The Mind and Art of Jonathan SwiftOxford University Press, 1936 - 398 pages |
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Page 70
... friends . There is a note of pity- not pity for himself — in the wonderful lines on his own death : My female friends , whose tender hearts Have better learn'd to act their parts , Receive the news in doleful dumps : " The Dean is dead ...
... friends . There is a note of pity- not pity for himself — in the wonderful lines on his own death : My female friends , whose tender hearts Have better learn'd to act their parts , Receive the news in doleful dumps : " The Dean is dead ...
Page 230
... friends had been greatly enlarged , and their country residences offered welcome escape from Dublin . By 1718 , though not yet wholly rehabilitated , he was once again a social man , enliven- ing with gaiety and wit every group into ...
... friends had been greatly enlarged , and their country residences offered welcome escape from Dublin . By 1718 , though not yet wholly rehabilitated , he was once again a social man , enliven- ing with gaiety and wit every group into ...
Page 335
... friend in the world . . . I have often wished that God Almighty would be so easy to the weak- ness of mankind , as to let old friends be acquainted in another state ; and if I were to write an Utopia for heaven , that would be one of my ...
... friend in the world . . . I have often wished that God Almighty would be so easy to the weak- ness of mankind , as to let old friends be acquainted in another state ; and if I were to write an Utopia for heaven , that would be one of my ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
CONTROLLING IDEAS | 49 |
The Battle of the Books AND A Tale of a Tub | 75 |
Copyright | |
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