The Mind and Art of Jonathan SwiftOxford University Press, 1936 - 398 pages |
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Page 119
... give his consent if assured that the grant would be received by the subjects in Ireland with due acknowledgments . By that , Swift asked , had he in mind any particular acknowledg- ments ? He replied , ' By acknowledgments , I do not ...
... give his consent if assured that the grant would be received by the subjects in Ireland with due acknowledgments . By that , Swift asked , had he in mind any particular acknowledg- ments ? He replied , ' By acknowledgments , I do not ...
Page 225
... gives here of the events which resulted in his exclusion from preferment in England and his banishment to St. Patrick's ... Give hints , that poets ne'er believe in God . So clowns on scholars as on wizards look , And take a folio for a ...
... gives here of the events which resulted in his exclusion from preferment in England and his banishment to St. Patrick's ... Give hints , that poets ne'er believe in God . So clowns on scholars as on wizards look , And take a folio for a ...
Page 350
... give themselves airs . Thus the corn - cutter calls the great physician brother doctor ; thus the curate , writing to the dean , subscribes himself ' Your loving brother ' ; and Thus at the bar the booby Bettesworth , Though half a ...
... give themselves airs . Thus the corn - cutter calls the great physician brother doctor ; thus the curate , writing to the dean , subscribes himself ' Your loving brother ' ; and Thus at the bar the booby Bettesworth , Though half a ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
CONTROLLING IDEAS | 49 |
The Battle of the Books AND A Tale of a Tub | 75 |
Copyright | |
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