The Mind and Art of Jonathan SwiftOxford University Press, 1936 - 398 pages |
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Page 246
... Irish - born Eng- lishman but of an Englishman of the established church and of the governing class : the spoliation of the native Irish he took for granted , catholicism he contemned , pres- byterianism he hated and denounced . The ...
... Irish - born Eng- lishman but of an Englishman of the established church and of the governing class : the spoliation of the native Irish he took for granted , catholicism he contemned , pres- byterianism he hated and denounced . The ...
Page 253
... Irish tracts was A Proposal for the Universal Use of Irish Manufacture ( 1720 ) , a militant sum- mary of the evils created by the laws passed against Irish manufacture and agriculture . When Swift turns to his fel- low - countrymen ...
... Irish tracts was A Proposal for the Universal Use of Irish Manufacture ( 1720 ) , a militant sum- mary of the evils created by the laws passed against Irish manufacture and agriculture . When Swift turns to his fel- low - countrymen ...
Page 261
... Irish currency , for the insufficiency of coins in circulation and their heterogeneous character had become a daily annoyance . The Irish desired above all their own mint , but in the absence of that they felt that their greatest need ...
... Irish currency , for the insufficiency of coins in circulation and their heterogeneous character had become a daily annoyance . The Irish desired above all their own mint , but in the absence of that they felt that their greatest need ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
CONTROLLING IDEAS | 49 |
The Battle of the Books AND A Tale of a Tub | 75 |
Copyright | |
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