The Mind and Art of Jonathan SwiftOxford University Press, 1936 - 398 pages |
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Page 251
... Ireland was pre- dominantly whig - but because it felt , however unconsciously , that these dissenters constituted the only really serious threat to its supreme position . The Sacramental Test in Ireland , for the retention of which ...
... Ireland was pre- dominantly whig - but because it felt , however unconsciously , that these dissenters constituted the only really serious threat to its supreme position . The Sacramental Test in Ireland , for the retention of which ...
Page 253
... Ireland ( 1724 ? ) , The Present Miserable State of Ireland ( second half 1726 ? ) , and A Short View of the State of Ireland ( 1728 ) . Some of the revealing economic paradoxes which he takes up in the Maxims are these : whereas high ...
... Ireland ( 1724 ? ) , The Present Miserable State of Ireland ( second half 1726 ? ) , and A Short View of the State of Ireland ( 1728 ) . Some of the revealing economic paradoxes which he takes up in the Maxims are these : whereas high ...
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... Ireland by Wood's cop- per coinage needs no explanation , the masterly if unscru- pulous manner whereby Swift played upon the resentment , heightening yet controlling it , is perfectly apparent . It was , of course , the denial to Ireland ...
... Ireland by Wood's cop- per coinage needs no explanation , the masterly if unscru- pulous manner whereby Swift played upon the resentment , heightening yet controlling it , is perfectly apparent . It was , of course , the denial to Ireland ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
CONTROLLING IDEAS | 49 |
The Battle of the Books AND A Tale of a Tub | 75 |
Copyright | |
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