The Mind and Art of Jonathan SwiftOxford University Press, 1936 - 398 pages |
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Page 222
... Vanessa are given and their thoughts analysed . Excite- ment does not describe it . It is rather a fascination by the theme , a determination to explore a situation , to define and sum up . In Cadenus and Vanessa we have an interlude ...
... Vanessa are given and their thoughts analysed . Excite- ment does not describe it . It is rather a fascination by the theme , a determination to explore a situation , to define and sum up . In Cadenus and Vanessa we have an interlude ...
Page 238
... Vanessa heard rumours of the marriage to Stella and wrote to Swift - some say to Stella - asking if the report were true . Swift thereupon rode out to Celbridge , strode into the room , and transfixing Vanessa with a deadly glance ...
... Vanessa heard rumours of the marriage to Stella and wrote to Swift - some say to Stella - asking if the report were true . Swift thereupon rode out to Celbridge , strode into the room , and transfixing Vanessa with a deadly glance ...
Page 239
... Vanessa was striking at Swift through the terms of this will , and that she furthermore directed Marshall to publish at her death her correspondence with Swift and Cadenus and Vanessa . ) On 11 May Swift was writing to a friend that he ...
... Vanessa was striking at Swift through the terms of this will , and that she furthermore directed Marshall to publish at her death her correspondence with Swift and Cadenus and Vanessa . ) On 11 May Swift was writing to a friend that he ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
CONTROLLING IDEAS | 49 |
The Battle of the Books AND A Tale of a Tub | 75 |
Copyright | |
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