The Mind and Art of Jonathan SwiftOxford University Press, 1936 - 398 pages |
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Page 116
... Baucis and Philemon and Vanbrugh's House appeared , and the piece On Mrs. Biddy Floyd , of exquisite polish , and the lines Apollo Outwitted , addressed to Anne , countess of Winchelsea , were composed . It spoke in a different accent ...
... Baucis and Philemon and Vanbrugh's House appeared , and the piece On Mrs. Biddy Floyd , of exquisite polish , and the lines Apollo Outwitted , addressed to Anne , countess of Winchelsea , were composed . It spoke in a different accent ...
Page 158
... Baucis and Philemon tells the story , imitated from Ovid , of a farmer's cottage which miracu- lously becomes a church , and of the farmer and his wife who are turned into parson and dame and finally into two yews . Swift's art is seen ...
... Baucis and Philemon tells the story , imitated from Ovid , of a farmer's cottage which miracu- lously becomes a church , and of the farmer and his wife who are turned into parson and dame and finally into two yews . Swift's art is seen ...
Page 162
... Baucis and Philemon and Vanbrugh's House pass beneath Addison's searching eyes , to be approved for publication only ... Baucis and Philemon shows - in the way of coarse - textured humour and raciness . For example , in Baucis and ...
... Baucis and Philemon and Vanbrugh's House pass beneath Addison's searching eyes , to be approved for publication only ... Baucis and Philemon shows - in the way of coarse - textured humour and raciness . For example , in Baucis and ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
CONTROLLING IDEAS | 49 |
The Battle of the Books AND A Tale of a Tub | 75 |
Copyright | |
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