The Mind and Art of Jonathan SwiftOxford University Press, 1953 - 400 pages |
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Page 80
... took offence at the conduct of the library - keeper , Richard Bentley . In 1694 William Wotton issued his Reflections upon Ancient and Modern Learning , in which he challenged Temple's disparagements of the moderns , though he made it ...
... took offence at the conduct of the library - keeper , Richard Bentley . In 1694 William Wotton issued his Reflections upon Ancient and Modern Learning , in which he challenged Temple's disparagements of the moderns , though he made it ...
Page 188
... took up Arbuthnot's quotation , the ' hearts of kings are unsearchable , ' and with each new day fulminated more terribly against the Somer- sets , until he could no longer bear the thought of the duchess's insidious presence by the ...
... took up Arbuthnot's quotation , the ' hearts of kings are unsearchable , ' and with each new day fulminated more terribly against the Somer- sets , until he could no longer bear the thought of the duchess's insidious presence by the ...
Page 303
... took on professional earnestness . In 1888 Hönncher published the results of his investigation into the influence of Cyrano de Bergerac ; in 1892 Borkowski attempted to show that Swift's indebtedness to other writers was so great that ...
... took on professional earnestness . In 1888 Hönncher published the results of his investigation into the influence of Cyrano de Bergerac ; in 1892 Borkowski attempted to show that Swift's indebtedness to other writers was so great that ...
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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