose in approaching Walpole was to set forth the plight of Ireland . True ... seem , however , that such an offer came from a friend and the sacrifice of freedoms and liberalities referred to a ...
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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