The Mind and Art of Jonathan SwiftOxford University Press, 1936 - 398 pages |
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... early 1689 : Early 1689 : Spring of 1689 : Summer of 1690 : Autumn of 1691 : 5 July 1692 : May 1694 : 5 Oct. 1694 : 13 Jan. 1695 : May 1696 : 27 Jan. 1699 : BIOGRAPHICAL SYNOPSIS 1667-1699 Born Dublin , a posthumous child , son of ...
... early 1689 : Early 1689 : Spring of 1689 : Summer of 1690 : Autumn of 1691 : 5 July 1692 : May 1694 : 5 Oct. 1694 : 13 Jan. 1695 : May 1696 : 27 Jan. 1699 : BIOGRAPHICAL SYNOPSIS 1667-1699 Born Dublin , a posthumous child , son of ...
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... early verse has seldom called forth from Swift's commentators other than derision . Nor will the casual reader , if he has the pertinacity to get through the five pieces , ever be tempted to return to them . Yet despite their badness ...
... early verse has seldom called forth from Swift's commentators other than derision . Nor will the casual reader , if he has the pertinacity to get through the five pieces , ever be tempted to return to them . Yet despite their badness ...
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... early verses , but about two metrical compositions which date from Swift's last year at Moor Park . Dryden's prophecy - ' You will never be a poet'- was to prove false in time , we have already said . ( In order to avoid controversy ...
... early verses , but about two metrical compositions which date from Swift's last year at Moor Park . Dryden's prophecy - ' You will never be a poet'- was to prove false in time , we have already said . ( In order to avoid controversy ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
CONTROLLING IDEAS | 49 |
The Battle of the Books AND A Tale of a Tub | 75 |
Copyright | |
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